Championship
Saturday 13 September 2025 · 15:00 · HT 1-0 · bet365 Stadium, Stoke · Referee Salisbury Michael
Stoke City v Birmingham City: stats, form and bet builder picks
In Stoke City's last 2 home games and Birmingham City's last 2 away games in the Championship before kick-off, both teams scored in 2 of 4, over 2.5 goals in 2 of 4, with 9.0 corners per match (league 10.3) and 3.8 cards (league 3.9).
Overview
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Form
Table
Match stats
Stoke City v Birmingham City, full match
42%
Possession
58%
0.49
Expected goals (xG)
0.52
8
Shots
7
3
Shots on target
0
5
Corners
3
11
Fouls
11
3
Yellow cards
1
0
Red cards
0
6
Offsides
1
Goals and cards
21'
Goal
Bosun Lawal STO
78'
Yellow card
Junior Tchamadeu STO
80'
Yellow card
Ben Pearson STO
83'
Yellow card
Sorba Thomas STO
90+4'
Yellow card
Bright Osayi-Samuel BIR
Match probabilities
How often each happened in Stoke City's last 2 home games and Birmingham City's last 2 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.
High
Low
Both teams to score
50%
2/4 games · League 57%
Over 1.5 goals
75%
3/4 games · League 76%
Over 2.5 goals
50%
2/4 games · League 51%
Over 3.5 goals
25%
1/4 games · League 25%
Over 9.5 corners
50%
2/4 games · League 55%
Over 3.5 cards
25%
1/4 games · League 53%
Stoke City clean sheet
0%
0/2 games · League 25%
Birmingham City clean sheet
0%
0/2 games · League 25%
Stoke City fail to score
50%
1/2 games · League 25%
Birmingham City fail to score
50%
1/2 games · League 25%
Averages per match
Same games, both teams added together
Goals
2.5
League 2.6
Corners
9.0
League 10.3
Cards
3.8
League 3.9
