English League Championship

FT Friday, October 3, 2025
Birmingham City LLWLD 1
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Wrexham LWWDD 1
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Match Report

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Wrexham stretch winless run to four after defeat by Stoke

Sorba Thomas was the matchwinner as Stoke beat Wrexham 1-0 to end a run of four Championship games without a victory and moved up to third.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
4
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
2
59.2
Possession
40.8
8
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
468
Accurate Passes
286
559
Passes
381
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
5
19
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.3
65
Long Balls
64
21
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
7
12
Effective Tackles
9
16
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
5
23
Effective Clearances
32
23
Clearances
32

Head to Head

BIR leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

WXM · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Arthur OkonkwoG
  2. 5Dominic HyamCD
  3. 2Callum DoyleCD-L
  4. 4Max CleworthCD-R
  5. 18Ben SheafCM-L
  6. 15George DobsonCM-R
  7. 47Ryan LongmanLM
  8. 12Issa KaboréRM
  9. 19Kieffer MooreF
  10. 27Lewis O'BrienCF-L
  11. 10Josh WindassCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7James McCleanSUB
  2. 33Nathan BroadheadSUB
  3. 37Matty JamesSUB
  4. 29Ryan BarnettSUB
  5. 25Callum BurtonSUB
  6. 28Sam SmithSUB
  7. 24Dan ScarrSUB
  8. 14George ThomasonSUB
  9. 3Lewis BruntSUB

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25James BeadleG
  2. 6Jack RobinsonCD-L
  3. 4Christoph KlarerCD-R
  4. 20Alex CochraneLB
  5. 24Tomoki IwataRB
  6. 17Lyndon DykesAM
  7. 8Paik Seung-HoLM
  8. 12Marc LeonardRM
  9. 28Jay StansfieldF
  10. 10Demarai GrayAM-L
  11. 16Patrick RobertsAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Alfons SampstedSUB
  2. 27Kanya FujimotoSUB
  3. 5Phil NeumannSUB
  4. 30Lewis KoumasSUB
  5. 21Ryan AllsopSUB
  6. 41Eiran CashinSUB
  7. 7Tommy DoyleSUB
  8. 9Kyogo FuruhashiSUB
  9. 14Keshi AndersonSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Wrexham 1, Birmingham City 0. George Dobson (Wrexham) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Max Cleworth following a corner.
  2. 46' Goal! Wrexham 1, Birmingham City 1. Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jay Stansfield with a through ball following a fast break.
  3. 65' Substitution, Birmingham City. Kyogo Furuhashi replaces Lyndon Dykes.
  4. 70' Substitution, Wrexham. Matty James replaces Ben Sheaf.
  5. 70' Substitution, Wrexham. Nathan Broadhead replaces Josh Windass.
  6. 70' Substitution, Birmingham City. Keshi Anderson replaces Demarai Gray.
  7. 71' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lewis Koumas replaces Patrick Roberts.
  8. 81' Substitution, Birmingham City. Tommy Doyle replaces Jay Stansfield because of an injury.
  9. 83' Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 84' Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 88' Substitution, Wrexham. Dan Scarr replaces Dominic Hyam.
  12. 88' Substitution, Wrexham. James McClean replaces Ryan Longman.
  13. 88' Substitution, Wrexham. Ryan Barnett replaces Issa Kaboré.

EFL Championship News

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