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Stockport County vs Birmingham City
1 Jan 2025, 15:00 · League One · 2024/2025
Referee
Paul HowardLeague One 2024/2025 · 12 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Stockport CountyMin
Birmingham City- 5′⚽
Alfie May 0-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Willum Thór Willumsson
Left foot shot
- ⇄
Kyle Knoyle
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Jay Mingi
34′ - 34′
Taylor Gardner-Hickman
Yellowcard
Foul
- 34′
Birmingham City
Yellowcard
- ⇄
Callum Camps
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Oliver Norwood
46′ - 65′⇄
Marc Leonard
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Willum Thór Willumsson
- 66′⇄
Lyndon Dykes
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Alfie May
- 66′⇄
Scott Wright
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Taylor Gardner-Hickman
- ⇄
J. Stretton
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Jack Diamond
71′ - ⇄
Ryan Rydel
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Ibou Touray
71′ - ⚽
Macauley Southam-Hales 1-1
Goal · Header
With: Ryan Rydel
Header
78′ - 86′⇄
Ethan Laird
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Alex Cochrane
- 86′⇄
Luke Harris
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Jay Stansfield
- ⇄
Lewis Fiorini
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Odin Bailey
87′ Macauley Southam-Hales
Yellowcard
Foul
90+1′Stockport County
Yellowcard
90+1′Lewis Fiorini
Yellowcard
Foul
90+4′
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 | 7.09 | |
| 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.39 | |
| 90 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 7.69 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | 7.63 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 7.52 | |
| 45 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.70 | |
| 87 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 6.92 | |
| 71 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.57 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 7.14 | |
| 71 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.51 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 6.81 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7.12 | |
| 45 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 7.12 | |
| 19 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 7.53 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 56 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.94 | |
| 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.65 |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2024/2025.
Stockport County
Latest: Peterborough United · 2–1
Match stats
20 Dec 2024, 19:45 · Home vs Peterborough United · 2024/2025
Birmingham City
Latest: Crawley Town · 1–0
Match stats
23 Dec 2024, 20:15 · Away vs Crawley Town · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Stockport County’s ground: 1 previous meetings, 0 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Stockport County’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.
Stockport County
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Tackles
Birmingham City
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Stockport County
Birmingham City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Stockport County
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.
Stockport County
Birmingham City
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.