2 BIR
Birmingham
1 WAT
Watford
BIR 2
1 WAT

Birmingham
-
Watford

Championship, Round 18
Monday, December 1, 2025 8:00 PM
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham

Result

2-1

Match Recap

1H
Paik Seung-Ho 31'
Demarai Gray 43'
2H
Othmane Maamma 61'

Match Events

Second Half 2 - 1

Fifth Substitution
90+2'
Fourth Substitution
90+2'
Fourth Substitution
85'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
80'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
78'
Yellow Card
76'
Yellow Card
Third Substitution
73'
Second Substitution
73'
First Substitution
69'
Goal
61'
Third Substitution
60'
Second Substitution
60'
First Substitution
60'

First Half 2 - 0

Goal
43'
Goal
31'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
24'
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20'
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Match Statistics

Ball Possession

50%
50%

Total Shots

13
12

Shots on Goal

5
4

Corners

6
6

Expected Goals (xG)

1.04
1.03

Match Information

Information Value
League Championship
Season Championship 2025/26
Round Round 18
Date December 1, 2025
Time 20:00
Venue St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham
Result 2 - 1

Lineups

Birmingham
England
James Beadle
25. J. Beadle
Bright Osayi-Samuel
26. B. Osayi-Samuel
Phil Neumann
5. P. Neumann
C. Klarer
4. C. Klarer
Alex Cochrane
20. A. Cochrane
England
Thomas Doyle
7. T. Doyle
Paik Seung-Ho
8. P. Seung-Ho
P. Roberts
16. P. Roberts
England
Jay Stansfield
28. J. Stansfield
Demarai Gray
10. D. Gray
M. Ducksch
33. M. Ducksch
L. Kjerrumgaard
9. L. Kjerrumgaard
Mamadou Doumbia
20. M. Doumbia
Othmane Maamma
42. O. Maamma
Hector Kyprianou
5. H. Kyprianou
I. Louza
10. I. Louza
T. Ince
7. T. Ince
Marc Bola
16. M. Bola
M. Pollock
6. M. Pollock
Kévin Keben Biakolo
4. K. K. Biakolo
Jeremy Ngakia
2. J. Ngakia
Nathan Baxter
12. N. Baxter
Watford

Form before the match

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2023/24
Championship 2023/24

March 16, 2024

FT
0
1
Birmingham
Birmingham
Watford
Watford

September 16, 2023

FT
2
0
Watford
Watford
Birmingham
Birmingham

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26
Championship 2025/26

January 1, 2026

15:00
-
-
Watford
Watford
Birmingham
Birmingham

Championship

Team P GD Pts

Promotion

1
Coventry
Coventry 		23 31 51
2
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough 		23 9 43

Promotion Playoffs

3
Ipswich
Ipswich 		23 15 38
4
Hull City
Hull City 		23 2 38
5
Preston
Preston 		23 7 37
6
Bristol City
Bristol City 		23 7 36
7
Millwall
Millwall 		23 -6 36
8
Watford
Watford 		23 4 35
9
QPR
QPR 		23 -2 35
10
Stoke City
Stoke City 		23 7 34
11
Derby
Derby 		23 1 32
12
Southampton
Southampton 		23 4 31
13
Wrexham
Wrexham 		23 2 31
14
Leicester
Leicester 		23 -1 31
15
Birmingham
Birmingham 		23 1 30
16
West Brom
West Brom 		23 -5 28
17
Charlton
Charlton 		22 -6 27
18
Blackburn
Blackburn 		22 -4 26
19
Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd 		23 -5 26
20
Swansea
Swansea 		23 -7 26
21
Oxford United
Oxford United 		23 -8 22

Relegation

22
Portsmouth
Portsmouth 		22 -10 22
23
Norwich
Norwich 		23 -9 21
24
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday 		22 -27 -8