1 BIR

1 IPS

BIR 1

1 IPS

Birmingham
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Ipswich

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

Result

1-1

Match Recap

Jay Stansfield 55'

George Hirst (pen.) 90+5'

Match Events

Second Half 1 - 1

90+6'

Conor Chaplin

Yellow Card

90+5'

George Hirst

Penalty Goal

Taylor Gardner-Hickman

Keshi Anderson

89'

85'

Cameron Humphreys

A. Matusiwa

Ethan Laird

Demarai Gray

83'

Lyndon Dykes

Jay Stansfield

83'

79'

Ali Al-Hamadi

J. Clarke

Thomas Doyle

K. Furuhashi

77'

Paik Seung-Ho

Yellow Card

71'

68'

Conor Chaplin

Samuel Szmodics

68'

Nathan Broadhead

C. Ogbene

68'

Ashley Young

Benjamin Johnson

Jay Stansfield

Goal

55'

First Half 0 - 0

44'

A. Matusiwa

Yellow Card

Bright Osayi-Samuel

Yellow Card

19'

Jack Taylor

Yellow Card

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

51%

49%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

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&apos;s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham
Result	1 - 1

Lineups

Birmingham

21. R. Allsop Ryan Allsop

26. B. Osayi-Samuel Bright Osayi-Samuel

5. P. Neumann Phil Neumann

4. C. Klarer C. Klarer

20. A. Cochrane Alex Cochrane

24. T. Iwata Tomoki Iwata

8. P. Seung-Ho Paik Seung-Ho

10. D. Gray Demarai Gray

28. J. Stansfield Jay Stansfield

14. K. Anderson Keshi Anderson

9. K. Furuhashi K. Furuhashi

9. G. Hirst George Hirst

23. S. Szmodics Samuel Szmodics

47. J. Clarke J. Clarke

14. J. Taylor Jack Taylor

5. A. Matusiwa A. Matusiwa

21. C. Ogbene C. Ogbene

3. L. Davis Leif Davis

24. J. Greaves Jacob Greaves

26. D. O'Shea Dara O'Shea

18. B. Johnson Benjamin Johnson

1. A. Palmer Alex Palmer

Ipswich

Substitutes

Birmingham

Ipswich

Unused Players

Birmingham

Ipswich

Form before the match

Birmingham

Ipswich

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2023/24

February 24, 2024

Ipswich

Birmingham

November 4, 2023

Birmingham

Ipswich

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

April 6, 2026

15:00

Ipswich

Birmingham

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	36	22	8	6	74	38	36	74
2	Middlesbrough	36	20	9	7	57	35	22	69
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	36	19	8	9	50	41	9	65
4	Ipswich	35	18	10	7	61	35	26	64
5	Hull City	36	18	6	12	57	52	5	60
6	Wrexham	35	15	12	8	54	45	9	57

7	Derby	36	15	9	12	54	47	7	54
8	Southampton	35	14	11	10	57	46	11	53
9	Watford	35	13	12	10	45	41	4	51
10	Bristol City	36	14	8	14	48	46	2	50
11	Sheffield Utd	36	15	4	17	51	49	2	49
12	Birmingham	36	13	10	13	46	47	-1	49
13	Swansea	36	14	7	15	42	43	-1	49
14	Preston	36	12	13	11	42	43	-1	49
15	Stoke City	36	13	8	15	39	36	3	47
16	QPR	36	13	8	15	46	57	-11	47
17	Norwich	35	13	6	16	47	44	3	45
18	Charlton	36	11	11	14	34	44	-10	44
19	Portsmouth	35	10	10	15	35	45	-10	40
20	Blackburn	36	10	9	17	34	47	-13	39
21	West Brom	36	9	9	18	35	53	-18	36
Relegation
22	Leicester	36	10	11	15	48	57	-9	35
23	Oxford United	36	8	11	17	34	48	-14	35
24	Sheffield Wednesday	36	1	8	27	22	73	-51	-7

Updated August 8, 2025 10:00 PM