1 BIR
Birmingham
1 IPS
Ipswich
BIR 1
1 IPS

Birmingham
-
Ipswich

Championship, Round 1
Friday, August 8, 2025 8:00 PM
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham

Result

1-1

Match Recap

2H
Jay Stansfield 55'
George Hirst (pen.) 90+5'

Match Events

Second Half 1 - 1

Yellow Card
90+6'
Yellow Card
Penalty Goal
90+5'
Penalty Goal
Fourth Substitution
89'
Fifth Substitution
85'
Third Substitution
83'
Second Substitution
83'
Fourth Substitution
79'
First Substitution
77'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
71'
Third Substitution
68'
Second Substitution
68'
First Substitution
68'
Goal
55'

First Half 0 - 0

Yellow Card
44'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
19'
Yellow Card
19'
Yellow Card

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

51%
49%

Total Shots

11
7

Shots on Goal

3
1

Corners

1
3

Expected Goals (xG)

1.38
1.31

Match Information

Information Value
League Championship
Season Championship 2025/26
Round Round 1
Date August 8, 2025
Time 20:00
Venue St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham
Result 1 - 1

Lineups

Birmingham
Ryan Allsop
21. R. Allsop
Bright Osayi-Samuel
26. B. Osayi-Samuel
Phil Neumann
5. P. Neumann
C. Klarer
4. C. Klarer
Alex Cochrane
20. A. Cochrane
T. Iwata
24. T. Iwata
Paik Seung-Ho
8. P. Seung-Ho
Demarai Gray
10. D. Gray
England
Jay Stansfield
28. J. Stansfield
Keshi Anderson
14. K. Anderson
K. Furuhashi
9. K. Furuhashi
George Hirst
9. G. Hirst
Samuel Szmodics
23. S. Szmodics
J. Clarke
47. J. Clarke
Jack Taylor
14. J. Taylor
A. Matusiwa
5. A. Matusiwa
C. Ogbene
21. C. Ogbene
England
Leif Davis
3. L. Davis
Jacob Greaves
24. J. Greaves
Dara O'Shea
26. D. O'Shea
England
Benjamin Johnson
18. B. Johnson
Alex Palmer
1. A. Palmer
Ipswich

Form before the match

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2023/24
Championship 2023/24

February 24, 2024

FT
3
1
Ipswich
Ipswich
Birmingham
Birmingham

November 4, 2023

FT
2
2
Birmingham
Birmingham
Ipswich
Ipswich

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26
Championship 2025/26

April 6, 2026

15:00
-
-
Ipswich
Ipswich
Birmingham
Birmingham

Championship

Team P GD Pts

Promotion

1
Coventry
Coventry 		21 30 47
2
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough 		21 11 42

Promotion Playoffs

3
Preston
Preston 		21 7 35
4
Millwall
Millwall 		21 -4 35
5
Ipswich
Ipswich 		21 13 34
6
Hull City
Hull City 		21 1 34
7
Stoke City
Stoke City 		21 8 33
8
Leicester
Leicester 		21 3 31
9
QPR
QPR 		21 -5 31
10
Southampton
Southampton 		21 5 30
11
Bristol City
Bristol City 		21 4 30
12
Birmingham
Birmingham 		21 4 29
13
Watford
Watford 		21 2 29
14
Wrexham
Wrexham 		21 1 28
15
Derby
Derby 		21 -2 28
16
West Brom
West Brom 		21 -3 28
17
Charlton
Charlton 		20 -6 24
18
Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd 		21 -6 23
19
Swansea
Swansea 		21 -7 23
20
Blackburn
Blackburn 		20 -6 22
21
Portsmouth
Portsmouth 		20 -10 20

Relegation

22
Oxford United
Oxford United 		21 -8 19
23
Norwich
Norwich 		21 -10 17
24
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday 		20 -22 -8