3 BIR

2 COV

BIR 3

2 COV

Birmingham
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Coventry

Championship, Round 26
Sunday, January 4, 2026 12:00 PM
St. Andrew&apos;s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham

Result

3-2

Match Recap

M. Ducksch 6'

J. Eccles 8'

Lewis Koumas 17'

E. Simms 60'

M. Ducksch 63'

B. Thomas 90+5'

Match Events

Second Half 3 - 2

90+5'

B. Thomas

Red Card

Kanya Fujimoto

Jay Stansfield

90+3'

89'

Kai Andrews

J. Eccles

James Beadle

Yellow Card

88'

86'

J. Eccles

Yellow Card

K. Furuhashi

M. Ducksch

72'

Willum Thor Willumsson

P. Roberts

72'

A. Sampsted

Kai Wagner

71'

67'

H. Wright

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

Eiran Joe Cashin

Lewis Koumas

65'

M. Ducksch

P. Roberts

63'

60'

E. Simms

Jack Rudoni

Kai Wagner

Yellow Card

51'

First Half 2 - 1

M. Ducksch

Yellow Card

36'

Lewis Koumas

P. Roberts

17'

J. Eccles

Ephron Mason-Clark

M. Ducksch

Kai Wagner

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

25%

75%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

1.16

1.50

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 26
Date	January 4, 2026
Time	12:00
Venue	St. Andrew&apos;s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham
Result	3 - 2

Lineups

Birmingham

25. J. Beadle James Beadle

24. T. Iwata Tomoki Iwata

5. P. Neumann Phil Neumann

6. J. Robinson J. Robinson

31. K. Wagner Kai Wagner

8. P. Seung-Ho Paik Seung-Ho

7. T. Doyle Thomas Doyle

16. P. Roberts P. Roberts

28. J. Stansfield Jay Stansfield

30. L. Koumas Lewis Koumas

33. M. Ducksch M. Ducksch

9. E. Simms E. Simms

10. E. Mason-Clark Ephron Mason-Clark

28. J. Eccles J. Eccles

7. T. Sakamoto Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

5. J. Rudoni Jack Rudoni

6. M. Grimes Matt Grimes

3. J. Dasilva J. Dasilva

15. L. Kitching L. Kitching

4. B. Thomas B. Thomas

27. M. v. Ewijk Milan van Ewijk

19. C. Rushworth Carl Rushworth

Coventry

Substitutes

Birmingham

Coventry

Unused Players

Birmingham

Coventry

Form before the match

Birmingham

Coventry

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

September 27, 2025

Coventry

Birmingham

Championship 2023/24

April 13, 2024

Birmingham

Coventry

December 8, 2023

Coventry

Birmingham

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	38	23	8	7	78	40	38	77
2	Middlesbrough	38	20	10	8	59	37	22	70
Promotion Playoffs
3	Ipswich	37	19	11	7	66	38	28	68
4	Millwall	38	20	8	10	52	43	9	68
5	Hull City	38	19	6	13	59	56	3	63
6	Wrexham	37	16	12	9	57	47	10	60

7	Southampton	37	15	12	10	60	48	12	57
8	Derby	38	16	9	13	55	48	7	57
9	Birmingham	38	14	11	13	48	48	0	53
10	Watford	37	13	13	11	47	45	2	52
11	Swansea	38	15	7	16	44	46	-2	52
12	Norwich	37	15	6	16	51	45	6	51
13	Stoke City	38	14	9	15	45	40	5	51
14	Bristol City	38	14	9	15	49	49	0	51
15	Sheffield Utd	38	15	5	18	53	52	1	50
16	QPR	38	14	8	16	49	60	-11	50
17	Preston	38	12	13	13	42	48	-6	49
18	Charlton	38	12	12	14	36	45	-9	48
19	Blackburn	38	11	9	18	36	49	-13	42
20	Portsmouth	37	10	10	17	36	48	-12	40
21	West Brom	38	10	10	18	39	54	-15	40
Relegation
22	Oxford United	38	9	12	17	36	49	-13	39
23	Leicester	38	11	11	16	51	60	-9	38
24	Sheffield Wednesday	38	1	9	28	23	76	-53	-6

Updated January 4, 2026 2:01 PM