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Championship 25/26 · 25 Apr 2026

Birmingham City 2–1 Bristol City

Expected and what happened

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

Expected xG
1.7 – 0.7
Actual xG
1.6 – 1.2
Goals
2 – 1

Footybot made Birmingham City favourites at 61%.

Birmingham City won a close one on the chances: 1.6 xG to 1.2.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Radek Vitek, 50.8 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Tomi Horvat +14.6.

Well below it: Bright Osayi-Samuel −12.6, Carlos Vicente −9.9, Kai Wagner −8.9.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Birmingham City

22 Apr 2026W 2–1v Preston North End Championship
18 Apr 2026D 1–1at Hull City Championship
12 Apr 2026W 2–0v Wrexham Championship
6 Apr 2026L 1–2at Ipswich Town Championship
3 Apr 2026L 0–1v Blackburn Rovers Championship

Bristol City

21 Apr 2026D 2–2at Southampton Championship
18 Apr 2026L 2–4v Norwich City Championship
11 Apr 2026D 0–0at Queens Park Rangers Championship
6 Apr 2026W 1–0v Sheffield United Championship
3 Apr 2026W 2–1at Charlton Athletic Championship

Head to head

25 Oct 2025Bristol City 1–0 Birmingham City Championship

Birmingham City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
James Beadle Goalkeeper9000–44.0−2.8
Tommy Doyle Midfielder2000–43.3–
Demarai Gray Midfielder70010.1438.4+5.8
Phil Neumann Defender90100.3737.3−3.3
Jhon Solís Midfielder60100.3937.1−0.1
August Priske Forward90000.5834.4−2.3
Seung Ho Paik Midfielder9000–33.9−3.7
Christoph Klarer Defender9000–32.3−8.5
Jay Stansfield Midfielder85000.1130.8+0.1
Tomoki Iwata Midfielder3000–23.7–
Carlos Vicente Midfielder90000.0421.3−9.9
Kai Wagner Defender9000–15.8−8.9
Bright Osayi-Samuel Defender7000–15.1−12.6
Alex Cochrane Defender1200–12.9–
Ethan Laird Defender2000–0.0–

Bristol City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Radek Vitek Goalkeeper9000–50.8−2.8
Tomi Horvat Midfielder90100.9348.4+14.6
Rob Dickie Defender4500–44.3+2.2
Noah Eile Defender9000–43.9+4.4
Delano Burgzorg Forward7700–38.8−1.2
Scott Twine Forward90000.2037.2−0.8
Sam Morsy Midfielder6300–37.2−1.6
Ross McCrorie Midfielder90000.0536.5+3.2
Cameron Pring Defender4500–34.2+5.2
Sam Bell Forward6300–33.9−2.8
Jason Knight Midfielder9000–31.4−4.0
Sinclair Armstrong Forward1300–31.3–
Emil Riis Jacobsen Forward2700–31.0–
Neto Borges Defender90000.0229.8−5.6
Adam Randell Midfielder2700–29.5–