English League Championship

Stoke City vs Birmingham City, 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Stoke City
  • 21': Bosun Lawal
FT
1 - 0
Birmingham City

    About

    Stoke City are hosting Birmingham City at bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Demarai Gray (Birmingham City).
    • 1': Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 12': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Christoph Klarer.
    • 12': Attempt saved. Bosun Lawal (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Ryan Allsop (Birmingham City).
    • 15': Foul by Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City).
    • 15': Tomás Rigo (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Foul by Divin Mubama (Stoke City).
    • 19': Offside, Stoke City. Divin Mubama is caught offside.
    • 20': Attempt saved. Divin Mubama (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Ryan Allsop (Birmingham City). Assisted by Million Manhoef with a cross.
    • 20': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Ryan Allsop.
    • 21': Goal! Stoke City 1, Birmingham City 0. Bosun Lawal (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Aaron Cresswell with a cross following a corner.
    • 25': Sorba Thomas (Stoke City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right. Assisted by Viktor Johansson.
    • 27': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Foul by Sorba Thomas (Stoke City).
    • 29': Offside, Stoke City. Sorba Thomas is caught offside.
    • 29': Bosun Lawal (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 29': Foul by Tommy Doyle (Birmingham City).
    • 30': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Phil Neumann.
    • 31': Foul by Ben Wilmot (Stoke City).
    • 31': Phil Neumann (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ethan Laird.
    • 34': Handball by Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City).
    • 37': Delay in match because of an injury Viktor Johansson (Stoke City).
    • 38': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 39': Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Foul by Million Manhoef (Stoke City).
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ethan Laird.
    • 41': Foul by Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City).
    • 41': Tomás Rigo (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 42': Attempt blocked. Lewis Baker (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sorba Thomas with a cross.
    • 42': Attempt blocked. Ben Wilmot (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 43': Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Foul by Lewis Baker (Stoke City).
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
    • 45'+2': Viktor Johansson (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Stoke City 1, Birmingham City 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Stoke City 1, Birmingham City 0.
    • 46': Foul by Aaron Cresswell (Stoke City).
    • 46': Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Foul by Lewis Baker (Stoke City).
    • 48': Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 50': Divin Mubama (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 50': Foul by Demarai Gray (Birmingham City).
    • 52': Attempt missed. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tommy Doyle.
    • 53': Divin Mubama (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 53': Foul by Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City).
    • 54': Offside, Stoke City. Aaron Cresswell is caught offside.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Roberts.
    • 55': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Ethan Laird.
    • 56': Attempt missed. Bosun Lawal (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aaron Cresswell with a cross following a corner.
    • 57': Delay in match because of an injury Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
    • 59': Substitution, Birmingham City. Marvin Ducksch replaces Tommy Doyle.
    • 59': Substitution, Birmingham City. Bright Osayi-Samuel replaces Ethan Laird.
    • 60': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lewis Koumas replaces Patrick Roberts.
    • 60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 60': Offside, Stoke City. Lewis Baker is caught offside.
    • 63': Offside, Stoke City. Million Manhoef is caught offside.
    • 64': Attempt blocked. Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jay Stansfield.
    • 64': Offside, Stoke City. Sorba Thomas is caught offside.
    • 65': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Junior Tchamadeu.
    • 66': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Tomás Rigo.
    • 70': Divin Mubama (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Foul by Phil Neumann (Birmingham City).
    • 71': Substitution, Stoke City. Bae Jun-Ho replaces Tomás Rigo.
    • 72': Offside, Birmingham City. Marvin Ducksch is caught offside.
    • 73': Foul by Lewis Baker (Stoke City).
    • 73': Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lewis Koumas with a cross.
    • 76': Delay in match (Birmingham City).
    • 76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 76': Divin Mubama (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 76': Foul by Phil Neumann (Birmingham City).
    • 78': Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 78': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Phil Neumann.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Bosun Lawal (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lewis Baker with a cross following a corner.
    • 79': Substitution, Birmingham City. Kyogo Furuhashi replaces Jay Stansfield.
    • 80': Foul by Ben Pearson (Stoke City).
    • 80': Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 80': Ben Pearson (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 82': Substitution, Stoke City. Tatsuki Seko replaces Ben Pearson because of an injury.
    • 83': Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Foul by Lewis Baker (Stoke City).
    • 83': Sorba Thomas (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 84': Foul by Divin Mubama (Stoke City).
    • 84': Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 84': Substitution, Birmingham City. Marc Leonard replaces Phil Neumann.
    • 85': Attempt missed. Marc Leonard (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Lewis Koumas with a headed pass.
    • 88': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Aaron Cresswell.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+3': Substitution, Stoke City. Lamine Cissé replaces Million Manhoef.
    • 90'+3': Substitution, Stoke City. Eric-Junior Bocat replaces Aaron Cresswell.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City).
    • 90'+4': Sorba Thomas (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Stoke City 1, Birmingham City 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Stoke City 1, Birmingham City 0.

    Statistics

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    11 Fouls 11
    1 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 6
    3 Corner Kicks 5
    2 Saves 0
    57.7 Possession 42.3
    7 SHOTS 8
    0 ON GOAL 3
    0.0 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    371 Accurate Passes 247
    467 Passes 338
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
    2 Accurate Crosses 5
    19 Crosses 17
    0.1 Cross % 0.3
    46 Long Balls 68
    13 Accurate Long Balls 27
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
    4 Blocked Shots 2
    4 Effective Tackles 11
    15 Tackles 13
    0.3 Tackle % 0.8
    5 Interceptions 9
    27 Effective Clearances 27
    27 Clearances 27

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: bet365 Stadium
    Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England
    Attendance: 24,676

    EFL Championship Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Middlesbrough 5 +6 13
    2 Leicester City 5 +3 10
    3 West Bromwich Albion 4 +3 10
    4 Stoke City 4 +5 9
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    STK Stoke City (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Viktor Johansson (GK)
    16 Ben Wilmot
    18 Bosun Lawal
    3 Aaron Cresswell
    22 Junior Tchamadeu Yellow Card
    8 Lewis Baker
    4 Ben Pearson Yellow Card
    19 Tomás Rigo
    9 Divin Mubama
    7 Sorba Thomas Yellow Card
    42 Million Manhoef
    Stoke City Substitutes:
    Jack Bonham, Bae Jun-Ho, Maksym Talovierov, Eric Bocat, Jamie Donley, Ashley Phillips, Róbert Bozeník, Lamine Cisse, Tatsuki Seko.

    BIR Birmingham City (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    21 Ryan Allsop (GK)
    4 Christoph Klarer
    5 Phil Neumann
    20 Alex Cochrane
    2 Ethan Laird
    8 Paik Seung-Ho
    24 Tomoki Iwata
    10 Demarai Gray
    16 Patrick Roberts
    7 Tommy Doyle
    28 Jay Stansfield
    Birmingham City Substitutes:
    Marc Leonard, Marvin Ducksch, Lewis Koumas, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Jack Robinson, James Beadle, Eiran Cashin, Kyogo Furuhashi, Lyndon Dykes.

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