3 BIR
Birmingham
2 COV
Coventry
BIR 3
2 COV

Birmingham
-
Coventry

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

Result

3-2

Match Recap

1H
M. Ducksch 6'
J. Eccles 8'
Lewis Koumas 17'
2H
E. Simms 60'
M. Ducksch 63'
B. Thomas 90+5'

Match Events

Second Half 3 - 2

Red Card
90+5'
Red Card
Fifth Substitution
90+3'
Second Substitution
89'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
88'
Yellow Card
86'
Yellow Card
Fourth Substitution
72'
Third Substitution
72'
Second Substitution
71'
First Substitution
67'
First Substitution
65'
Goal
63'
Goal
60'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
51'

First Half 2 - 1

Yellow Card
Yellow Card
36'
Goal
17'
Goal
8'
Goal
6'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

25%
75%

Total Shots

9
18

Shots on Goal

4
6

Corners

2
6

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's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham
Result 3 - 2

Lineups

Birmingham
England
James Beadle
25. J. Beadle
T. Iwata
24. T. Iwata
Phil Neumann
5. P. Neumann
J. Robinson
6. J. Robinson
Kai Wagner
31. K. Wagner
Paik Seung-Ho
8. P. Seung-Ho
England
Thomas Doyle
7. T. Doyle
P. Roberts
16. P. Roberts
England
Jay Stansfield
28. J. Stansfield
Lewis Koumas
30. L. Koumas
M. Ducksch
33. M. Ducksch
E. Simms
9. E. Simms
Ephron Mason-Clark
10. E. Mason-Clark
J. Eccles
28. J. Eccles
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
7. T. Sakamoto
Jack Rudoni
5. J. Rudoni
Matt Grimes
6. M. Grimes
J. Dasilva
3. J. Dasilva
L. Kitching
15. L. Kitching
B. Thomas
4. B. Thomas
Milan van Ewijk
27. M. v. Ewijk
Carl Rushworth
19. C. Rushworth
Coventry

Form before the match

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26
Championship 2025/26

September 27, 2025

FT
3
0
Coventry
Coventry
Birmingham
Birmingham

Championship 2023/24
Championship 2023/24

April 13, 2024

FT
3
0
Birmingham
Birmingham
Coventry
Coventry

December 8, 2023

FT
2
0
Coventry
Coventry
Birmingham
Birmingham

Championship

Team P GD Pts

Promotion

1
Coventry
Coventry 		26 28 52
2
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough 		26 11 46

Promotion Playoffs

3
Ipswich
Ipswich 		25 18 44
4
Preston
Preston 		26 11 43
5
Millwall
Millwall 		26 -4 43
6
Watford
Watford 		25 8 41
7
Hull City
Hull City 		25 2 41
8
Stoke City
Stoke City 		26 9 40
9
Wrexham
Wrexham 		26 6 40
10
Bristol City
Bristol City 		26 9 39
11
QPR
QPR 		26 -1 38
12
Leicester
Leicester 		26 -1 37
13
Derby
Derby 		26 0 35
14
Birmingham
Birmingham 		26 -1 34
15
Southampton
Southampton 		26 0 33
16
Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd 		25 -2 32
17
Swansea
Swansea 		26 -6 32
18
West Brom
West Brom 		26 -6 31
19
Charlton
Charlton 		25 -7 29
20
Blackburn
Blackburn 		25 -6 28
21
Portsmouth
Portsmouth 		24 -14 25

Relegation

22
Norwich
Norwich 		26 -11 24
23
Oxford United
Oxford United 		25 -10 22
24
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday 		25 -33 -7