English League Championship

Birmingham City vs Queens Park Rangers, 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Birmingham City
  • 6': Patrick Roberts
FT
1 - 0
Queens Park Rangers

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    Birmingham City are hosting Queens Park Rangers 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.
    • 1': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Harvey Vale.
    • 1': Offside, Birmingham City. Marvin Ducksch is caught offside.
    • 6': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Queens Park Rangers 0. Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ibrahim Osman.
    • 12': Handball by Ronnie Edwards (Queens Park Rangers).
    • 13': Attempt missed. Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 20': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Steve Cook.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Ibrahim Osman (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
    • 21': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Joe Walsh.
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Roberts with a cross.
    • 21': Attempt saved. Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Joe Walsh (Queens Park Rangers). Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
    • 23': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Amadou Mbengue.
    • 24': Foul by Ibrahim Osman (Birmingham City).
    • 24': Harvey Vale (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Ibrahim Osman (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 26': Foul by Amadou Mbengue (Queens Park Rangers).
    • 26': Ibrahim Osman (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 27': Attempt missed. Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 28': Foul by Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers).
    • 28': Jhon Solís (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Attempt missed. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jay Stansfield following a fast break.
    • 31': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 31': Foul by Amadou Mbengue (Queens Park Rangers).
    • 32': Attempt saved. Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Joe Walsh (Queens Park Rangers). Assisted by Marvin Ducksch.
    • 32': Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marvin Ducksch.
    • 32': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Steve Cook.
    • 33': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Patrick Roberts with a cross following a corner.
    • 34': Foul by Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers).
    • 34': Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) left footed shot from long range on the right is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
    • 42': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Foul by Amadou Mbengue (Queens Park Rangers).
    • 43': Attempt blocked. Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 44': Attempt saved. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Joe Walsh (Queens Park Rangers).
    • 44': Attempt blocked. Ibrahim Osman (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 45': Amadou Mbengue (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Foul by Ethan Laird (Birmingham City).
    • 45': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Birmingham City 1, Queens Park Rangers 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 1, Queens Park Rangers 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Kieran Morgan replaces Jonathan Varane.
    • 45': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Rayan Kolli replaces Koki Saito.
    • 46': Delay in match because of an injury Ethan Laird (Birmingham City).
    • 47': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 48': Attempt missed. Amadou Mbengue (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 49': Foul by Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers).
    • 49': Jhon Solís (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Foul by Steve Cook (Queens Park Rangers).
    • 50': Jack Robinson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Ibrahim Osman (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
    • 53': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ronnie Edwards.
    • 56': Attempt missed. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jay Stansfield.
    • 57': Delay in match because of an injury Steve Cook (Queens Park Rangers).
    • 58': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Rhys Norrington-Davies replaces Steve Cook because of an injury.
    • 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 61': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Rhys Norrington-Davies.
    • 61': Foul by Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City).
    • 61': Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Foul by Jhon Solís (Birmingham City).
    • 62': Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 63': Attempt blocked. Rhys Norrington-Davies (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kieran Morgan.
    • 63': Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Christoph Klarer.
    • 64': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Foul by Jimmy Dunne (Queens Park Rangers).
    • 65': Substitution, Birmingham City. Demarai Gray replaces Ibrahim Osman.
    • 65': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jonathan Panzo replaces Ethan Laird.
    • 66': Foul by Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City).
    • 66': Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 67': Attempt missed. Rayan Kolli (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Harvey Vale with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 70': Attempt missed. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Patrick Roberts.
    • 70': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Kwame Poku replaces Paul Smyth.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Harvey Vale (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kwame Poku.
    • 73': Foul by Jack Robinson (Birmingham City).
    • 73': Rayan Kolli (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 75': Attempt saved. Kwame Poku (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by James Beadle (Birmingham City). Assisted by Ronnie Edwards.
    • 75': Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Harvey Vale is caught offside.
    • 76': Substitution, Birmingham City. Kanya Fujimoto replaces Marvin Ducksch.
    • 76': Substitution, Birmingham City. Carlos Vicente replaces Patrick Roberts.
    • 79': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Isaac Hayden replaces Jake Clarke-Salter.
    • 80': Attempt blocked. Rayan Kolli (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amadou Mbengue.
    • 81': Attempt missed. Rayan Kolli (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Harvey Vale with a cross.
    • 81': James Beadle (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 83': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Rhys Norrington-Davies.
    • 85': Attempt blocked. Carlos Vicente (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Demarai Gray.
    • 85': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Rhys Norrington-Davies.
    • 86': Attempt saved. Jack Robinson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Joe Walsh (Queens Park Rangers). Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho with a cross.
    • 86': Attempt blocked. Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Harvey Vale with a cross.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. Carlos Vicente (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Demarai Gray.
    • 88': Offside, Birmingham City. Carlos Vicente is caught offside.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Kwame Poku (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Richard Kone.
    • 90': Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
    • 90': Rhys Norrington-Davies (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kanya Fujimoto.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ronnie Edwards.
    • 90'+2': Substitution, Birmingham City. Kyogo Furuhashi replaces Jay Stansfield.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Jhon Solís (Birmingham City).
    • 90'+3': Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Kwame Poku is caught offside.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Kanya Fujimoto (Birmingham City).
    • 90'+4': Jimmy Dunne (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Isaac Hayden.
    • 90'+6': Delay in match because of an injury Jhon Solís (Birmingham City).
    • 90'+6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 90'+7': Offside, Birmingham City. Kyogo Furuhashi is caught offside.
    • 90'+7': Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 1, Queens Park Rangers 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Birmingham City 1, Queens Park Rangers 0.

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 9
    0 Yellow Cards 4
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 3
    1 Corner Kicks 10
    6 Saves 1
    41.4 Possession 58.6
    10 SHOTS 21
    1 ON GOAL 6
    0.1 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    281 Accurate Passes 430
    363 Passes 511
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 6
    12 Crosses 28
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    54 Long Balls 57
    21 Accurate Long Balls 25
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
    4 Blocked Shots 6
    9 Effective Tackles 11
    16 Tackles 15
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    9 Interceptions 6
    37 Effective Clearances 26
    37 Clearances 26

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium
    Location: Birmingham, England
    Attendance: 25,212

    EFL Championship Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Coventry City 37 +39 77
    2 Middlesbrough 37 +22 69
    3 Millwall 37 +10 68
    4 Ipswich Town 36 +26 65
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

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

    No. Name
    25 James Beadle (GK) Yellow Card
    6 Jack Robinson
    4 Christoph Klarer
    2 Ethan Laird Yellow Card
    24 Tomoki Iwata
    33 Marvin Ducksch
    14 Jhon Solís
    8 Paik Seung-Ho
    28 Jay Stansfield
    17 Ibrahim Osman
    16 Patrick Roberts
    Birmingham City Substitutes:
    Demarai Gray, Jonathan Panzo, Ryan Allsop, Kyogo Furuhashi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Carlos Vicente, Kanya Fujimoto, Phil Neumann.

    QPR Queens Park Rangers (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    13 Joe Walsh (GK)
    5 Steve Cook
    3 Jimmy Dunne
    6 Jake Clark-Salter
    27 Amadou Salif Mbengue
    40 Jonathan Varane
    37 Ronnie Edwards
    11 Paul Smyth
    20 Harvey Vale
    14 Koki Saito
    22 Richard Kone
    Queens Park Rangers Substitutes:
    Isaac Hayden, Rayan Kolli, Kealey Adamson, Kieran Morgan, Tylon Smith, Daniel Bennie, Kwame Poku, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Ben Hamer.

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