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Leicester vs Birmingham: result 2-0 and analysis

ChampionshipRegular Season - 4Kick-off on August 29, 2025 at 07:00 PM (UTC)King Power Stadium, Leicester, Leicestershire

Leicester
2-0
Birmingham

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What was the result of Leicester vs Birmingham?

Leicester won 2-0 on August 29, 2025.

Goalscorers

  • 8′A. FatawuLeicester
  • 88′Ricardo PereiraLeicester

Official lineup for Leicester vs Birmingham

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Leicester

4-2-3-1
  1. 9J. Ayew
  1. 10S. Mavididi
  2. 25L. Page
  3. 7A. Fatawu
  1. 22O. Skipp
  2. 24B. Soumaré
  1. 33L. Thomas
  2. 23J. Vestergaard
  3. 5C. Okoli
  4. 17H. Choudhury
  1. 1J. Stolarczyk

Birmingham

4-4-2
  1. 9K. Furuhashi
  2. 30L. Koumas
  1. 10D. Gray
  2. 8Paik Seung-Ho
  3. 24T. Iwata
  4. 18W. Willumsson
  1. 2E. Laird
  2. 4C. Klarer
  3. 5P. Neumann
  4. 26B. Osayi-Samuel
  1. 21R. Allsop
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Leicester have 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats; Birmingham have 10, 1 and 4.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

Leicester
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 23, 2025Charlton(away)1-0Championship
Aug 16, 2025Preston(away)1-2Championship
Aug 13, 2025Huddersfield(away)2-2League Cup
Aug 10, 2025Sheffield Wednesday(home)2-1Championship
Aug 3, 2025Fiorentina(home)2-0Friendlies Clubs
Birmingham
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 26, 2025Port Vale(home)0-1League Cup
Aug 23, 2025Oxford United(home)1-0Championship
Aug 16, 2025Blackburn(away)2-1Championship
Aug 13, 2025Sheffield Utd(home)2-1League Cup
Aug 8, 2025Ipswich(home)1-1Championship

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 6 meetings: 6 Leicester wins, 0 draws, 0 Birmingham wins.

DateScoreCompetition
Apr 6, 2024Leicester 2-1 BirminghamChampionship
Jan 27, 2024Leicester 3-0 BirminghamFA Cup
Dec 18, 2023Birmingham 2-3 LeicesterChampionship
Aug 26, 2020Birmingham 0-2 LeicesterFriendlies Clubs
Mar 4, 2020Leicester 1-0 BirminghamFA Cup
Jan 28, 2014Birmingham 1-2 LeicesterChampionship

Last archived meeting: Leicester vs Birmingham on Apr 6, 2024

How many goals should we expect?

Leicester score 1.1 and concede 1.5 goals per match over their last 15; Birmingham score 1.3 and concede 0.9.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Leicester1.11.545/158/15
Birmingham1.30.974/156/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

2026-27 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
4Birmingham10451171117

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The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

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