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Sheffield United vs Birmingham City
20 Dec 2025, 15:00 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Simon HooperChampionship 2025/2026 · 1 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Sheffield UnitedMin
Birmingham City- 2′
Phil Neumann
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Tyler Bindon 1-0
Goal · Header
With: Gustavo Hamer
Header
5′ - 11′
Christoph Klarer
Yellowcard
Foul
- 18′
Tommy Doyle
Redcard
Foul
- 25′
Keshi Anderson
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Gustavo Hamer 2-0
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
28′ - 30′⇄
Marc Leonard
Substitution
Off: Keshi Anderson
- ⚽
Patrick Bamford 3-0
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Oliver Arblaster
Left foot shot
51′ - ⇄
Tom Cannon
Substitution
Off: Patrick Bamford
57′ - ⇄
Danny Ings
Substitution
Off: Gustavo Hamer
57′ - 63′⇄
Lewis Koumas
Substitution
Off: Willum Thór Willumsson
- 64′⇄
Eiran Cashin
Substitution
Off: Jack Robinson
- 64′⇄
Lyndon Dykes
Substitution
Off: Demarai Gray
- ⇄
Djibril Soumaré
Substitution
Off: Oliver Arblaster
71′ - ⇄
Harrison Burrows
Substitution
Off: Sam McCallum
72′ - ⇄
Andre Brooks
Substitution
Off: Jaïro Riedewald
77′ - 83′⇄
Patrick Roberts
Substitution
Off: Jay Stansfield
Japhet Tanganga
Yellowcard
Handball
90+3′
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.96 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 7.45 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.84 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7.57 | |
| 72 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 7.48 | |
| 71 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 7.79 | |
| 77 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.90 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 6.78 | |
| 90 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 6.96 | |
| 57 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 8.76 | |
| 57 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.23 | |
| 33 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6.71 | |
| 33 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.69 | |
| 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.54 | |
| 18 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.57 | |
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| 19 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.60 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Sheffield United
Latest: Norwich City · 1–1
Match stats
9 Dec 2025, 19:45 · Home vs Norwich City · 2025/2026
Birmingham City
Latest: Queens Park Rangers · 1–2
Match stats
9 Dec 2025, 20:00 · Away vs Queens Park Rangers · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Sheffield United’s ground: 6 previous meetings, 1 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Sheffield United’s home games with Birmingham 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 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Sheffield United
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Birmingham City
Goals
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.
Sheffield United
Birmingham City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Sheffield United
Birmingham 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.
Sheffield United
Birmingham City
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.