Championship 25/26 · 1 Nov 2025

Birmingham City 4–0 Portsmouth

Expected and what happened

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

Footybot made Birmingham City favourites at 60%.

Birmingham City won and made the better chances: 3.1 xG to 0.2.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Patrick Roberts, 59.3 in 45′.

Well above their usual level: Patrick Roberts +21.5, Regan Poole +12.2, Keshi Anderson +10.5.

Well below it: Josef Bursik −19.9, Jay Stansfield −14.2, Alex Cochrane −10.1.

Each side's last five results before this match.

25 Oct 2025	L 0–1	at Bristol City Championship
21 Oct 2025	W 1–0	at Preston North End Championship
18 Oct 2025	L 2–3	v Hull City Championship
3 Oct 2025	D 1–1	at Wrexham Championship
30 Sep 2025	D 2–2	v Sheffield Wednesday Championship

25 Oct 2025	L 0–1	v Stoke City Championship
21 Oct 2025	L 1–2	v Coventry City Championship
18 Oct 2025	D 1–1	at Leicester City Championship
4 Oct 2025	W 1–0	v Middlesbrough Championship
1 Oct 2025	D 2–2	v Watford Championship

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Patrick Roberts Midfielder	45	0	0	0.02	59.3	+21.5
Keshi Anderson Midfielder	45	1	0	0.19	49.2	+10.5
Christoph Klarer Defender	90	1	0	0.51	48.5	−5.0
James Beadle Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	48.0	−6.1
Seung Ho Paik Midfielder	90	1	0	0.12	46.2	+2.6
Tomoki Iwata Midfielder	89	1	1	0.35	45.1	+3.6
Tommy Doyle Midfielder	90	0	1	–	44.5	+2.3
Marvin Ducksch Forward	58	0	0	0.03	41.6	–
Phil Neumann Defender	90	0	0	–	39.3	−3.1
Kyogo Furuhashi Forward	32	0	0	0.17	38.3	–
Lyndon Dykes Forward	13	0	0	–	37.1	–
Demarai Gray Midfielder	77	0	0	0.35	35.2	−6.1
Lewis Koumas Forward	13	0	0	–	34.0	–
Jay Stansfield Midfielder	77	0	0	1.34	24.1	−14.2
Alex Cochrane Defender	90	0	2	0.03	22.8	−10.1
Bright Osayi-Samuel Defender	1	0	0	–	0.0	–

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Josh Knight Defender	8	0.01	87.9	–
Conor Chaplin Midfielder	23	–	75.5	–
Ibane Bowat Defender	53	0.09	52.3	–
Regan Poole Defender	90	–	52.3	+12.2
Márk Kosznovszky Midfielder	90	0.03	48.6	–
Marlon Pack Midfielder	90	–	47.5	+4.6
Jordan Lee Williams Defender	90	–	46.0	+9.6
John Swift Midfielder	67	0.06	45.9	+5.8
Hayden Matthews Defender	82	–	44.6	–
Andre Dozzell Midfielder	90	0.05	41.0	−2.0
Colby Bishop Forward	37	–	38.8	–
Makenzie Kirk Forward	53	–	35.8	–
Yang Min-hyeok Midfielder	53	–	35.4	−5.5
Josef Bursik Goalkeeper	90	–	32.0	−19.9
Zak Swanson Defender	37	–	31.2	–
Josh Murphy Midfielder	37	–	25.9	–