1 BIR

1 IPS

BIR 1

1 IPS

Birmingham
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Ipswich

Championship, Round 1
Friday, August 8, 2025 8:00 PM
St. Andrew&apos;s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham

Result

1-1

Match Recap

Jay Stansfield 55'

George Hirst (pen.) 90+5'

Match Events

Second Half 1 - 1

90+6'

Conor Chaplin

Yellow Card

90+5'

George Hirst

Penalty Goal

Taylor Gardner-Hickman

Keshi Anderson

89'

85'

Cameron Humphreys

A. Matusiwa

Ethan Laird

Demarai Gray

83'

Lyndon Dykes

Jay Stansfield

83'

79'

Ali Al-Hamadi

J. Clarke

Thomas Doyle

K. Furuhashi

77'

Paik Seung-Ho

Yellow Card

71'

68'

Conor Chaplin

Samuel Szmodics

68'

Nathan Broadhead

C. Ogbene

68'

Ashley Young

Benjamin Johnson

Jay Stansfield

Goal

55'

First Half 0 - 0

44'

A. Matusiwa

Yellow Card

Bright Osayi-Samuel

Yellow Card

19'

Jack Taylor

Yellow Card

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

51%

49%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

1.38

1.31

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 1
Date	August 8, 2025
Time	20:00
Venue	St. Andrew&apos;s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham
Result	1 - 1

Lineups

Birmingham

21. R. Allsop Ryan Allsop

26. B. Osayi-Samuel Bright Osayi-Samuel

5. P. Neumann Phil Neumann

4. C. Klarer C. Klarer

20. A. Cochrane Alex Cochrane

24. T. Iwata T. Iwata

8. P. Seung-Ho Paik Seung-Ho

10. D. Gray Demarai Gray

28. J. Stansfield Jay Stansfield

14. K. Anderson Keshi Anderson

9. K. Furuhashi K. Furuhashi

9. G. Hirst George Hirst

23. S. Szmodics Samuel Szmodics

47. J. Clarke J. Clarke

14. J. Taylor Jack Taylor

5. A. Matusiwa A. Matusiwa

21. C. Ogbene C. Ogbene

3. L. Davis Leif Davis

24. J. Greaves Jacob Greaves

26. D. O'Shea Dara O'Shea

18. B. Johnson Benjamin Johnson

1. A. Palmer Alex Palmer

Ipswich

Substitutes

Birmingham

Ipswich

Unused Players

Birmingham

Ipswich

Form before the match

Birmingham

Ipswich

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2023/24

February 24, 2024

Ipswich

Birmingham

November 4, 2023

Birmingham

Ipswich

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

April 6, 2026

15:00

Ipswich

Birmingham

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	18	13	4	1	50	18	32	43
2	Middlesbrough	19	10	6	3	28	20	8	36
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	18	9	4	5	22	25	-3	31
4	Stoke City	18	9	3	6	26	14	12	30
5	Preston	18	8	6	4	25	19	6	30
6	Bristol City	18	8	5	5	26	20	6	29

7	Ipswich	18	7	7	4	30	19	11	28
8	Birmingham	18	8	4	6	27	20	7	28
9	Hull City	19	8	4	7	31	34	-3	28
10	Leicester	19	7	6	6	25	23	2	27
11	Wrexham	18	6	8	4	23	20	3	26
12	Derby	19	7	5	7	25	28	-3	26
13	West Brom	18	7	4	7	20	22	-2	25
14	QPR	18	7	4	7	22	28	-6	25
15	Southampton	18	6	6	6	28	25	3	24
16	Watford	19	6	6	7	25	25	0	24
17	Charlton	18	6	5	7	18	23	-5	23
18	Blackburn	18	6	3	9	18	23	-5	21
19	Sheffield Utd	18	6	1	11	20	28	-8	19
20	Oxford United	18	4	6	8	20	25	-5	18
21	Swansea	18	4	5	9	18	27	-9	17
Relegation
22	Portsmouth	18	4	5	9	15	25	-10	17
23	Norwich	19	4	4	11	21	30	-9	16
24	Sheffield Wednesday	18	1	5	12	14	36	-22	-10

Updated August 8, 2025 10:00 PM