Southampton vs Birmingham

Final score: Southampton 3-1 Birmingham in the Championship, December 6, 2025. Head-to-head in the last 5 meetings: 3 wins for Southampton, 2 draws, 0 wins for Birmingham.

Overview

Football: Championship · Round 19
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton, Hampshire
Form: WLWDD Southampton
: DLWDD Birmingham

6' F. Azaz · L. Scienza 1-0
24' A. Armstrong · F. Azaz 2-0
HT2-0
49' Tomoki Iwata
54' 2-1 D. Gray · A. Cochrane
58' A. Armstrong 3-1
59' ▲ J. Robinson ▼ A. Cochrane
59' ▲ K. Furuhashi ▼ M. Ducksch
63' ▲ J. Robinson ▼ L. Scienza
63' ▲ C. Archer ▼ A. Armstrong
80' ▲ O. Romeu ▼ C. Jander
80' ▲ J. Aribo ▼ F. Azaz
80' ▲ K. Anderson ▼ P. Roberts
86' ▲ L. Koumas ▼ D. Gray
86' ▲ L. Dykes ▼ J. Stansfield
87' ▲ R. Edwards ▼ T. Fellows
90'+2 Joe Aribo
FT3-1

Line-ups

Southampton Formation: 3-4-2-1 · Coach: Tonda Eckert

31G. Bazunu 6.5
6T. Harwood-Bellis 7.5
15N. Wood 7.3
5J. Stephens 6.6
18T. Fellows ▼ 87' 6.2
4F. Downes 6.3
20C. Jander ▼ 80' 6.9
3R. Manning 6.6
10F. Azaz ⚽ ⇢ ▼ 80' 7.3
13L. Scienza ⇢ ▼ 63' 8.2
9A. Armstrong ⚽2 ▼ 63' 8.6

Substitutes 9

1A. McCarthy
17J. Quarshie
12R. Edwards ▲ 87' 6.9
28O. Romeu ▲ 80' 6.9
48C. Bragg
26R. Fraser
7J. Aribo ▲ 80' 6.2
46J. Robinson ▲ 63' 6.7
19C. Archer ▲ 63' 7.3

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

25J. Beadle 7.5
24T. Iwata 6.5
5P. Neumann 6.0
4C. Klarer 6.7
20A. Cochrane ⇢ ▼ 59' 6.2
7T. Doyle 7.7
8Paik Seung-Ho 7.2
16P. Roberts ▼ 80' 6.5
28J. Stansfield ▼ 86' 5.9
10D. Gray ⚽ ▼ 86' 7.9
33M. Ducksch ▼ 59' 6.2

Substitutes 9

21R. Allsop
26B. Osayi-Samuel
41E. Cashin
6J. Robinson ▲ 63' 7.2
12M. Leonard
14K. Anderson ▲ 80' 6.9
30L. Koumas ▲ 86' 6.5
17L. Dykes ▲ 86' 6.5
9K. Furuhashi ▲ 59' 6.3

Statistics

01⚑7

⚑810

40%Possession60%

18Shots22

8Shots on target4

9Shots off target10

9Shots inside box14

9Shots outside box8

1Blocked shots8

7Corners8

0Offsides2

9Fouls11

1Yellow cards1

3Saves5

-0.28Goals prevented-0.28

291Passes407

231Accurate passes348

79%Pass accuracy86%

2.08Expected goals (xG)2.01

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