Championship
Saturday 6 December 2025 · 15:00 · HT 2-0 · St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton · Referee David Webb

Southampton v Birmingham City: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Southampton's last 8 home games and Birmingham City's last 9 away games in the Championship before kick-off, both teams scored in 8 of 17, over 2.5 goals in 7 of 17, with 8.9 corners per match (league 10.3) and 4.4 cards (league 3.9).

Match stats

Southampton v Birmingham City, full match
40%
Possession
60%
2.08
Expected goals (xG)
2.01
18
Shots
22
8
Shots on target
4
7
Corners
8
9
Fouls
11
1
Yellow cards
1
0
Red cards
0
0
Offsides
2

Goals and cards

6'
Goal
Finn Azaz SOU
24'
Goal
Adam Armstrong SOU
49'
Yellow card
Tomoki Iwata BIR
54'
Goal
Demarai Gray BIR
58'
Goal
Adam Armstrong SOU
90+2'
Yellow card
Joe Aribo SOU

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Southampton's last 8 home games and Birmingham City's last 9 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.
Both teams to score
47%
8/17 games · League 57%
Over 1.5 goals
71%
12/17 games · League 76%
Over 2.5 goals
41%
7/17 games · League 51%
Over 3.5 goals
6%
1/17 games · League 25%
Over 9.5 corners
38%
6/16 games · League 55%
Over 3.5 cards
65%
11/17 games · League 53%
Southampton clean sheet
38%
3/8 games · League 25%
Birmingham City clean sheet
11%
1/9 games · League 25%
Southampton fail to score
38%
3/8 games · League 25%
Birmingham City fail to score
44%
4/9 games · League 25%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together
Goals
2.1
League 2.6
Corners (16 games)
8.9
League 10.3
Cards
4.4
League 3.9