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

· English League Championship

Birmingham City

6': Marvin Ducksch
17': Lewis Koumas
63': Marvin Ducksch

FT
3 - 2

Coventry City

8': Josh Eccles
60': Ellis Simms
90'+5': Bobby Thomas

About

Birmingham City are hosting Coventry City at St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham, 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.
3': Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Phil Neumann.
4': Offside, Birmingham City. Lewis Koumas is caught offside.
6': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Coventry City 0. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a through ball.
8': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Coventry City 1. Josh Eccles (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ephron Mason-Clark.
10': Offside, Coventry City. Ellis Simms is caught offside.
11': Offside, Birmingham City. Marvin Ducksch is caught offside.
13': Attempt blocked. Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jay Dasilva.
13': Attempt saved. Ellis Simms (Coventry City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by James Beadle (Birmingham City). Assisted by Bobby Thomas.
13': Foul by Kai Wagner (Birmingham City).
13': Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
14': Attempt saved. Liam Kitching (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by James Beadle (Birmingham City). Assisted by Matt Grimes with a cross.
14': Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Tommy Doyle.
15': Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Phil Neumann.
17': Goal! Birmingham City 2, Coventry City 1. Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Patrick Roberts with a through ball.
19': Delay in match because of an injury Bobby Thomas (Coventry City).
20': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
23': Foul by Kai Wagner (Birmingham City).
23': Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Attempt missed. Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tatsuhiro Sakamoto with a cross.
27': Attempt missed. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Patrick Roberts following a fast break.
30': Attempt missed. Matt Grimes (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
32': Foul by Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City).
32': Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
32': Foul by Liam Kitching (Coventry City).
32': Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Attempt missed. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
34': Attempt missed. Ellis Simms (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Grimes with a through ball.
35': Foul by Kai Wagner (Birmingham City).
35': Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Foul by Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City).
36': Josh Eccles (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
36': Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37': Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Jack Robinson.
37': Foul by Liam Kitching (Coventry City).
37': Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Foul by Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City).
38': Liam Kitching (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Attempt saved. Matt Grimes (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by James Beadle (Birmingham City).
40': Offside, Birmingham City. Marvin Ducksch is caught offside.
45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Foul by Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City).
45'+1': Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+5': First Half ends, Birmingham City 2, Coventry City 1.
45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 2, Coventry City 1.
46': Foul by Jack Rudoni (Coventry City).
46': Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46': Bobby Thomas (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46': Foul by Jack Robinson (Birmingham City).
47': Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Phil Neumann.
48': Attempt missed. Liam Kitching (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Grimes with a cross following a corner.
50': Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Tomoki Iwata.
50': Attempt missed. Ellis Simms (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Matt Grimes with a cross following a corner.
51': Foul by Kai Wagner (Birmingham City).
51': Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
51': Kai Wagner (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
53': Attempt saved. Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by James Beadle (Birmingham City).
54': Offside, Birmingham City. Lewis Koumas is caught offside.
55': Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
55': Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
55': Delay in match because of an injury Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City).
59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
60': Goal! Birmingham City 2, Coventry City 2. Ellis Simms (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Rudoni.
62': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Jay Dasilva.
62': Attempt blocked. Kai Wagner (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
63': Goal! Birmingham City 3, Coventry City 2. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Patrick Roberts.
65': Substitution, Birmingham City. Eiran Cashin replaces Lewis Koumas.
65': Attempt missed. Jack Rudoni (Coventry City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Grimes.
67': Offside, Coventry City. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto is caught offside.
67': Substitution, Coventry City. Haji Wright replaces Tatsuhiro Sakamoto.
68': Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
68': Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
70': Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marvin Ducksch.
70': Attempt blocked. Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
70': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Jay Dasilva.
71': Carl Rushworth (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
71': Substitution, Birmingham City. Alfons Sampsted replaces Kai Wagner.
72': Substitution, Birmingham City. Willum Willumsson replaces Patrick Roberts.
72': Substitution, Birmingham City. Kyogo Furuhashi replaces Marvin Ducksch.
75': Attempt blocked. Haji Wright (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jay Dasilva.
76': Foul by Bobby Thomas (Coventry City).
76': Jack Robinson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City).
81': Jay Dasilva (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Delay in match because of an injury James Beadle (Birmingham City).
83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
83': Attempt missed. Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bobby Thomas.
83': Attempt missed. Ellis Simms (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Milan van Ewijk.
85': Foul by Josh Eccles (Coventry City).
85': Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
86': Josh Eccles (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
88': James Beadle (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
88': Attempt missed. Josh Eccles (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jack Rudoni with a cross.
89': Substitution, Coventry City. Kai Andrews replaces Josh Eccles.
90': Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
90'+3': Substitution, Birmingham City. Kanya Fujimoto replaces Jay Stansfield.
90'+3': Attempt saved. Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Carl Rushworth (Coventry City). Assisted by Kanya Fujimoto.
90'+5': Foul by Bobby Thomas (Coventry City).
90'+5': Phil Neumann (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Bobby Thomas (Coventry City) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
90'+8': Foul by Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City).
90'+8': Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+9': Foul by Kanya Fujimoto (Birmingham City).
90'+9': Kai Andrews (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+10': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 3, Coventry City 2.
0': Match ends, Birmingham City 3, Coventry City 2.

Statistics

COV		BIR
8	Fouls	13
1	Yellow Cards	3
1	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	4
6	Corner Kicks	2
1	Saves	4
75.7	Possession	24.3
17	SHOTS	9
6	ON GOAL	4
0.4	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
428	Accurate Passes	83
514	Passes	170
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.5
5	Accurate Crosses	0
29	Crosses	5
0.2	Cross %	0.0
58	Long Balls	57
31	Accurate Long Balls	11
0.5	Long Balls %	0.2
2	Blocked Shots	3
10	Effective Tackles	9
18	Tackles	18
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
10	Interceptions	13
17	Effective Clearances	51
17	Clearances	51

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 27,932

EFL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Coventry City	26	+28	52
2	Middlesbrough	26	+11	46
3	Ipswich Town	25	+18	44
4	Preston North End	26	+11	43

Full Table

Line-Ups

Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
25	James Beadle (GK)
6	Jack Robinson
5	Phil Neumann
31	Kai Wagner
24	Tomoki Iwata
28	Jay Stansfield
8	Paik Seung-Ho
7	Tommy Doyle
33	Marvin Ducksch
30	Lewis Koumas
16	Patrick Roberts

Birmingham City Substitutes:

Alfons Sampsted, Ryan Allsop, Scott Wright, Willum Thór Willumsson, Dan Isichei, Menzi Mazwi, Eiran Cashin, Kanya Fujimoto, Kyogo Furuhashi.

Coventry City (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
19	Carl Rushworth (GK)
15	Liam Kitching
4	Bobby Thomas
6	Matt Grimes
3	Jay Da Silva
27	Milan van Ewijk
5	Jack Rudoni
28	Josh Eccles
10	Ephron Mason-Clark
7	Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
9	Ellis Simms

Coventry City Substitutes:

Haji Wright, Callum Perry, Joel Latibeaudiere, George Shepherd, Jake Bidwell, Ben Wilson, Kai Andrews, Miguel Ángel Brau, Luke Woolfenden.

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