English League One

Birmingham City vs Wrexham, 2024-25 English League One, Regular Season

· English League One
Birmingham City
  • 22': Jay Stansfield
  • 52': Jay Stansfield
  • 59': Tomoki Iwata
  • Red Card 86': Krystian Bielik
FT
3 - 1
Wrexham
  • 3': Jack Marriott

Birmingham City beat Wrexham with Brady, Beckham in crowd

Tom Brady took the bragging rights over Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds in the game dubbed the "Hollywood derby" as Birmingham City ended Wrexham's unbeaten start to life in League One with a commanding 3-1 victory at St Andrew's on Monday evening.

Match Timeline

  • 3': Jack Marriott (Wrexham) Goal at 3'
  • 22': Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) Goal at 22'
  • 36': Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) Yellow Card at 36'
  • 52': Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) Goal at 52'
  • 54': Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Birmingham City) Yellow Card at 54'
  • 59': Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) Goal at 59'
  • 63': Steven Fletcher (Wrexham) Substitution at 63'
  • 63': Paul Mullin (Wrexham) Substitution at 63'
  • 64': Alfons Sampsted (Birmingham City) Substitution at 64'
  • 64': Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City) Substitution at 64'
  • 71': Andrew Cannon (Wrexham) Substitution at 71'
  • 72': Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) Substitution at 72'
  • 72': Marc Leonard (Birmingham City) Substitution at 72'
  • 81': Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) Yellow Card at 81'
  • 81': James McClean (Wrexham) Yellow Card at 81'
  • 81': Andrew Cannon (Wrexham) Yellow Card at 81'
  • 82': Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) Yellow Card at 82'
  • 82': Paul Mullin (Wrexham) Yellow Card at 82'
  • 83': Jacob Mendy (Wrexham) Substitution at 83'
  • 84': Sebastian Revan (Wrexham) Substitution at 84'
  • 86': Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) Red Card at 86'
  • 88': Ben Davies (Birmingham City) Substitution at 88'

Statistics

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11 Fouls 13
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
0 Offsides 0
1 Corner Kicks 5
3 Saves 2
32.4 Possession 67.6
5 SHOTS 8
3 ON GOAL 6
0.6 On Target % 0.8
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
0 Accurate Passes 0
0 Passes 0
0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
0 Accurate Crosses 0
0 Crosses 0
0.0 Cross % 0.0
0 Long Balls 0
0 Accurate Long Balls 0
0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
0 Blocked Shots 1
0 Effective Tackles 0
0 Tackles 0
0.0 Tackle % 0.0
0 Interceptions 0
0 Effective Clearances 0
0 Clearances 0

Game Information

Competition: English League One

Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 27,980

EFL League One Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Cardiff City 6 +10 16
2 Doncaster Rovers 7 +4 16
3 Huddersfield Town 7 +6 15
4 Stevenage 6 +5 15
Full Table

Line-Ups

BIR Birmingham City (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
45 Bailey Peacock-Farrell (GK)
6 Krystian Bielik Yellow Card
20 Alex Cochrane
4 Christoph Klarer Yellow Card
13 Paik Seung-Ho
24 Tomoki Iwata
7 Emil Hansson
19 Taylor Gardner-Hickman Yellow Card
28 Jay Stansfield
9 Alfie May
18 Willum Thór Willumsson
Birmingham City Substitutes:
Alfons Sampsted, Scott Wright, Lyndon Dykes, Ryan Allsop, Ben Davies, Keshi Anderson, Marc Leonard.

WXM Wrexham (5-3-2)

No. Name
1 Arthur Okonkwo (GK)
5 Eoghan O'Connell
6 Thomas O'Connor
4 Max Cleworth
7 James McClean Yellow Card
29 Ryan Barnett
15 George Dobson
38 Elliott Lee
20 Oliver Rathbone
9 Ollie Palmer
11 Jack Marriott
Wrexham Substitutes:
Callum Burton, Paul Mullin, Dan Scarr, Steven Fletcher, Jacob Mendy, Andrew Cannon, Sebastian Revan.

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