Birmingham vs Leicester

18 December 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee David Webb

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

Jordan James 14’, 74’

Stephy Mavididi 10’, 50’
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 21’

Match summary

Leicester won 3-2 away at Birmingham. Leicester led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Stephy Mavididi put Leicester ahead in the 10th minute, Jordan James equalised in the 14th minute, and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall put Leicester back in front in the 21st minute. In the second half, Mavididi made it 1-3 in the 50th minute and James pulled one back to make it 2-3 in the 74th minute.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 2.34 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Birmingham's 0.49 from 8.

Match stats

8 Shots 14

5 Shots on Target 5

3 Corners 2

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

0.49 xG 2.34

0.49 Non-penalty xG 2.34

Key events

Birmingham Leicester

Kick-off

10’

Stephy Mavididi

0-1

Jordan James

1-1

14’

21’

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

1-2

Half-time1-2

50’

Stephy Mavididi

1-3

Jordan James

2-3

74’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Leicester

Stephy Mavididi

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 0.49 xGLeicester 2.34 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Leicester attacking Birmingham attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


John Ruddy	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Emanuel Aiwu Taken off	86′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marc Roberts	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dion Sanderson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lee Buchanan	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ivan Šunjić	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Krystian Bielik Taken off	71′	–	–	2	0.11	–	–	–
Siriki Dembélé Taken off	71′	–	–	1	0.09	–	–	–
Jordan James	90′	2	–	3	0.20	–	–	–
Juninho Bacuna Taken off	81′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Jay Stansfield Taken off	71′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Koji Miyoshi Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oliver Burke Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Romelle Donovan Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scott Hogan Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lukas Jutkiewicz Came on as a substitute	4′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Mads Hermansen	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ricardo Pereira	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wout Faes	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jannik Vestergaard	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Justin Taken off	89′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Winks	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wilfred Ndidi Taken off	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	90′	1	–	1	0.81	–	–	–
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku	90′	–	–	3	0.12	–	–	–
Patson Daka Taken off	78′	–	–	3	0.23	–	–	–
Stephy Mavididi Taken off	71′	2	–	4	0.62	–	–
Hamza Choudhury Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thomas Cannon Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	2	0.15	–	–	–
Harry Souttar Came on as a substitute	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 15% Avg odds 6.52

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.52

Leicester win 64% Avg odds 1.48

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

Form going into the game

Birmingham W L D L W

Leicester W D W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Leicester 2-1 Birmingham, 06 Apr 24 All Birmingham vs Leicester 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.