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Cambridge United vs Birmingham City
3 May 2025, 15:00 · League One · 2024/2025
Referee
Charles BreakspearLeague One 2024/2025 · 9 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Cambridge UnitedMin
Birmingham City- 25′⚽
Christoph Klarer 0-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Ethan Laird
Right foot shot
Elias Kachunga
Yellowcard
Off the ball foul
34′- ⚽
Shayne Lavery 1-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Liam Bennett
Right foot shot
36′ - ⇄
Dom Ballard
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Shayne Lavery
46′ - 46′⇄
Kieran Dowell
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Willum Thór Willumsson
- 46′⇄
Tomoki Iwata
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Seung-ho Paik
- 60′⇄
Keshi Anderson
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Ethan Laird
- 64′⇄
Krystian Bielik
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Grant Hanley
Elias Kachunga
Yellow/Red card
Foul
68′- 72′⇄
Lukas Jutkiewicz
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Luke Harris
- 75′
Taylor Gardner-Hickman
Yellowcard
Argument
Kell Watts
Yellowcard
Foul
77′- 82′⚽
Kell Watts 1-2
Own Goal · Own Goal
Own Goal
Josh Stokes
Yellowcard
Foul
88′- ⇄
Ryan Loft
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Sullay Kaikai
88′ - ⇄
Josh Stokes
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Liam Bennett
88′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6.29 | |
| 88 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7.14 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.82 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.15 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 7.02 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.63 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.60 | |
| 88 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.82 | |
| 68 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 6.34 | |
| 90 | — | — | 4 | — | 3 | — | 7.18 | |
| 46 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7.27 | |
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| 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.50 | |
| 44 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.86 | |
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Before this match
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The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Cambridge United’s ground: 1 previous meetings, 0 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Cambridge United’s home games with Birmingham City’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Cambridge United
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Birmingham City
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Cambridge United
Birmingham City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Cambridge United
Birmingham City
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Cambridge United
Birmingham City
Previous meetings
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