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	34	20	8	6	70	37	33	68
2	Middlesbrough	34	18	9	7	51	34	17	63
Promotion Playoffs
3	Hull City	34	18	6	10	56	48	8	60
4	Millwall	34	17	8	9	45	40	5	59
5	Ipswich	32	16	9	7	56	34	22	57
6	Wrexham	34	14	12	8	53	45	8	54

7	Derby	35	14	9	12	52	46	6	51
8	Watford	35	13	12	10	45	41	4	51
9	Southampton	34	13	11	10	54	45	9	50
10	Bristol City	35	14	8	13	48	44	4	50
11	Preston	34	12	13	9	41	38	3	49
12	Birmingham	34	13	10	11	45	43	2	49
13	Stoke City	34	13	8	13	38	32	6	47
14	QPR	34	13	8	13	46	52	-6	47
15	Swansea	34	13	7	14	40	40	0	46
16	Norwich	35	13	6	16	47	44	3	45
17	Sheffield Utd	34	14	3	17	48	48	0	45
18	Charlton	34	10	11	13	33	43	-10	41
19	Portsmouth	34	10	9	15	34	44	-10	39
20	Blackburn	35	10	8	17	33	46	-13	38
21	West Brom	34	9	8	17	33	50	-17	35
Relegation
22	Leicester	35	10	10	15	47	56	-9	34
23	Oxford United	34	6	11	17	29	46	-17	29
24	Sheffield Wednesday	34	1	8	25	20	68	-48	-7

Updated January 4, 2026 2:01 PM