Birmingham vs Huddersfield

3 October 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee Sam Allison

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Siriki Dembélé 3’, 64’
Koji Miyoshi 23’
Jordan James 90+5’

Michał Helik 90+2’

Match summary

Birmingham won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Huddersfield. Birmingham led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Siriki Dembélé put Birmingham ahead in the 3rd minute and Koji Miyoshi made it 2-0 in the 23rd minute. In the second half, Dembélé made it 3-0 in the 64th minute, Michał Helik pulled one back to make it 3-1 from a corner in stoppage time, and Jordan James made it 4-1 in stoppage time.

Huddersfield can feel hard done by, creating 2.16 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Birmingham's 1.70 from 12.

Match stats

12 Shots 17

6 Shots on Target 6

3 Corners 5

3 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.73 xG 2.16

1.73 Non-penalty xG 2.16

Key events

Birmingham Huddersfield

Kick-off

Siriki Dembélé

1-0

3’

Koji Miyoshi

2-0

23’

Half-time2-0

Siriki Dembélé

3-0

64’

90+2’

Michał Helik

3-1

Jordan James

4-1

90+5’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Birmingham

Kevin Long
Juninho Bacuna
Jay Stansfield

Huddersfield

Matty Pearson

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Birmingham 1.70 xGHuddersfield 2.16 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Huddersfield attacking Birmingham attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


John Ruddy	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cody Drameh Taken off	88′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dion Sanderson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kevin Long	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Emmanuel Longelo	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Krystian Bielik	90′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Ivan Šunjić	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Juninho Bacuna Taken off	88′	–	–	2	0.18	–	–
Koji Miyoshi Taken off	76′	1	–	3	1.12	–	–	–
Siriki Dembélé Taken off	76′	2	–	4	0.29	–	–	–
Jay Stansfield Taken off	76′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–
Jordan James Came on as a substitute	14′	1	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Scott Hogan Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oliver Burke Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Emanuel Aiwu Came on as a substitute	2′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brandon Khela Came on as a substitute	2′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Lee Nicholls	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matty Pearson	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–
Michał Helik	90′	1	–	2	0.92	–	–	–
Tom Lees Taken off	71′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Ben Jackson Taken off	61′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Rudoni	90′	–	–	5	0.38	–	–	–
Yuta Nakayama	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ben Wiles Taken off	46′	–	–	2	0.12	–	–	–
Josh Ruffels Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sorba Thomas	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Delano Burgzorg Taken off	46′	–	–	2	0.04	–	–	–
Brahima Diarra Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jaheim Headley Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Koroma Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	3	0.51	–	–	–
Tom Edwards Came on as a substitute	29′	–	–	1	0.17	–	–	–
Kian Harratt Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 44% Avg odds 2.14

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.28

Huddersfield win 27% Avg odds 3.59

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

Form going into the game

Birmingham D L L D L

Huddersfield W W D D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Huddersfield 2-1 Birmingham, 18 Feb 23 Next meeting: Huddersfield 1-1 Birmingham, 27 Apr 24 All Birmingham vs Huddersfield meetings

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.