Championship 25/26 · 13 Sep 2025

Stoke City 1–0 Birmingham City

Expected and what happened

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

Footybot made Birmingham City favourites at 50%.

Stoke City won a close one on the chances: 0.5 xG to 0.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Bosun Lawal, 55.0 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Bosun Lawal +16.6, Million Manhoef +16.3.

Well below it: Ethan Laird −15.9, Alex Cochrane −12.6, Tomáš Rigo −12.6.

Each side's last five results before this match.

30 Aug 2025	L 0–1	v West Bromwich Albion Championship
26 Aug 2025	L 0–3	v Bradford City EFL Cup
23 Aug 2025	W 2–1	at Southampton Championship
16 Aug 2025	W 3–0	at Sheffield Wednesday Championship
12 Aug 2025	D 0–0	v Walsall EFL Cup

29 Aug 2025	L 0–2	at Leicester City Championship
26 Aug 2025	L 0–1	v Port Vale EFL Cup
23 Aug 2025	W 1–0	v Oxford United Championship
16 Aug 2025	W 2–1	at Blackburn Rovers Championship
13 Aug 2025	W 2–1	v Sheffield United EFL Cup

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Bosun Lawal Defender	90	1	0	0.13	55.0	+16.6
Million Manhoef Midfielder	89	0	0	–	54.6	+16.3
Viktor Johansson Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	48.6	−3.6
Jun-Ho Bae Midfielder	19	0	0	–	46.0	–
Ben Pearson Midfielder	82	0	0	–	42.6	–
Divin Mubama Forward	90	0	0	0.13	42.0	−2.0
Ben Wilmot Defender	90	0	0	0.09	40.3	−4.7
Aaron Cresswell Defender	89	0	1	–	38.2	+2.2
Lewis Baker Midfielder	90	0	0	0.05	35.6	−5.2
Tatsuki Seko Midfielder	8	0	0	–	34.8	–
Tomáš Rigo Midfielder	71	0	0	–	33.2	−12.6
Eric Bocat Defender	1	0	0	–	31.6	–
Sorba Thomas Midfielder	90	0	0	0.09	28.7	−8.0
Junior Tchamadeu Defender	90	0	0	–	25.1	−4.8
Lamine Cissé Forward	1	0	0	–	0.0	–

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Marc Leonard Midfielder	12	0.07	55.6	–
Ryan Allsop Goalkeeper	90	–	51.5	+6.8
Christoph Klarer Defender	90	–	48.2	−7.1
Patrick Roberts Midfielder	60	–	43.0	–
Phil Neumann Defender	84	–	40.7	+1.7
Bright Osayi-Samuel Defender	31	–	39.3	–
Seung Ho Paik Midfielder	90	–	38.9	−5.6
Marvin Ducksch Forward	31	–	37.2	–
Tommy Doyle Midfielder	59	–	35.9	–
Tomoki Iwata Midfielder	90	–	35.7	−1.8
Kyogo Furuhashi Forward	11	–	35.6	–
Jay Stansfield Midfielder	79	0.28	33.3	−7.8
Demarai Gray Midfielder	90	0.15	32.9	−9.7
Lewis Koumas Forward	30	0.02	32.6	–
Ethan Laird Defender	59	–	31.7	−15.9
Alex Cochrane Defender	90	–	20.3	−12.6