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Stoke City vs Birmingham: result 1-0 and analysis

ChampionshipRegular Season - 5Kick-off on September 13, 2025 at 02:00 PM (UTC)bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Stoke City
1-0
Birmingham

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What was the result of Stoke City vs Birmingham?

Stoke City won 1-0 on September 13, 2025.

Goalscorers

  • 21′B. LawalStoke City

Official lineup for Stoke City vs Birmingham

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Stoke City

4-2-3-1
  1. 9D. Mubama
  1. 7S. Thomas
  2. 8L. Baker
  3. 42M. Manhoef
  1. 4B. Pearson
  2. 19T. Rigo
  1. 3A. Cresswell
  2. 16B. Wilmot
  3. 18B. Lawal
  4. 22J. Tchamadeu
  1. 1V. Johansson

Birmingham

4-4-2
  1. 7T. Doyle
  2. 28J. Stansfield
  1. 10D. Gray
  2. 8Paik Seung-Ho
  3. 24T. Iwata
  4. 16P. Roberts
  1. 20A. Cochrane
  2. 4C. Klarer
  3. 5P. Neumann
  4. 2E. Laird
  1. 21R. Allsop
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Stoke City have 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats; Birmingham have 9, 1 and 5.

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

Stoke City
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 30, 2025West Brom(home)0-1Championship
Aug 26, 2025Bradford(home)0-3League Cup
Aug 23, 2025Southampton(away)2-1Championship
Aug 16, 2025Sheffield Wednesday(away)3-0Championship
Aug 12, 2025Walsall(home)0-0League Cup
Birmingham
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 29, 2025Leicester(away)0-2Championship
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

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 6 meetings: 1 Stoke City win, 3 draws, 2 Birmingham wins.

DateScoreCompetition
Jan 20, 2024Stoke City 1-2 BirminghamChampionship
Dec 26, 2023Birmingham 1-3 Stoke CityChampionship
Apr 10, 2023Birmingham 0-0 Stoke CityChampionship
Nov 5, 2022Stoke City 1-2 BirminghamChampionship
Feb 19, 2022Stoke City 2-2 BirminghamChampionship
Aug 14, 2021Birmingham 0-0 Stoke CityChampionship

Last archived meeting: Stoke City vs Birmingham on Jan 20, 2024

How many goals should we expect?

Stoke City score 1.0 and concede 1.1 goals per match over their last 15; Birmingham score 1.2 and concede 1.0.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Stoke City1.01.164/156/15
Birmingham1.21.064/156/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

Stoke City sit 6th in Championship (19 points from 11 matches) and Birmingham sit 4th (20 points from 11 matches).

2026-27 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
4Birmingham11551201120
6Stoke City11614181619

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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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