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	41	25	9	7	84	42	42	84
2	Ipswich	39	20	12	7	69	40	29	72
Promotion Playoffs
3	Middlesbrough	41	20	12	9	62	41	21	72
4	Millwall	41	21	9	11	56	47	9	72
5	Hull City	41	20	8	13	63	58	5	68
6	Wrexham	40	17	13	10	62	53	9	64

7	Southampton	39	17	12	10	63	48	15	63
8	Derby	41	18	9	14	60	51	9	63
9	Norwich	41	17	7	17	55	48	7	58
10	Watford	41	14	15	12	52	49	3	57
11	Bristol City	41	16	9	16	52	51	1	57
12	QPR	41	16	9	16	58	63	-5	57
13	Stoke City	41	15	9	17	48	45	3	54
14	Preston	41	13	15	13	48	52	-4	54
15	Swansea	41	15	9	17	49	54	-5	54
16	Birmingham	41	14	11	16	49	52	-3	53
17	Sheffield Utd	41	15	6	20	57	58	-1	51
18	Charlton	41	12	13	16	38	49	-11	49
19	Blackburn	41	12	11	18	37	49	-12	47
20	West Brom	41	11	12	18	42	56	-14	45
21	Portsmouth	40	10	12	18	40	57	-17	42
Relegation
22	Leicester	41	11	14	16	54	63	-9	41
23	Oxford United	41	9	14	18	39	54	-15	41
24	Sheffield Wednesday	41	1	10	30	25	82	-57	-5

Updated January 4, 2026 2:01 PM