Rotherham vs Birmingham prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-04-19 14:00.
[p]Relegation being confirmed earlier this month hasn’t changed much for Rotherham, who have continued to lose games while still failing to find the back of the net. It’s now seven defeats in the last nine (W1, D1), with all seven losses astonishingly seeing them beaten ‘to nil’, and three more losses would see Rotherham equal their own Championship record for the fewest points in a season (23). [/p]
[p]Former Millers boss Leam Richardson said football was a “cruel game” after their latest defeat at Swansea, and he was probably left with similar feelings in midweek when he was dismissed from his post after just 128 days in charge. It’s easy to see why he’s been relieved of his duties having won just two of 23 league games in charge (D4, L17), but with former boss Steve Evans returning to take charge, most Millers fans would suggest things are looking up. [/p]
[p]Birmingham’s ambition with three games remaining is a simple one – to avoid joining Rotherham in League One next season – as Gary Rowett’s side begin this round of games a point above the bottom three. The Blues got themselves out of the relegation zone with a big win against Coventry last time out, in what was just the fifth time this season they’ve scored 3+ goals in a game.[/p]
[p]With a trip to Huddersfield to come next weekend, two of City’s last three games are away against teams currently in the relegation zone, with their fate very much in their own hands. They’ll need to improve upon the second-worst away record in the division (W3, D3, L15) though, with the fact that 73% of their points this season came at St Andrew’s symbolising just how reliant they’ve been on their home form.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Sam Nombe has registered an assist in each of the last two games which have seen Rotherham score a goal. In a rich vein of form, Birmingham loanee Jay Stansfield has netted three in the last four games, two of which came in the second half.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: All four of the most recent H2Hs between this pair have seen at least one side record a clean sheet, with the reverse game this season ending goalless.[/p]