Stoke vs Birmingham

Championship 13 Sep 2025, 14:00
Stoke
Stoke
1–0
HT 1–0
FULL TIME
Birmingham
Birmingham
🏟 Bet365 Stadium Round 5

Match report

Stoke edged past Birmingham 1-0 in the Championship on 13 September 2025.

Birmingham failed to register a single shot on target, while Stoke had 8 shots to Birmingham's 7.

The match was played at Bet365 Stadium.

Half-time 1-0 Possession 42% - 58% Shots 8 - 7 On target 3 - 0 Corners 5 - 3 Fouls 11 - 11 Yellow cards 4
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Player of the match
Bosun Lawal
Stoke · 1 goal
8 Aaron Cresswell 1 assist
8 Million Manhoef captained the side
7 Junior Tchamadeu captained the side
7 Ben Wilmot captained the side
First half vs second half
Birmingham came out stronger after half-time, with 5 second-half shots against 2 before the break.
  1st half 2nd half
Shots Total 6–2 2–5
Shots On Goal 3–0 0–0
Ball Possession 43–57 —
Corners 3–0 2–3
Attacks 60–36 0–0
Match statistics
5 Corners 3
4 Substitution 5
2 Attacks 1
2 Attacks 0
8 Shots Total 7
3 Shots On Goal 0
3 Shots Off Goal 3
2 Shots Blocked 4
8 Shots Inside Box 6
0 Shots Outside Box 1
11 Fouls 11
5 Corners 3
6 Offsides 1
42% Ball Possession 58%
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Saves 2
338 Passes Total 465
247 Passes Accurate 370
Line-ups 4-2-3-1  vs  4-4-2
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Stoke · 4-2-3-1
1 V. Johansson
22 J. Tchamadeu 18 B. Lawal 16 B. Wilmot 3 A. Cresswell
19 T. Rigo 4 B. Pearson
42 M. Manhoef 8 L. Baker 7 S. Thomas
9 D. Mubama
Birmingham · 4-4-2
21 R. Allsop
2 E. Laird 5 P. Neumann 4 C. Klarer 20 A. Cochrane
16 P. Roberts 24 T. Iwata 8 S. Paik 10 D. Gray
28 J. Stansfield 7 T. Doyle
Stoke
Coach
Mark Gordon Robins
Substitutes
  • 10 Jun-Ho Bae
  • 12 Tatsuki Seko
  • 17 Eric Bocat
  • 29 Lamine Cissé
  • 13 Jack Bonham
  • 40 Maksym Talovierov
  • 26 Ashley Phillips
  • 14 Jamie Donley
  • 11 Róbert Boženík
Birmingham
Coach
Christopher Paul Davies
Substitutes
  • 26 Bright Osayi-Samuel
  • 33 Marvin Ducksch
  • 30 Lewis Koumas
  • 9 Kyogo Furuhashi
  • 12 Marc Leonard
  • 25 James Beadle
  • 41 Eiran Joe Cashin
  • 6 Jack Robinson
  • 17 Lyndon Dykes
Substitutions
  • 59' ↑ B. Osayi-Samuel ↓ E. Laird Birmingham
  • 59' ↑ M. Ducksch ↓ T. Doyle Birmingham
  • 60' ↑ L. Koumas ↓ P. Roberts Birmingham
  • 71' ↑ J. Bae ↓ T. Rigo Stoke
  • 79' ↑ K. Furuhashi ↓ J. Stansfield Birmingham
  • 82' ↑ T. Seko ↓ B. Pearson Stoke
  • 84' ↑ M. Leonard ↓ P. Neumann Birmingham
  • 90+3' ↑ E. Bocat ↓ A. Cresswell Stoke
  • 90+3' ↑ L. Cisse ↓ M. Manhoef Stoke
Cards
  • 77' J. Tchamadeu Stoke
  • 80' B. Pearson Stoke
  • 83' S. Thomas Stoke
  • 90+4' B. Osayi-Samuel Birmingham
Head-to-head
Stoke 3 5 draws 3 Birmingham
2026-01-24 Birmingham vs Stoke 1 - 1
2025-09-13 Stoke vs Birmingham 1 - 0
2024-01-20 Stoke City vs Birmingham City 1 - 2
2023-12-26 Birmingham City vs Stoke City 1 - 3
2023-04-10 Birmingham City vs Stoke City 0 - 0
2022-11-05 Stoke City vs Birmingham City 1 - 2
Recent form
Stoke D D D W W
Birmingham D L D D L
Frequently asked questions
What was the final score in Stoke vs Birmingham?
Stoke won 1-0 against Birmingham on 13 September 2025.
Who won Stoke vs Birmingham?
Stoke won the match 1-0.
Where was Stoke vs Birmingham played?
The match was played at Bet365 Stadium.
Who had more possession in Stoke vs Birmingham?
Birmingham had 58% of possession, compared to 42% for the other side.