3 BIR

2 COV

BIR 3

2 COV

Birmingham
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Coventry

Championship, Round 26
Sunday, January 4, 2026 12:00 PM
St. Andrew&apos;s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham

Result

3-2

Match Recap

M. Ducksch 6'

J. Eccles 8'

Lewis Koumas 17'

E. Simms 60'

M. Ducksch 63'

B. Thomas 90+5'

Match Events

Second Half 3 - 2

90+5'

B. Thomas

Red Card

Kanya Fujimoto

Jay Stansfield

90+3'

89'

Kai Andrews

J. Eccles

James Beadle

Yellow Card

88'

86'

J. Eccles

Yellow Card

K. Furuhashi

M. Ducksch

72'

Willum Thor Willumsson

P. Roberts

72'

A. Sampsted

Kai Wagner

71'

67'

H. Wright

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

Eiran Joe Cashin

Lewis Koumas

65'

M. Ducksch

P. Roberts

63'

60'

E. Simms

Jack Rudoni

Kai Wagner

Yellow Card

51'

First Half 2 - 1

M. Ducksch

Yellow Card

36'

Lewis Koumas

P. Roberts

17'

J. Eccles

Ephron Mason-Clark

M. Ducksch

Kai Wagner

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

25%

75%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

1.16

1.50

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 26
Date	January 4, 2026
Time	12:00
Venue	St. Andrew&apos;s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham
Result	3 - 2

Lineups

Birmingham

25. J. Beadle James Beadle

24. T. Iwata Tomoki Iwata

5. P. Neumann Phil Neumann

6. J. Robinson J. Robinson

31. K. Wagner Kai Wagner

8. P. Seung-Ho Paik Seung-Ho

7. T. Doyle Thomas Doyle

16. P. Roberts P. Roberts

28. J. Stansfield Jay Stansfield

30. L. Koumas Lewis Koumas

33. M. Ducksch M. Ducksch

9. E. Simms E. Simms

10. E. Mason-Clark Ephron Mason-Clark

28. J. Eccles J. Eccles

7. T. Sakamoto Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

5. J. Rudoni Jack Rudoni

6. M. Grimes Matt Grimes

3. J. Dasilva J. Dasilva

15. L. Kitching L. Kitching

4. B. Thomas B. Thomas

27. M. v. Ewijk Milan van Ewijk

19. C. Rushworth Carl Rushworth

Coventry

Substitutes

Birmingham

Coventry

Unused Players

Birmingham

Coventry

Form before the match

Birmingham

Coventry

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

September 27, 2025

Coventry

Birmingham

Championship 2023/24

April 13, 2024

Birmingham

Coventry

December 8, 2023

Coventry

Birmingham

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	45	27	11	7	93	45	48	92
2	Ipswich	44	22	14	8	75	45	30	80
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	45	23	11	11	62	49	13	80
4	Middlesbrough	45	22	13	10	70	45	25	79
5	Southampton	44	21	13	10	77	53	24	76
6	Wrexham	45	19	13	13	67	63	4	70

7	Hull City	45	20	10	15	68	65	3	70
8	Derby	45	20	9	16	66	57	9	69
9	Norwich	45	19	8	18	62	54	8	65
10	Birmingham	45	17	12	16	56	55	1	63
11	Swansea	45	17	10	18	54	58	-4	61
12	Preston	45	15	15	15	54	59	-5	60
13	Bristol City	45	16	11	18	57	59	-2	59
14	QPR	45	16	10	19	61	70	-9	58
15	Sheffield Utd	45	17	6	22	64	65	-1	57
16	Watford	45	14	15	16	53	61	-8	57
17	Stoke City	45	15	10	20	51	54	-3	55
18	Portsmouth	45	14	12	19	48	63	-15	54
19	Charlton	45	13	14	18	43	55	-12	53
20	Blackburn	45	13	13	19	42	55	-13	52
21	West Brom	45	13	14	18	47	56	-9	51
Relegation
22	Oxford United	45	11	14	20	45	57	-12	47
23	Leicester	45	11	16	18	57	68	-11	43
24	Sheffield Wednesday	45	1	12	32	27	88	-61	-3

Updated January 4, 2026 2:01 PM