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Birmingham City 3-2 Coventry City · Championship

Birmingham City beat Coventry City 3-2 in the Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Birmingham City and Coventry City met in the Championship at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park in Birmingham on Sunday, 4 January 2026.

Goalscorers

Birmingham City: M. Ducksch 6', 63'; L. Koumas 17'. Coventry City: J. Eccles 8'; E. Simms 60'.

How the match went

Coventry City saw more of the ball, 76% of it. Birmingham City had 9 shots with 4 on target, Coventry City 17 with 6 on target. There were 8 corners in total, 2 to Birmingham City and 6 to Coventry City. Birmingham City conceded 13 fouls, Coventry City 8. The referee showed 4 yellow cards (3 for Birmingham City, 1 for Coventry City) and 1 red card.

Line-ups

Birmingham City started in a 4-2-3-1: J. Beadle, T. Iwata, P. Neumann, J. Robinson, K. Wagner, T. Doyle, S. Paik, P. Roberts, J. Stansfield, L. Koumas, M. Ducksch.

Coventry City started in a 4-1-4-1: C. Rushworth, M. v. Ewijk, B. Thomas, L. Kitching, J. Dasilva, M. Grimes, T. Sakamoto, J. Eccles, J. Rudoni, M. Ephron, E. Simms.

More from this competition: Championship fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 6'Goal! Birmingham City 1-0 Coventry City. M. Ducksch (Birmingham City) scores.
  2. 8'Goal! Birmingham City 1-1 Coventry City. J. Eccles (Coventry City) scores.
  3. 17'Goal! Birmingham City 2-1 Coventry City. L. Koumas (Birmingham City) scores.
  4. 60'Goal! Birmingham City 2-2 Coventry City. E. Simms (Coventry City) scores.
  5. 63'Goal! Birmingham City 3-2 Coventry City. M. Ducksch (Birmingham City) scores.
  6. 90'Red card! B. Thomas (Coventry City) is sent off.
Full commentary (40 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Birmingham City vs Coventry City.
  2. 6'Goal! Birmingham City 1-0 Coventry City. M. Ducksch (Birmingham City) scores.
  3. 8'Goal! Birmingham City 1-1 Coventry City. J. Eccles (Coventry City) scores.
  4. 13'Attempt saved. E. Simms (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.20.
  5. 13'Attempt blocked. M. Ephron (Coventry City), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  6. 14'Attempt saved. L. Kitching (Coventry City), header from a set piece. xG 0.12.
  7. 17'Goal! Birmingham City 2-1 Coventry City. L. Koumas (Birmingham City) scores.
  8. 24'Attempt missed. M. Ephron (Coventry City), header. xG 0.15.
  9. 27'Attempt missed. M. Ducksch (Birmingham City), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.35.
  10. 30'Attempt missed. M. Grimes (Coventry City), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.04.
  11. 33'Attempt missed. J. Stansfield (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  12. 34'Attempt missed. E. Simms (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.31.
  13. 36'Yellow card for M. Ducksch (Birmingham City).
  14. 40'Attempt saved. M. Grimes (Coventry City), left-footed shot. xG 0.01.
  15. 46'The second half is under way.
  16. 48'Attempt missed. L. Kitching (Coventry City), header from a corner. xG 0.02.
  17. 50'Attempt missed. E. Simms (Coventry City), header from a corner. xG 0.06.
  18. 51'Yellow card for K. Wagner (Birmingham City).
  19. 53'Attempt saved. M. Ephron (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  20. 60'Goal! Birmingham City 2-2 Coventry City. E. Simms (Coventry City) scores.
  21. 62'Attempt blocked. K. Wagner (Birmingham City), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.01.
  22. 63'Goal! Birmingham City 3-2 Coventry City. M. Ducksch (Birmingham City) scores.
  23. 65'Substitution, Birmingham City: E. J. Cashin comes on for L. Koumas.
  24. 65'Attempt missed. J. Rudoni (Coventry City), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  25. 67'Substitution, Coventry City: H. Wright comes on for T. Sakamoto.
  26. 70'Attempt blocked. T. Iwata (Birmingham City), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.06.
  27. 70'Attempt blocked. J. Stansfield (Birmingham City), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.04.
  28. 71'Substitution, Birmingham City: A. Sampsted comes on for K. Wagner.
  29. 72'Substitution, Birmingham City: K. Furuhashi comes on for M. Ducksch.
  30. 72'Substitution, Birmingham City: W. T. Willumsson comes on for P. Roberts.
  31. 75'Attempt blocked. H. Wright (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  32. 83'Attempt missed. E. Simms (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.11.
  33. 83'Attempt missed. M. v. Ewijk (Coventry City), header. xG 0.03.
  34. 86'Yellow card for J. Eccles (Coventry City).
  35. 88'Yellow card for J. Beadle (Birmingham City).
  36. 88'Attempt missed. J. Eccles (Coventry City), header. xG 0.05.
  37. 89'Substitution, Coventry City: K. Andrews comes on for J. Eccles.
  38. 90'Red card! B. Thomas (Coventry City) is sent off.
  39. 90'Substitution, Birmingham City: K. Fujimoto comes on for J. Stansfield.
  40. 90+4'Attempt saved. K. Furuhashi (Birmingham City), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
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