Birmingham vs Cambridge United

11 February 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee D Drysdale

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

  • Jay Stansfield 23’ (pen)
  • Liam Bennett 39’ (og)
  • Kieran Dowell 40’
  • Luke Harris 80’

Match summary

Birmingham won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Cambridge United. Birmingham led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jay Stansfield put Birmingham ahead from the penalty spot in the 23rd minute, Bennett's own goal made it 2-0 in the 39th minute, and Kieran Dowell made it 3-0 in the 40th minute. In the second half, Luke Harris made it 4-0 in the 80th minute.

Shots finished 24-2 to Birmingham, with 12 on target for Birmingham and 0 for Cambridge United. Jay Stansfield had a penalty saved for Birmingham.

Match stats

Birmingham Cambridge United
24 Shots 2
12 Shots on Target 0
11 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Birmingham Cambridge United
Kick-off
Jay Stansfield
Penalty
1-0 (Birmingham)
23’
Liam Bennett
Own goal
2-0 (Birmingham)
39’
Kieran Dowell3-0 (Birmingham)
40’
Half-time3-0
Luke Harris4-0 (Birmingham)
80’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Birmingham
  • Ethan Laird
Cambridge United
  • Nathan Bishop
  • James Gibbons
  • Brandon Njoku

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cambridge United attacking Birmingham attacking 
10’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 13’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), direct free kick, off target 23’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), penalty, goal 31’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, blocked 35’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, off target 37’ Alex Cochrane (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 39’ Liam Bennett (Cambridge United), own goal 40’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), open play, goal 42’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), open play, hit the woodwork 48’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), open play, saved 49’ Daniel Barton (Cambridge United), open play, blocked 52’ Krystian Bielik (Birmingham), from a corner, off target 54’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), open play, saved 54’ Willum Thor Willumsson (Birmingham), open play, saved 55’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), open play, off target 58’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 58’ Ben Davies (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 58’ Ben Davies (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 58’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), penalty, saved 59’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), from a corner, saved 72’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, saved 72’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), set piece, blocked 74’ Krystian Bielik (Birmingham), open play, saved 80’ Luke Harris (Birmingham), open play, goal 83’ Daniel Barton (Cambridge United), open play, blocked 85’ Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham), open play, saved 90+1’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, saved 10’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 13’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), direct free kick, off target 23’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), penalty, goal 31’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, blocked 35’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, off target 37’ Alex Cochrane (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 39’ Liam Bennett (Cambridge United), own goal 40’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), open play, goal 42’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), open play, hit the woodwork 48’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), open play, saved 49’ Daniel Barton (Cambridge United), open play, blocked 52’ Krystian Bielik (Birmingham), from a corner, off target 54’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), open play, saved 54’ Willum Thor Willumsson (Birmingham), open play, saved 55’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), open play, off target 58’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 58’ Ben Davies (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 58’ Ben Davies (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 58’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), penalty, saved 59’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), from a corner, saved 72’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, saved 72’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), set piece, blocked 74’ Krystian Bielik (Birmingham), open play, saved 80’ Luke Harris (Birmingham), open play, goal 83’ Daniel Barton (Cambridge United), open play, blocked 85’ Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham), open play, saved 90+1’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, saved
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – –
Christoph Klarer Taken off
71′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Tomoki Iwata Taken off
46′ – – 1 – – – –
Seung Ho Paik Taken off
77′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ 1 – 4 – – – –
Willum Thor Willumsson Taken off
62′ – – 1 – – – –
Keshi Anderson Taken off
62′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ 1 – 8 – – – –
Krystian Bielik Came on as a substitute
44′ – – 2 – – – –
Scott Wright Came on as a substitute
28′ – – – – – – –
Lyndon Dykes Came on as a substitute
28′ – – 1 – – – –
Grant Hanley Came on as a substitute
19′ – – – – – – –
Luke Harris Came on as a substitute
13′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Birmingham win 75% Avg odds 1.24
Draw 16% Avg odds 5.66
Cambridge United win 9% Avg odds 10.96

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.