Championship 25/26 · 9 Dec 2025

Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Birmingham City

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Nov 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot saw it as open: Queens Park Rangers 38%, the draw 30%, Birmingham City 32%.

Queens Park Rangers won and made the better chances: 1.6 xG to 0.3.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Jimmy Dunne, 69.3 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Jimmy Dunne +26.2.

Well below it: Tommy Doyle −27.5, Paul Smyth −14.5, James Beadle −14.4.

Each side's last five results before this match.

6 Dec 2025	W 3–1	v West Bromwich Albion Championship
29 Nov 2025	L 1–3	at Norwich City Championship
26 Nov 2025	W 1–0	at Blackburn Rovers Championship
22 Nov 2025	W 3–2	v Hull City Championship
8 Nov 2025	D 0–0	at Sheffield United Championship

6 Dec 2025	L 1–3	at Southampton Championship
1 Dec 2025	W 2–1	v Watford Championship
26 Nov 2025	D 1–1	at West Bromwich Albion Championship
22 Nov 2025	W 4–1	v Norwich City Championship
8 Nov 2025	L 1–2	at Middlesbrough Championship

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Kieran Morgan Midfielder	12	1	0	0.02	100.0	–
Jimmy Dunne Defender	90	1	0	0.14	69.3	+26.2
Kwame Poku Midfielder	11	0	0	–	57.3	–
Paul Nardi Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	46.5	−1.0
Nicolas Madsen Midfielder	90	0	0	–	45.8	+5.1
Richard Kone Forward	90	0	0	0.67	40.3	+0.7
Koki Saito Midfielder	79	0	1	0.01	38.8	+2.1
Jonathan Varane Midfielder	90	0	1	–	37.0	−5.0
Rumarn Burrell Forward	90	0	0	0.11	34.7	−10.0
Steve Cook Defender	90	0	0	0.02	34.0	−11.4
Karamoko Dembélé Midfielder	23	0	0	0.07	33.8	–
Rhys Norrington-Davies Defender	90	0	0	0.04	33.1	−3.7
Amadou Salif Mbengue Defender	86	0	0	0.05	28.3	−10.9
Paul Smyth Midfielder	67	0	0	0.44	18.9	−14.5

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Eiran Cashin Defender	22	0	0	–	65.8	–
Keshi Anderson Midfielder	8	0	0	–	59.8	–
Lyndon Dykes Forward	22	0	0	–	50.2	–
Christoph Klarer Defender	90	0	0	–	48.8	−2.2
Jack Robinson Defender	68	0	0	–	47.9	−2.9
Patrick Roberts Midfielder	90	1	0	0.19	45.6	+5.0
Bright Osayi-Samuel Defender	45	0	0	–	44.9	+7.1
Phil Neumann Defender	82	0	0	–	44.6	+1.8
Seung Ho Paik Midfielder	90	0	0	–	40.1	−5.9
James Beadle Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	38.5	−14.4
Marvin Ducksch Forward	45	0	0	0.05	36.5	−6.2
Demarai Gray Midfielder	90	0	1	0.05	35.9	−5.1
Kyogo Furuhashi Forward	45	0	0	–	35.3	−1.5
Tomoki Iwata Midfielder	90	0	0	–	35.3	−6.2
Jay Stansfield Midfielder	68	0	0	–	30.8	−8.4
Tommy Doyle Midfielder	45	0	0	–	15.9	−27.5