Championship 25/26 · 20 Jan 2026

Sheffield Wednesday 0–2 Birmingham City

Expected and what happened

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

Footybot made Birmingham City favourites at 48%.

Birmingham City won and made the better chances: 2.9 xG to 0.3.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Scott Wright, 100.0 in 2′.

Player	Min	xG	Score
Jarvis Thornton Midfielder	1	–	86.4
Gabriel Otegbayo Defender	90	–	45.9
Barry Bannan Midfielder	89	0.05	36.1
Bailey Cadamarteri Forward	90	0.16	35.5
Jamal Lowe Forward	88	–	33.1
Liam Palmer Defender	90	0.09	30.2
Yan Valery Defender	90	–	22.7
Reece Johnson Defender	90	0.04	17.7
Charlie McNeill Forward	19	–	17.3
Svante Ingelsson Midfielder	71	–	17.1
Nathan Redmond Midfielder	2	–	7.7

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
Scott Wright Midfielder	2	0	0	–	100.0
Kyogo Furuhashi Forward	23	1	0	0.15	68.8
James Beadle Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	55.5
Willum Thor Willumsson Midfielder	1	0	0	–	48.1
Phil Neumann Defender	90	0	0	0.41	44.9
Marvin Ducksch Forward	89	1	0	1.24	43.1
Christoph Klarer Defender	90	0	0	–	35.7
Lewis Koumas Forward	67	0	0	0.11	32.9
Tommy Doyle Midfielder	67	0	0	–	31.4
Patrick Roberts Midfielder	90	0	0	0.05	30.1
Seung Ho Paik Midfielder	90	0	0	0.08	28.7
Jhon Solís Midfielder	23	0	0	0.10	25.8
Jay Stansfield Midfielder	88	0	1	0.33	25.6
Tomoki Iwata Midfielder	90	0	0	0.40	16.7