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Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 22 Nov 2025

Birmingham City 4–1 Norwich City

Expected and what happened

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

Expected xG
1.9 – 0.8
Actual xG
3.7 – 1.3
Goals
4 – 1

Footybot made Birmingham City favourites at 65%.

Birmingham City won and made the better chances: 3.7 xG to 1.3.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: James Beadle, 65.7 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Kellen Fisher +15.2, James Beadle +14.2, Josh Sargent +13.6.

Well below it: Vladan Kovačević −22.5, Demarai Gray −15.5, Patrick Roberts −12.6.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Birmingham City

8 Nov 2025L 1–2at Middlesbrough Championship
4 Nov 2025W 4–0v Millwall Championship
1 Nov 2025W 4–0v Portsmouth Championship
25 Oct 2025L 0–1at Bristol City Championship
21 Oct 2025W 1–0at Preston North End Championship

Norwich City

8 Nov 2025L 1–2v Leicester City Championship
5 Nov 2025D 1–1at Sheffield Wednesday Championship
1 Nov 2025L 0–2v Hull City Championship
25 Oct 2025L 1–2at Swansea City Championship
21 Oct 2025L 0–1at Derby County Championship

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Birmingham City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
James Beadle Goalkeeper9000–65.7+14.2
Christoph Klarer Defender9000–49.6−2.6
Marvin Ducksch Forward73202.2747.6+6.6
Jay Stansfield Midfielder88200.7047.0+9.0
Marc Leonard Midfielder90000.0346.7+8.2
Lewis Koumas Forward100–38.1–
Phil Neumann Defender9000–37.7−3.3
Tomoki Iwata Midfielder87000.3937.0−4.8
Tommy Doyle Midfielder9000–35.7−5.8
Patrick Roberts Midfielder89000.0530.4−12.6
Alex Cochrane Defender9000–29.3−4.6
Kyogo Furuhashi Forward1700–27.5–
Demarai Gray Midfielder73020.2425.7−15.5
Bright Osayi-Samuel Defender900–25.0–
Lyndon Dykes Forward800–23.4–
Keshi Anderson Midfielder1700–16.0–

Norwich City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Emiliano Marcondes Midfielder30000.0372.9–
Mathias Kvistgaarden Forward60100.3462.9+13.4
Josh Sargent Forward88000.4754.1+13.6
Kellen Fisher Defender90000.0449.5+15.2
Shane Duffy Defender90000.0748.9–
Kenny McLean Midfielder9000–47.9+2.1
Jovon Makama Forward90000.1446.6−0.1
Harry Darling Defender9000–41.6−0.0
Jack Stacey Defender90000.0140.7+0.9
Oscar Schwartau Midfielder73000.2337.8−3.1
Errol Mundle-Smith Forward800–36.0–
Mirko Topić Midfielder9000–35.7−5.1
Forson Amankwah Midfielder1700–28.7–
Vladan Kovačević Goalkeeper9000–27.9−22.5