Birmingham vs Watford 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

Birmingham City

31': Paik Seung-Ho
43': Demarai Gray

FT
2 - 1

Watford

61': Othmane Maamma

Introduction

Birmingham City are hosting Watford at St. Andrew'S Stadium, Birmingham, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

20': Hector Kyprianou (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
24': Tommy Doyle (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
31': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Watford 0. Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
43': Goal! Birmingham City 2, Watford 0. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jay Stansfield following a fast break.
45'+3': First Half ends, Birmingham City 2, Watford 0.
45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 2, Watford 0.
59': Substitution, Watford. Giorgi Chakvetadze replaces Tom Ince.
60': Substitution, Watford. Vivaldo Semedo replaces Luca Kjerrumgaard.
60': Substitution, Watford. Edo Kayembe replaces Hector Kyprianou.
61': Goal! Birmingham City 2, Watford 1. Othmane Maamma (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Bola.
69': Substitution, Birmingham City. Keshi Anderson replaces Demarai Gray.
73': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lyndon Dykes replaces Marvin Ducksch.
73': Substitution, Birmingham City. Alfons Sampsted replaces Bright Osayi-Samuel.
76': Imrân Louza (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
78': Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80': Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
85': Substitution, Watford. Moussa Sissoko replaces Othmane Maamma.
90'+2': Substitution, Birmingham City. Marc Leonard replaces Jay Stansfield.
90'+2': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lewis Koumas replaces Patrick Roberts.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 2, Watford 1.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: St. Andrew'S Stadium
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 26,086

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+32	Coventry City	18	43	1
+5	Middlesbrough	18	33	3
-3	Millwall	18	31	5
+12	Stoke City	18	30	6

Full Table

Statistics

WAT		BIR
10	Fouls	11
2	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	6
3	Saves	3
50.6	Possession	49.4
12	SHOTS	13
4	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
335	Accurate Passes	321
422	Passes	418
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
6	Accurate Crosses	3
23	Crosses	19
0.3	Cross %	0.2
52	Long Balls	53
16	Accurate Long Balls	13
0.3	Long Balls %	0.2
3	Blocked Shots	3
13	Effective Tackles	10
14	Tackles	17
0.9	Tackle %	0.6
7	Interceptions	7
26	Effective Clearances	26
26	Clearances	26

Line-Ups

Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
25	James Beadle (GK)
4	Christoph Klarer
5	Phil Neumann
20	Alex Cochrane
26	Bright Osayi-Samuel
28	Jay Stansfield
8	Paik Seung-Ho
7	Tommy Doyle
33	Marvin Ducksch
10	Demarai Gray
16	Patrick Roberts

Substitutes:

Alfons Sampsted, Marc Leonard, Keshi Anderson, Eiran Cashin, Jack Robinson, Lewis Koumas, Ryan Allsop, Kyogo Furuhashi, Lyndon Dykes.

Watford (4-4-2)

No.	Name
12	Nathan Baxter (GK)
6	Matthew Pollock
4	Kévin Keben
16	Marc Bola
2	Jeremy Ngakia
5	Hector Kyprianou
10	Imran Louza
42	Othmane Maamma
7	Tom Ince
9	Luca Kjerrumgaard
20	Mamadou Doumbia