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Birmingham vs Crystal Palace: result 2-2 and analysis

ChampionshipRegular Season - 22Kick-off on December 15, 2012 at 03:00 PM (UTC)St Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham

Birmingham
2-2
Crystal Palace

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What was the result of Birmingham vs Crystal Palace?

Birmingham and Crystal Palace drew 2-2 on December 15, 2012.

Goalscorers

  • 39′G. MurrayCrystal Palace
  • 60′G. MurrayCrystal Palace
  • 66′Nikola ZigicBirmingham
  • 82′P. DiopBirmingham

Official lineup for Birmingham vs Crystal Palace

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Birmingham

  1. 9M. King
  2. 11P. Løvenkrands
  1. 7Christopher Robert Burke
  2. 15W. Elliott
  3. 32P. Diop
  4. 33C. Reilly
  1. 4S. Caldwell
  2. 6C. Davies
  3. 28Paul Caddis
  4. 30P. Robinson
  1. 1J. Butland

Crystal Palace

  1. 7Y. Bolasie
  2. 16W. Zaha
  3. 17G. Murray
  1. 8K. Dikgacoi
  2. 10O. Garvan
  3. 30André Francisco Moritz
  1. 2J. Ward
  2. 4J. Parr
  3. 27D. Delaney
  4. 28P. Ramage
  1. 1J. Speroni
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Birmingham have 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats; Crystal Palace have 10, 4 and 1.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

Birmingham
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Dec 8, 2012Wolves(away)0-1Championship
Nov 30, 2012Middlesbrough(home)3-2Championship
Nov 27, 2012Blackpool(away)1-1Championship
Nov 24, 2012Derby(away)2-3Championship
Nov 17, 2012Hull City(home)2-3Championship
Crystal Palace
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Dec 8, 2012Blackpool(home)2-2Championship
Dec 1, 2012Brighton(home)3-0Championship
Nov 27, 2012Hull City(away)0-0Championship
Nov 24, 2012Leeds(away)1-2Championship
Nov 17, 2012Derby(home)3-0Championship

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 2 meetings: 1 Birmingham win, 0 draws, 1 Crystal Palace win.

DateScoreCompetition
Apr 7, 2012Birmingham 3-1 Crystal PalaceChampionship
Dec 19, 2011Crystal Palace 1-0 BirminghamChampionship

Last archived meeting: Birmingham vs Crystal Palace on Apr 7, 2012

How many goals should we expect?

Birmingham score 1.2 and concede 1.6 goals per match over their last 15; Crystal Palace score 2.2 and concede 1.0.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Birmingham1.21.638/156/15
Crystal Palace2.21.069/1511/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

2026-27 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
4Birmingham10451171117

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The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

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