English League Championship

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

· English League Championship
Bristol City
  • 42': Sinclair Armstrong
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Birmingham City

    About

    Bristol City are hosting Birmingham City at Ashton Gate, Bristol, 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 Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
    • 1': Neto Borges (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 1': Attempt missed. Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jay Stansfield.
    • 8': Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Foul by Sinclair Armstrong (Bristol City).
    • 12': Attempt blocked. Adam Randell (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Neto Borges.
    • 16': Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Keshi Anderson.
    • 18': Foul by Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City).
    • 18': Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 20': Foul by Phil Neumann (Birmingham City).
    • 20': Sinclair Armstrong (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Rob Dickie (Bristol City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Anis Mehmeti with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 27': Foul by Adam Randell (Bristol City).
    • 27': Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Handball by Scott Twine (Bristol City).
    • 30': Scott Twine (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Tommy Doyle.
    • 34': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Neto Borges.
    • 35': Attempt blocked. Marc Leonard (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 35': Offside, Birmingham City. Christoph Klarer is caught offside.
    • 36': Foul by Zak Vyner (Bristol City).
    • 36': Marc Leonard (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ross McCrorie.
    • 41': Foul by Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City).
    • 41': Scott Twine (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 42': Goal! Bristol City 1, Birmingham City 0. Sinclair Armstrong (Bristol City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rob Atkinson with a through ball following a fast break.
    • 44': Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
    • 44': Neto Borges (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Attempt missed. Neto Borges (Bristol City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Adam Randell.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Bristol City 1, Birmingham City 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Bristol City 1, Birmingham City 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Bristol City. Mark Sykes replaces Ross McCrorie.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomoki Iwata.
    • 50': Attempt missed. Tommy Doyle (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 53': Attempt missed. Scott Twine (Bristol City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Adam Randell.
    • 55': Attempt missed. Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Keshi Anderson with a cross.
    • 60': Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomoki Iwata.
    • 60': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Neto Borges.
    • 61': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lewis Koumas replaces Patrick Roberts.
    • 61': Substitution, Birmingham City. Demarai Gray replaces Keshi Anderson.
    • 62': Substitution, Birmingham City. Kyogo Furuhashi replaces Jay Stansfield.
    • 65': Sinclair Armstrong (Bristol City).
    • 65': Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 66': Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 68': Attempt missed. Marc Leonard (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
    • 69': Foul by George Tanner (Bristol City).
    • 69': Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 70': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Neto Borges.
    • 70': Foul by Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City).
    • 70': Neto Borges (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Rob Atkinson.
    • 73': Attempt missed. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Lewis Koumas with a cross.
    • 74': Substitution, Bristol City. Fally Mayulu replaces Sinclair Armstrong.
    • 74': Delay in match because of an injury Demarai Gray (Birmingham City).
    • 75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 75': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lyndon Dykes replaces Tommy Doyle.
    • 77': Foul by Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City).
    • 77': Zak Vyner (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 83': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Mark Sykes.
    • 83': Attempt blocked. Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
    • 84': Substitution, Birmingham City. Marvin Ducksch replaces Phil Neumann.
    • 85': Substitution, Bristol City. Yu Hirakawa replaces Anis Mehmeti.
    • 85': Substitution, Bristol City. Haydon Roberts replaces Neto Borges.
    • 88': Delay in match because of an injury Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City).
    • 88': Delay in match because of an injury Rob Atkinson (Bristol City).
    • 89': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 90': Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Foul by Fally Mayulu (Bristol City).
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+6': Attempt blocked. Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 90'+6': Substitution, Bristol City. Olly Thomas replaces Scott Twine.
    • 90'+7': Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+7': Foul by Olly Thomas (Bristol City).
    • 90'+7': Offside, Bristol City. Fally Mayulu is caught offside.
    • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Bristol City 1, Birmingham City 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Bristol City 1, Birmingham City 0.

    Statistics

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    6 Fouls 9
    1 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 1
    6 Corner Kicks 0
    0 Saves 0
    71.5 Possession 28.5
    13 SHOTS 5
    1 ON GOAL 1
    0.1 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    597 Accurate Passes 212
    688 Passes 274
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    6 Accurate Crosses 1
    29 Crosses 8
    0.2 Cross % 0.1
    53 Long Balls 46
    21 Accurate Long Balls 14
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
    5 Blocked Shots 1
    6 Effective Tackles 13
    8 Tackles 16
    0.8 Tackle % 0.8
    8 Interceptions 13
    8 Effective Clearances 45
    8 Clearances 45

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: Ashton Gate
    Location: Bristol, England
    Attendance: 24,923

    EFL Championship Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
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    2 Ipswich Town 46 +33 84
    3 Millwall 46 +15 83
    4 Southampton 46 +26 80
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    Line-Ups

    BRC Bristol City (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    23 Radek Vítek (GK)
    16 Robert Dickie
    5 Robert Atkinson
    19 George Tanner
    14 Zak Vyner
    4 Adam Randell
    21 Neto Borges
    2 Ross McCrorie
    30 Sinclair Armstrong
    11 Anis Mehmeti Yellow Card
    10 Scott Twine Yellow Card
    Bristol City Substitutes:
    Leo Pecover, Ephraim Yeboah, Hayden Roberts, Mark Sykes, Max O'Leary, Yu Hirakawa, Olly Thomas, Fally Mayulu, Elijah Morrison.

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

    No. Name
    25 James Beadle (GK)
    4 Christoph Klarer
    5 Phil Neumann
    20 Alex Cochrane
    24 Tomoki Iwata Yellow Card
    8 Paik Seung-Ho
    7 Tommy Doyle
    12 Marc Leonard
    28 Jay Stansfield
    14 Keshi Anderson
    16 Patrick Roberts
    Birmingham City Substitutes:
    Lewis Koumas, Lyndon Dykes, Demarai Gray, Ryan Allsop, Kanya Fujimoto, Kyogo Furuhashi, Marvin Ducksch, Eiran Cashin, Alfons Sampsted.

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