1 STO
Stoke City
0 BIR
Birmingham
STO 1
0 BIR

Stoke City
-
Birmingham

Championship, Round 5
Saturday, September 13, 2025 3:00 PM
bet365 Stadium

Result

1-0

Match Recap

1H
B. Lawal 21'

Match Events

Second Half 1 - 0

Yellow Card
90+4'
Fourth Substitution
90+3'
Third Substitution
90+3'
Fifth Substitution
84'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
83'
Second Substitution
82'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
80'
Fourth Substitution
79'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
78'
First Substitution
71'
Third Substitution
60'
Second Substitution
59'
First Substitution
59'

First Half 1 - 0

Goal
21'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

42%
58%

Total Shots

8
7

Shots on Goal

3
0

Corners

5
3

Expected Goals (xG)

0.60
0.49

Match Information

Information Value
League Championship
Season Championship 2025/26
Round Round 5
Date September 13, 2025
Time 15:00
Venue bet365 Stadium
Result 1 - 0

Lineups

Stoke City
Sweden
Viktor Johansson
1. V. Johansson
Junior Tchamadeu
22. J. Tchamadeu
Mohammed Olabosun Lawal
18. M. O. Lawal
Ben Wilmot
16. B. Wilmot
A. Cresswell
3. A. Cresswell
Tomáš Rigo
19. T. Rigo
Ben Pearson
4. B. Pearson
Netherlands
Million Manhoef
42. M. Manhoef
Lewis Baker
8. L. Baker
S. Thomas
7. S. Thomas
D. Mubama
9. D. Mubama
England
Thomas Doyle
7. T. Doyle
England
Jay Stansfield
28. J. Stansfield
Demarai Gray
10. D. Gray
Paik Seung-Ho
8. P. Seung-Ho
Japan
Tomoki Iwata
24. T. Iwata
P. Roberts
16. P. Roberts
Alex Cochrane
20. A. Cochrane
C. Klarer
4. C. Klarer
Phil Neumann
5. P. Neumann
Ethan Laird
2. E. Laird
Ryan Allsop
21. R. Allsop
Birmingham

Form before the match

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2023/24
Championship 2023/24

January 20, 2024

FT
1
2
Stoke City
Stoke City
Birmingham
Birmingham

December 26, 2023

FT
1
3
Birmingham
Birmingham
Stoke City
Stoke City

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26
Championship 2025/26

January 24, 2026

FT
1
1
Birmingham
Birmingham
Stoke City
Stoke City

Championship

Team P GD Pts

Promotion

1
Coventry
Coventry 		31 28 59
2
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough 		30 18 58

Promotion Playoffs

3
Ipswich
Ipswich 		30 22 54
4
Hull City
Hull City 		31 7 54
5
Millwall
Millwall 		31 3 53
6
Wrexham
Wrexham 		31 5 47
7
Preston
Preston 		31 4 47
8
Bristol City
Bristol City 		31 5 46
9
Derby
Derby 		31 6 45
10
Birmingham
Birmingham 		31 4 45
11
Watford
Watford 		31 3 44
12
QPR
QPR 		31 -1 44
13
Stoke City
Stoke City 		31 6 43
14
Southampton
Southampton 		31 3 43
15
Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd 		30 0 39
16
Swansea
Swansea 		30 -3 39
17
Norwich
Norwich 		31 -3 36
18
Charlton
Charlton 		30 -9 36
19
Portsmouth
Portsmouth 		29 -11 33
20
West Brom
West Brom 		31 -15 33
21
Leicester
Leicester 		31 -6 32

Relegation

22
Blackburn
Blackburn 		31 -13 32
23
Oxford United
Oxford United 		31 -13 28
24
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday 		30 -40 -7