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Birmingham City vs Ipswich Town
8 Aug 2025, 20:00 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Andrew KitchenChampionship 2025/2026 · 25 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Birmingham CityMin
Ipswich TownBright Osayi-Samuel
Yellowcard
Argument
19′- 19′
Jack Taylor
Yellowcard
Argument
- 44′
Azor Matusiwa
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Jay Stansfield 1-0
Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
55′ - 68′⇄
Nathan Broadhead
Substitution
Off: Chiedozie Ogbene
- 68′⇄
Conor Chaplin
Substitution
Off: Sammie Szmodics
- 68′⇄
Ashley Young
Substitution
Off: Ben Johnson
Seung-ho Paik
Yellowcard
Foul
71′- ⇄
Tommy Doyle
Substitution
Off: Kyogo Furuhashi
77′ - 79′⇄
Ali Al-Hamadi
Substitution
Off: Jack Clarke
- ⇄
Lyndon Dykes
Substitution
Off: Jay Stansfield
83′ - ⇄
Ethan Laird
Substitution
Off: Demarai Gray
83′ - 85′⇄
Cameron Humphreys
Substitution
Off: Azor Matusiwa
- ⇄
Taylor Gardner-Hickman
Substitution
Off: Keshi Anderson
89′ - 90+5′⚽
George Hirst 1-1
Penalty
Penalty
- 90+6′
Conor Chaplin
Yellowcard
Argument
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.92 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.82 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.50 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.61 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.65 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.17 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.04 | |
| 83 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.81 | |
| 83 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 7.78 | |
| 89 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | — | 7.62 | |
| 77 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.29 | |
| 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.23 | |
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.75 | |
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| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 13 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.53 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Birmingham City
Latest: Mansfield Town · 4–0
Match stats
27 Apr 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Mansfield Town · 2024/2025
Ipswich Town
Latest: Leicester City · 0–2
Match stats
18 May 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Leicester City · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Birmingham City’s ground: 10 previous meetings, 4 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Birmingham City’s home games with Ipswich Town’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 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Birmingham City
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Ipswich Town
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Birmingham City
Ipswich Town
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Birmingham City
Ipswich Town
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
Ipswich Town
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.