Championship 26/27 · 22 Aug 2026

Birmingham City 2–2 Bristol City

Expected and what happened

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

Footybot made Birmingham City favourites at 60%.

Birmingham City deserved more from the draw, creating 2.0 xG to 1.4.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Robert Atkinson, 100.0 in 1′.

Player	Min	G	xG	Score
Demarai Gray Midfielder	28	1	0.79	75.7
James Beadle Goalkeeper	90	0	–	57.7
Christoph Klarer Defender	90	0	–	43.0
Phil Neumann Defender	90	0	–	40.4
Jhon Solís Midfielder	90	0	0.02	37.3
Tomoki Iwata Midfielder	90	0	0.04	35.7
Seung Ho Paik Midfielder	62	0	–	35.4
Marvin Ducksch Forward	12	0	0.06	33.8
Carlos Vicente Midfielder	62	0	0.56	32.5
Luis Vázquez Forward	11	0	0.03	28.3
August Priske Forward	79	0	0.46	28.1
Patrick Roberts Midfielder	28	0	–	27.5
Jay Stansfield Midfielder	84	0	–	25.2
Ethan Laird Defender	45	0	–	23.4
Bright Osayi-Samuel Defender	45	0	0.03	9.4
Alex Cochrane Defender	90	0	–	3.5

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
Robert Atkinson Defender	1	0	0	–	100.0
Dominic Ballard Forward	25	1	0	0.10	74.2
Rob Dickie Defender	90	0	0	0.14	63.0
Scott Twine Forward	71	1	0	0.33	54.2
Sam Tickle Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	53.8
Rio Cardines Forward	90	0	1	–	48.6
Lisav Naif Eissat Defender	90	0	0	0.15	47.1
Jason Knight Midfielder	90	0	0	–	45.9
Yu Hirakawa Forward	89	0	0	–	45.0
Tomi Horvat Midfielder	25	0	0	0.08	42.1
George Tanner Defender	90	0	0	0.02	38.7
Gibson Yah Midfielder	19	0	0	–	38.5
Lorent Tolaj Forward	65	0	0	0.47	36.8
Joe Williams Midfielder	71	0	0	0.09	35.0
Sam Greenwood Midfielder	19	0	0	0.03	34.4
Jed Wallace Midfielder	65	0	0	0.03	31.8