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	27	16	7	4	59	30	29	55
2	Middlesbrough	27	14	7	6	40	28	12	49
Promotion Playoffs
3	Ipswich	26	13	8	5	45	24	21	47
4	Millwall	27	13	7	7	31	33	-2	46
5	Hull City	26	13	5	8	42	39	3	44
6	Preston	27	11	10	6	36	26	10	43

7	Stoke City	27	12	5	10	32	23	9	41
8	Watford	26	11	8	7	37	31	6	41
9	Bristol City	27	11	7	9	38	29	9	40
10	Wrexham	27	10	10	7	39	34	5	40
11	QPR	27	11	6	10	38	39	-1	39
12	Derby	27	10	8	9	36	35	1	38
13	Leicester	27	10	7	10	38	40	-2	37
14	Birmingham	27	9	8	10	36	37	-1	35
15	Southampton	27	8	9	10	39	40	-1	33
16	Swansea	27	9	6	12	28	34	-6	33
17	Sheffield Utd	26	10	2	14	36	39	-3	32
18	Charlton	26	8	8	10	26	32	-6	32
19	West Brom	27	9	4	14	31	38	-7	31
20	Blackburn	26	7	7	12	24	33	-9	28
21	Portsmouth	25	7	7	11	22	35	-13	28
Relegation
22	Norwich	27	7	6	14	30	40	-10	27
23	Oxford United	26	5	8	13	25	35	-10	23
24	Sheffield Wednesday	26	1	8	17	18	52	-34	-7

Updated August 8, 2025 10:00 PM