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Birmingham City vs Coventry City
4 Jan 2026, 12:00 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
James LiningtonChampionship 2025/2026 · 18 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Birmingham CityMin
Coventry City- ⚽
Marvin Ducksch 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Kai Wagner
Right foot shot
6′ - 8′⚽
Josh Eccles 1-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Ephron Mason-Clark
Right foot shot
- ⚽
Lewis Koumas 2-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Patrick Roberts
Right foot shot
17′ Marvin Ducksch
Yellowcard
Foul
36′Birmingham City
Yellowcard
51′Kai Wagner
Yellowcard
Foul
51′- 60′⚽
Ellis Simms 2-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Jack Rudoni
Right foot shot
- ⚽
Marvin Ducksch 3-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Patrick Roberts
Right foot shot
63′ - ⇄
Eiran Cashin
Substitution
Off: Lewis Koumas
65′ - 67′⇄
Haji Wright
Substitution
Off: Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
- ⇄
Alfons Sampsted
Substitution
Off: Kai Wagner
71′ - ⇄
Kyogo Furuhashi
Substitution
Off: Marvin Ducksch
72′ - ⇄
Willum Thór Willumsson
Substitution
Off: Patrick Roberts
72′ - 86′
Josh Eccles
Yellowcard
Foul
James Beadle
Yellowcard
Time wasting
88′- 89′⇄
Kai Andrews
Substitution
Off: Josh Eccles
- ⇄
Kanya Fujimoto
Substitution
Off: Jay Stansfield
90+3′ - 90+5′
Bobby Thomas
Redcard
Violent conduct
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 | 6.39 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.25 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.71 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.69 | |
| 71 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.80 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.52 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.63 | |
| 72 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 7.62 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | 6.73 | |
| 65 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.69 | |
| 72 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 8.33 | |
| 18 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.49 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 18 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.40 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.48 | |
| 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.58 | |
| 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.47 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Birmingham City
Latest: Southampton · 1–1
Match stats
29 Dec 2025, 20:15 · Home vs Southampton · 2025/2026
Coventry City
Latest: Charlton Athletic · 1–1
Match stats
1 Jan 2026, 15:00 · Away vs Charlton Athletic · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Birmingham City’s ground: 6 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Birmingham City’s home games with Coventry 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 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Birmingham City
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Coventry City
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Birmingham City
Coventry City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Birmingham City
Coventry 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.
Birmingham City
Coventry City
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.