Championship 25/26 · 29 Aug 2025

Leicester City 2–0 Birmingham City

Expected and what happened

No prediction: one side wasn't rated the month before.

Leicester City won a close one on the chances: 0.7 xG to 0.9.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Christoph Klarer, 68.9 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Christoph Klarer +18.5, Bright Osayi-Samuel +17.7, Demarai Gray +15.0.

Well below it: Caleb Okoli −21.6, Jannik Vestergaard −13.2, Ryan Allsop −10.5.

Each side's last five results before this match.

23 Aug 2025	W 1–0	at Charlton Athletic Championship
16 Aug 2025	L 1–2	at Preston North End Championship
10 Aug 2025	W 2–1	v Sheffield Wednesday Championship

23 Aug 2025	W 1–0	v Oxford United Championship
16 Aug 2025	W 2–1	at Blackburn Rovers Championship
8 Aug 2025	D 1–1	v Ipswich Town Championship

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Ricardo Pereira Defender	18	1	0	0.54	73.8	–
Jeremy Monga Midfielder	19	0	1	–	67.5	–
Wout Faes Defender	12	0	0	–	58.7	–
Jakub Stolarczyk Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	54.3	+1.2
Luke Thomas Defender	90	0	0	–	46.7	+8.6
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku Midfielder	87	1	0	0.10	44.0	+0.9
Boubakary Soumaré Midfielder	90	0	0	–	43.2	−2.7
Jannik Vestergaard Defender	90	0	0	0.02	41.7	−13.2
Oliver Skipp Midfielder	90	0	0	–	41.4	–
Jordan Ayew Forward	90	0	0	–	41.0	−3.4
Louis Page Midfielder	56	0	1	–	38.6	–
Patson Daka Forward	34	0	0	0.01	33.9	–
Stephy Mavididi Midfielder	71	0	0	–	33.6	–
Hamza Choudhury Midfielder	72	0	0	–	32.7	–
Caleb Okoli Defender	90	0	0	–	30.4	−21.6

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Christoph Klarer Defender	90	–	68.9	+18.5
Keshi Anderson Midfielder	24	0.10	59.7	–
Ethan Laird Defender	90	0.10	55.3	–
Demarai Gray Midfielder	90	0.09	54.6	+15.0
Tommy Doyle Midfielder	13	–	52.0	–
Bright Osayi-Samuel Defender	90	0.28	48.3	+17.7
Seung Ho Paik Midfielder	90	–	46.1	+1.2
Marvin Ducksch Forward	13	0.02	45.5	–
Tomoki Iwata Midfielder	90	0.02	43.5	+6.3
Willum Thor Willumsson Midfielder	66	0.22	43.0	–
Lewis Koumas Forward	77	–	39.9	–
Phil Neumann Defender	85	–	38.3	+0.5
Kyogo Furuhashi Forward	77	0.06	37.9	+2.9
Ryan Allsop Goalkeeper	90	–	36.8	−10.5
Lyndon Dykes Forward	14	–	33.4	–