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	30	17	7	6	63	35	28	58
2	Middlesbrough	30	17	7	6	47	29	18	58
Promotion Playoffs
3	Hull City	30	16	6	8	48	40	8	54
4	Ipswich	29	14	9	6	49	28	21	51
5	Millwall	30	14	8	8	37	36	1	50
6	Wrexham	30	12	11	7	44	37	7	47

7	Derby	30	12	9	9	44	37	7	45
8	Watford	30	11	11	8	39	35	4	44
9	Preston	30	11	11	8	37	34	3	44
10	Bristol City	30	12	7	11	40	36	4	43
11	QPR	30	12	7	11	42	43	-1	43
12	Stoke City	30	12	6	12	34	28	6	42
13	Birmingham	30	11	9	10	41	38	3	42
14	Southampton	30	10	10	10	43	41	2	40
15	Sheffield Utd	30	12	3	15	43	43	0	39
16	Swansea	30	11	6	13	34	37	-3	39
17	Leicester	30	10	8	12	40	45	-5	38
18	Charlton	29	9	8	12	29	38	-9	35
19	Norwich	30	9	6	15	37	42	-5	33
20	Portsmouth	28	8	9	11	27	37	-10	33
21	Blackburn	30	8	8	14	27	38	-11	32
Relegation
22	West Brom	30	9	5	16	32	47	-15	32
23	Oxford United	30	6	9	15	28	41	-13	27
24	Sheffield Wednesday	30	1	8	21	18	58	-40	-7

Updated January 4, 2026 2:01 PM