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Birmingham City vs Leyton Orient
25 Feb 2025, 19:45 · League One · 2024/2025
Referee
Martin WoodsLeague One 2024/2025 · 11 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Birmingham CityMin
Leyton Orient- 12′
Jack Currie
Redcard
Foul
- 16′⇄
Dominic Ball
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Charlie Kelman
- 16′⇄
Jayden Sweeney
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Dilan Markanday
- ⚽
Taylor Gardner-Hickman 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
53′ Taylor Gardner-Hickman
Yellowcard
54′- 54′⇄
Azeem Abdullah
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Dan Agyei
- 59′
Richie Wellens
Yellowcard
- 66′⇄
Randell Williams
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Ethan Galbraith
- ⇄
Lukas Jutkiewicz
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Willum Thór Willumsson
67′ - 67′⇄
Sonny Perkins
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Jamie Donley
- ⇄
Emil Hansson
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Taylor Gardner-Hickman
68′ - ⚽
Ethan Laird 2-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Christoph Klarer
Right foot shot
84′ - ⇄
Luke Harris
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Kieran Dowell
85′ - 90′
Darren Pratley
Yellowcard
Time wasting
- ⇄
Krystian Bielik
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Alfie May
90+1′ - ⇄
Alfons Sampsted
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Ethan Laird
90+1′
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.68 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 7.58 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | — | 9.05 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7.59 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 8.27 | |
| 90 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | 7.52 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 7.75 | |
| 85 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7.69 | |
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| 68 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 7.53 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 6.53 | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 22 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 6.83 | |
| 23 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 7.14 | |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.63 | |
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| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Select a player to inspect every available typed match statistic. Ratings are provider match ratings; an unreported rating stays unavailable.
Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2024/2025.
Birmingham City
Latest: Charlton Athletic · 1–0
Match stats
15 Feb 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Charlton Athletic · 2024/2025
Leyton Orient
Latest: Bolton Wanderers · 1–2
Match stats
22 Feb 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Bolton Wanderers · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Birmingham City’s ground: 1 previous meetings, 1 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Birmingham City’s home games with Leyton Orient’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.
Birmingham City
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Leyton Orient
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
Leyton Orient
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Birmingham City
Leyton Orient
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
Leyton Orient
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.