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Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 21 Feb 2026

Norwich City 1–2 Birmingham City

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jan 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.3 – 1.3
Actual xG
1.4 – 1.3
Goals
1 – 2

Footybot saw it as open: Norwich City 36%, the draw 27%, Birmingham City 37%.

Birmingham City won a close one on the chances: 1.3 xG to 1.4.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: James Beadle, 69.0 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: James Beadle +18.4, Marvin Ducksch +12.5.

Well below it: Bright Osayi-Samuel −25.4, Carlos Vicente −14.7, Christoph Klarer −11.9.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Norwich City

10 Feb 2026W 3–0at Oxford United Championship
7 Feb 2026W 2–0v Blackburn Rovers Championship
31 Jan 2026L 0–1at Middlesbrough Championship
26 Jan 2026W 2–1v Coventry City Championship
20 Jan 2026W 5–0at West Bromwich Albion Championship

Birmingham City

10 Feb 2026D 0–0v West Bromwich Albion Championship
7 Feb 2026W 2–1v Leicester City Championship
31 Jan 2026W 2–0at Oxford United Championship
24 Jan 2026D 1–1v Stoke City Championship
20 Jan 2026W 2–0at Sheffield Wednesday Championship

Head to head

22 Nov 2025Birmingham City 4–1 Norwich City Championship

Norwich City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Tony Springett Forward100–53.1–
Vladan Kovačević Goalkeeper9000–43.4−7.4
Kenny McLean Midfielder90100.0643.1+6.7
Sam Field Midfielder9000–38.9−0.7
Liam Gibbs Midfielder45000.0238.1+0.8
Paris Maghoma Midfielder45000.0836.9–
Ruairi McConville Defender90000.0336.2−5.6
José Córdoba Defender8900–34.8−3.8
Mohamed Touré Forward71010.4433.4–
Mathias Kvistgaarden Forward19000.1831.8–
Ben Chrisene Defender84000.0329.6−1.3
Anis Ben Slimane Midfielder90000.1527.6−11.9
Ali Ahmed Midfielder89000.0927.6−11.4
Kellen Fisher Defender90000.3619.4−11.0
Jack Stacey Defender1300–14.2–
Harry Darling Defender100–0.0–

Birmingham City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
James Beadle Goalkeeper9000–69.0+18.4
Marvin Ducksch Forward71100.3052.2+12.5
Jonathan Panzo Defender9000–46.8−3.4
August Priske Forward78010.6039.5+5.3
Jhon Solís Midfielder9000–38.4−4.1
Carlos Vicente Midfielder71100.2838.1−14.7
Tomoki Iwata Midfielder9000–36.5+4.5
Christoph Klarer Defender9000–35.3−11.9
Demarai Gray Midfielder63000.0934.1−5.8
Patrick Roberts Midfielder19000.0433.4–
Kai Wagner Defender9000–29.3+2.0
Ibrahim Osman Midfielder2700–27.4–
Jay Stansfield Midfielder1900–24.0–
Ethan Laird Defender1100–15.9–
Bright Osayi-Samuel Defender7901–14.3−25.4
Tommy Doyle Midfielder1200–11.1–