Birmingham vs Watford

Final score: Birmingham 2-1 Watford in the Championship, December 1, 2025. Head-to-head in the last 10 meetings: 2 wins for Birmingham, 1 draws, 7 wins for Watford.

Overview

Football: Championship · Round 18
Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham
Form: WDDLW Birmingham
: DLLWL Watford

20' Hector Kyprianou
24' Tommy Doyle
31' Paik Seung-Ho 1-0
43' D. Gray · J. Stansfield 2-0
HT2-0
59' ▲ G. Chakvetadze ▼ T. Ince
60' ▲ V. Semedo ▼ L. Kjerrumgaard
60' ▲ E. Kayembe ▼ H. Kyprianou
61' 2-1 O. Maamma · M. Bola
69' ▲ K. Anderson ▼ D. Gray
73' ▲ A. Sampsted ▼ B. Osayi-Samuel
73' ▲ L. Dykes ▼ M. Ducksch
76' Imrân Louza
78' Jay Stansfield
80' Patrick Roberts
85' ▲ M. Sissoko ▼ O. Maamma
90'+2 ▲ M. Leonard ▼ J. Stansfield
90'+2 ▲ L. Koumas ▼ P. Roberts
FT2-1

Line-ups

Birmingham Formation: 4-2-3-1 · Coach: Chris Davies

25J. Beadle 6.3
26B. Osayi-Samuel ▼ 73' 6.3
5P. Neumann 6.3
4C. Klarer 7.2
20A. Cochrane 7.3
7T. Doyle 6.9
8Paik Seung-Ho ⚽ 7.7
16P. Roberts ▼ 90' 6.9
28J. Stansfield ⇢ ▼ 90' 6.9
10D. Gray ⚽ ▼ 69' 7.5
33M. Ducksch ▼ 73' 6.3

Substitutes 9

21R. Allsop
23A. Sampsted ▲ 73' 6.6
41E. Cashin
6J. Robinson
12M. Leonard ▲ 90'
14K. Anderson ▲ 69' 6.3
30L. Koumas ▲ 90'
17L. Dykes ▲ 73' 6.6
9K. Furuhashi

Watford Formation: 4-4-2 · Coach: Javier Gracia Carlos

12N. Baxter 6.2
2J. Ngakia 7.2
4K. Keben 6.0
6M. Pollock 6.9
16M. Bola ⇢ 6.6
7T. Ince ▼ 59' 6.9
10I. Louza 7.0
5H. Kyprianou ▼ 60' 5.9
42O. Maamma ⚽ ▼ 85' 7.2
20M. Doumbia 6.0
9L. Kjerrumgaard ▼ 60' 6.3

Substitutes 9

41A. Marriott
3M. Alleyne
8G. Chakvetadze ▲ 59' 6.9
17M. Sissoko ▲ 85' 6.7
18V. Semedo ▲ 60' 6.5
22J. Morris
23N. Mendy
25J. Abankwah
39E. Kayembe ▲ 60' 6.7

Statistics

03⚑6

⚑620

49%Possession51%

13Shots12

5Shots on target4

5Shots off target5

8Shots inside box8

5Shots outside box4

3Blocked shots3

6Corners6

11Fouls10

3Yellow cards2

3Saves3

-0.84Goals prevented-0.84

418Passes422

321Accurate passes335

77%Pass accuracy79%

1.26Expected goals (xG)1.03

Table

#	Club	P	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	46	97 - 45	+52	95
2	Ipswich	46	80 - 47	+33	84
3	Millwall	46	64 - 49	+15	83
4	Southampton	46	82 - 56	+26	80
5	Middlesbrough	46	72 - 47	+25	80
6	Hull City	46	70 - 66	+4	73
7	Wrexham	46	69 - 65	+4	71
8	Derby	46	67 - 59	+8	69
9	Norwich	46	63 - 56	+7	65
10	Birmingham	46	57 - 56	+1	64
11	Swansea	46	57 - 59	-2	64
12	Bristol City	46	59 - 59	0	62
13	Sheffield Utd	46	66 - 66	0	60
14	Preston	46	55 - 62	-7	60
15	QPR	46	61 - 73	-12	58
16	Watford	46	53 - 65	-12	57
17	Stoke City	46	51 - 56	-5	55
18	Portsmouth	46	49 - 64	-15	55
19	Charlton	46	44 - 58	-14	53
20	Blackburn	46	42 - 56	-14	52
21	West Brom	46	48 - 58	-10	51
22	Oxford United	46	45 - 59	-14	47
23	Leicester	46	58 - 68	-10	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	29 - 89	-60	0