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Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 31 Jan 2026

Oxford United 0–2 Birmingham City

Expected and what happened

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

Expected xG
1.1 – 1.1
Actual xG
0.5 – 1.1
Goals
0 – 2

Footybot saw it as open: Oxford United 35%, the draw 29%, Birmingham City 36%.

Birmingham City won and made the better chances: 1.1 xG to 0.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: James Beadle, 60.8 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Jay Stansfield +20.4, James Beadle +12.8, Kai Wagner +11.9.

Well below it: Ciaron Brown −22.1, Sam Long −15.3, Jamie Cumming −9.9.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Oxford United

24 Jan 2026W 2–1at Leicester City Championship
20 Jan 2026D 0–0v Queens Park Rangers Championship
17 Jan 2026D 0–0v Bristol City Championship
1 Jan 2026L 1–2at Ipswich Town Championship
29 Dec 2025L 0–1v Swansea City Championship

Birmingham City

24 Jan 2026D 1–1v Stoke City Championship
20 Jan 2026W 2–0at Sheffield Wednesday Championship
17 Jan 2026D 1–1at Swansea City Championship
4 Jan 2026W 3–2v Coventry City Championship
1 Jan 2026L 0–3at Watford Championship

Head to head

23 Aug 2025Birmingham City 1–0 Oxford United Championship

Oxford United

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ben Davies Defender9000–45.7+5.4
Will Lankshear Forward3500–44.3–
Jamie Cumming Goalkeeper9000–43.8−9.9
Matt Phillips Forward55000.0535.8−3.3
Cameron Brannagan Midfielder90000.0733.8−2.9
Myles Peart-Harris Midfielder90000.0733.8+9.6
Mark Harris Forward55000.0132.9−6.7
Ole Romeny Forward25000.2231.3–
Przemysław Płacheta Midfielder35000.0230.3–
Yunus Konak Midfielder4500–30.2–
Brodie Spencer Defender9000–30.1−3.7
Jamie McDonnell Midfielder4500–28.2–
Stanley Mills Midfielder65000.0127.9+0.5
Ciaron Brown Defender9000–19.4−22.1
Sam Long Defender90000.0317.7−15.3

Birmingham City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
James Beadle Goalkeeper9000–60.8+12.8
Christoph Klarer Defender90000.1750.2+2.2
Jay Stansfield Midfielder59000.0349.3+20.4
Marvin Ducksch Forward87100.2746.5+5.5
Ibrahim Osman Midfielder87000.2640.0+0.3
Phil Neumann Defender9000–39.9−3.8
Carlos Vicente Midfielder3001–39.6–
August Priske Forward31000.0539.1–
Jhon Solís Midfielder90000.1839.1−4.2
Seung Ho Paik Midfielder90000.0338.1+0.9
Scott Wright Midfielder1000–37.3–
Kai Wagner Defender9000–33.2+11.9
Tomoki Iwata Midfielder65000.1333.0−0.4
Patrick Roberts Midfielder60000.0429.6−7.2
Bright Osayi-Samuel Defender2500–27.8–
Tommy Doyle Midfielder1000–17.2–