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Birmingham City vs Exeter City
18 Jan 2025, 15:00 · League One · 2024/2025
Referee
Elliot BellLeague One 2024/2025 · 11 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Birmingham CityMin
Exeter City- 12′
Ryan Woods
Yellowcard · Foul
Foul
- 34′
J. McMillan
Yellowcard · Foul
Foul
Marc Leonard
Yellowcard · Foul
Foul
36′Christoph Klarer
Yellowcard · Argument
Argument
45+1′- ⚽
Ethan Laird 1-0
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Alfie May
Left foot shot
45+2′ - 52′
Caleb Watts
Yellowcard · Persistent fouling
Persistent fouling
- 61′⇄
Joel Colwill
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: K. McDonald
- 61′⇄
Josh Magennis
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Jake Richards
- ⇄
Ayumu Yokoyama
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Jay Stansfield
62′ - ⇄
Lyndon Dykes
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Scott Wright
63′ - 69′
Vincent Harper
Yellowcard · Foul
Foul
- 73′⇄
Jack Aitchison
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Millenic Alli
- 73′⇄
Patrick Jones
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Demetri Mitchell
- ⇄
Krystian Bielik
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Alfie May
85′ - 90+5′⇄
Ilmari Niskanen
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Vincent Harper
- 90+13′
J. McMillan
Yellow/Red card · Foul
Foul
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.65 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.77 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.23 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.53 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 7.72 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | — | 7.15 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.79 | |
| 63 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 6.82 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.76 | |
| 62 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 6.77 | |
| 85 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 7.29 | |
| 22 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.72 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 27 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7.05 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 28 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.07 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Birmingham City
Latest: Blackpool · 0–0
Match stats
29 Dec 2024, 15:00 · Home vs Blackpool · 2024/2025
Exeter City
Latest: Wycombe Wanderers · 1–2
Match stats
1 Jan 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Wycombe Wanderers · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Birmingham City’s ground: 1 previous meetings, 1 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Birmingham City’s home games with Exeter City’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Birmingham City
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Exeter City
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Birmingham City
Exeter City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Birmingham City
Exeter City
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Birmingham City
Exeter City
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.