St Andrew's will be rocking on Friday night, and Birmingham will be hoping to earn back-to-back wins for the first time since October, but they can not afford to leak goals against a dangerous Albion attack.
West Brom fans have been in a celebratory mood after news of Corberan's new contract broke, and their players have enough quality to keep that party going with maximum points against Blues, although local derbies are never straightforward affairs.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a West Bromwich Albion win with a probability of 45.62%. A win for Birmingham City had a probability of 27.5% and a draw had a probability of 26.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a West Bromwich Albion win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.38%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.9%) and 0-2 (8.68%). The likeliest Birmingham City win was 1-0 (9.05%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.68%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 4.6% likelihood.
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