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Northampton Town vs Birmingham City
15 Mar 2025, 15:00 · League One · 2024/2025
Referee
Ross JoyceLeague One 2024/2025 · 13 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Northampton TownMin
Birmingham City- ⚽
Tomoki Iwata 1-0
Own Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
17′ - 45′
Jay Stansfield
Yellowcard
- 45+2′⚽
Keshi Anderson 1-1
Goal · Header
With: Christoph Klarer
Header
- 62′⇄
Emil Hansson
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Keshi Anderson
- ⇄
Timothy Eyoma
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Akin Odimayo
70′ - ⇄
Will Hondermarck
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Ben Perry
77′ - 82′⇄
Lukas Jutkiewicz
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Willum Thór Willumsson
- 82′⇄
Alfie May
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Jay Stansfield
- ⇄
Ali Koiki
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Aaron McGowan
85′ - 86′⇄
Krystian Bielik
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Alfons Sampsted
Lee Burge
Yellowcard
Argument
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6.18 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | 7.75 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7.02 | |
| 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.71 | |
| 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.46 | |
| 77 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 7.40 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 7.39 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 7.08 | |
| 90 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.78 | |
| 90 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.16 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.22 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.75 | |
| 13 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7.17 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.66 |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2024/2025.
Northampton Town
Latest: Stockport County · 1–1
Match stats
4 Mar 2025, 19:45 · Home vs Stockport County · 2024/2025
Birmingham City
Latest: Bolton Wanderers · 1–3
Match stats
4 Mar 2025, 19:45 · Away vs Bolton Wanderers · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Northampton Town’s ground: 1 previous meetings, 0 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Northampton Town’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.
Northampton Town
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.
Northampton Town
Birmingham City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Northampton Town
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.
Northampton Town
Birmingham City
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.