Birmingham City vs Portsmouth · Championship
Birmingham City
5-3-5
4 – 0
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Portsmouth
3-4-6
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park · Birmingham · England
Birmingham City put 4 past Portsmouth, who managed 0 at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park (crowd 27,903). Paik Seung-Ho got the deciding goal at the 9-minute mark and it went to 2-0 when Tomoki Iwata scored after 56 minutes; it went to 3-0 when Christoph Klarer scored at the 61-minute mark and Keshi Anderson added to the lead late on, at 88 minutes. With 58% of possession, Portsmouth had 5 attempts against 19 from Birmingham. From 19 shots, Birmingham found the target 7 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park · Birmingham · England
- Crowd
- 27,903
- Referee
- Andrew Kitchen
- Birmingham form
- DWWWL
- Portsmouth form
- LWWDD
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Portsmouth | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
12Fouls10
1Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
1Offsides1
9Corner Kicks5
0Saves3
42.5%Possession57.5%
19Shots5
7On Goal0
40%On Target %0%
0Penalty Goals0
1Penalty Kicks Taken0
252Accurate Passes359
339Passes465
70%Pass Completion %80%
6Accurate Crosses5
18Crosses17
30%Cross %30%
54Long Balls74
20Accurate Long Balls27
40%Long Balls %40%
6Blocked Shots2
9Effective Tackles5
13Tackles8
70%Tackle %60%
8Interceptions9
31Effective Clearances25
31Clearances25
Timeline
Full time · 4-0
90'+2'
🟨Josh Murphy
🔁Bright Osayi-Samuelreplacing Tomoki Iwata
89'
⚽Keshi AndersonAssist: Tomoki Iwata
88'4 - 0
82'
🔁Josh Knightreplacing Hayden Matthews
🔁Lewis Koumasreplacing Demarai Gray
77'
🔁Lyndon Dykesreplacing Jay Stansfield
77'
67'
🔁Conor Chaplinreplacing John Swift
⚽Christoph KlarerAssist: Alex Cochrane
61'3 - 0
60'
🟨Jordan Williams
🔁Kyogo Furuhashireplacing Marvin Ducksch
58'
⚽Tomoki IwataAssist: Tommy Doyle
56'2 - 0
53'
🔁Zak Swansonreplacing Ibane Bowat
53'
🔁Colby Bishopreplacing Mackenzie Kirk
53'
🔁Josh Murphyreplacing Yang Min-Hyeok
🔁Keshi Andersonreplacing Patrick Roberts
45'
Half-time · 1-0
🟨Christoph Klarer
23'
⚽Paik Seung-HoAssist: Alex Cochrane
9'1 - 0
❌Jay StansfieldPenalty missed
6'
Kick-off
Teams
Birmingham City4-2-3-1
33↓Ducksch
10↓Gray
28↓Stansfield
16↓Roberts
8⚽Seung-Ho
7Doyle
20Cochrane
4⚽🟨Klarer
24⚽↓Iwata
5Neumann
25Beadle
Bench
- 21Ryan Allsop
- 30Lewis Koumason for Demarai Gray, 77'
- 17Lyndon Dykeson for Jay Stansfield, 77'
- 26Bright Osayi-Samuelon for Tomoki Iwata, 89'
- 14Keshi Andersonon for Patrick Roberts, 45' ⚽
- 27Kanya Fujimoto
- 41Eiran Cashin
- 12Marc Leonard
- 9Kyogo Furuhashion for Marvin Ducksch, 58'
Portsmouth4-2-3-1
25↓Kirk
47↓Yang
8↓Swift
18Kosznovszky
21Dozzell
7Pack
17↓Bowat
5Poole
2🟨Williams
14↓Matthews
26Bursik
Bench
- 23Josh Murphyon for Yang Min-Hyeok, 53' 🟨
- 11Florian Bianchini
- 16Luke Le Roux
- 24Terry Devlin
- 30Ben Killip
- 22Zak Swansonon for Ibane Bowat, 53'
- 4Josh Knighton for Hayden Matthews, 82'
- 36Conor Chaplinon for John Swift, 67'
- 9Colby Bishopon for Mackenzie Kirk, 53'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Middlesbrough | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 2 |  Swansea City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 |
| 3 |  West Ham United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 |
| 4 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 |
| 6 |  Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 |
| 7 |  Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 8 |  Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 9 |  Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 |
| 12 |  Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 |
| 13 |  Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 |  Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 |  Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 |  Charlton Athletic | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 |  Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 |  Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 |
Meetings
3Birmingham wins
0Level
2Portsmouth wins
Last times they met
FT
Portsmouth
3–0
Birmingham · 2019-20 English Carabao Cup
FT
Portsmouth
4–1
Birmingham · 2011-12 English League Championship
FT
Birmingham
1–0
Portsmouth · 2011-12 English League Championship
FT
Portsmouth
1–2
Birmingham · 2009-2010 Barclays Premier League
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Portsmouth
3–4
Birmingham · 2009-2010 Barclays Premier League
Form
Last games: Birmingham
D2-2D1-1L3-2W1-0L1-0
Last games: Portsmouth
D2-2W1-0D1-1L2-1L1-0
