Championship 25/26 · 27 Sep 2025

Coventry City 3–0 Birmingham City

Expected and what happened

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

Footybot made Coventry City favourites at 45%.

Coventry City won and made the better chances: 2.2 xG to 0.2.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Jamie Allen, 62.9 in 25′.

Player	Min	G	xG	Score
Jamie Allen Midfielder	25	0	–	62.9
Victor Torp Midfielder	81	1	0.27	54.2
Kai Andrews Midfielder	9	0	–	54.1
Brandon Thomas-Asante Forward	81	1	0.88	53.1
Matt Grimes Midfielder	90	0	–	49.5
Carl Rushworth Goalkeeper	90	0	–	48.1
Ellis Simms Forward	18	0	0.15	46.9
Jay DaSilva Defender	90	0	0.01	46.8
Bobby Thomas Defender	90	0	0.07	45.7
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto Midfielder	81	0	–	45.5
Liam Kitching Defender	90	0	0.17	44.0
Haji Wright Forward	72	0	0.55	43.1
Josh Eccles Midfielder	65	0	–	38.1
Milan van Ewijk Defender	90	0	0.09	35.8
Kaine Kesler-Hayden Defender	9	0	–	19.9
Miguel Ángel Brau Defender	9	0	–	16.4

Player	Min	xG	Score
Jack Robinson Defender	42	–	62.2
Ethan Laird Defender	59	0.12	59.5
Alex Cochrane Defender	31	–	58.2
Demarai Gray Midfielder	59	–	54.4
Christoph Klarer Defender	90	0.01	50.3
Patrick Roberts Midfielder	31	–	48.9
Ryan Allsop Goalkeeper	90	–	47.1
Seung Ho Paik Midfielder	90	–	44.1
Bright Osayi-Samuel Defender	90	–	43.9
Eiran Cashin Defender	46	–	43.7
Tomoki Iwata Midfielder	77	–	43.3
Tommy Doyle Midfielder	13	–	42.8
Lewis Koumas Forward	44	–	41.1
Lyndon Dykes Forward	90	0.01	37.5
Jay Stansfield Midfielder	77	0.04	36.3
Kyogo Furuhashi Forward	13	–	31.6