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	33	19	8	6	68	36	32	65
2	Middlesbrough	34	18	9	7	51	34	17	63
Promotion Playoffs
3	Ipswich	32	16	9	7	56	34	22	57
4	Hull City	33	17	6	10	55	48	7	57
5	Millwall	33	16	8	9	42	40	2	56
6	Wrexham	34	14	12	8	53	45	8	54

7	Southampton	34	13	11	10	54	45	9	50
8	Bristol City	34	14	8	12	47	42	5	50
9	Birmingham	33	13	10	10	45	40	5	49
10	Preston	34	12	13	9	41	38	3	49
11	Derby	34	13	9	12	49	45	4	48
12	Watford	34	12	12	10	43	40	3	48
13	QPR	34	13	8	13	46	52	-6	47
14	Swansea	34	13	7	14	40	40	0	46
15	Sheffield Utd	33	14	3	16	47	46	1	45
16	Stoke City	33	12	8	13	36	31	5	44
17	Charlton	34	10	11	13	33	43	-10	41
18	Norwich	33	11	6	16	43	44	-1	39
19	Portsmouth	33	10	9	14	34	43	-9	39
20	Blackburn	34	10	8	16	32	43	-11	38
21	West Brom	34	9	8	17	33	50	-17	35
Relegation
22	Leicester	34	10	10	14	47	54	-7	34
23	Oxford United	33	6	11	16	28	44	-16	29
24	Sheffield Wednesday	33	1	8	24	20	66	-46	-7

Updated January 4, 2026 2:01 PM