Birmingham vs Rotherham United

1 February 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee Farai Hallam

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Jay Stansfield 54’, 81’ (pen)
  • Sam Nombe 44’

Match summary

Birmingham came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Rotherham United. Rotherham United led 1-0 at half-time.

Sam Nombe put Rotherham United ahead with a header in the 44th minute, Jay Stansfield equalised in the 54th minute, and Stansfield won it from the penalty spot in the 81st minute.

Shots finished 23-7 to Birmingham, with 8 on target for Birmingham and 2 for Rotherham United.

Match stats

Birmingham Rotherham United
23 Shots 7
8 Shots on Target 2
8 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Birmingham Rotherham United
Kick-off
44’
Sam Nombe0-1 (Rotherham United)
Half-time0-1
Jay Stansfield1-1 (Birmingham)
54’
Jay Stansfield
Penalty
2-1 (Birmingham)
81’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Birmingham
  • Alfie May
  • Grant Hanley
Rotherham United
  • Dillon Phillips
  • Hakeem Odofin
  • Cameron Humphreys

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Rotherham United attacking Birmingham attacking 
4’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 7’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), direct free kick, saved 8’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), from a corner, saved 22’ Louie Sibley (Rotherham United), set piece, off target 24’ Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham), open play, off target 29’ Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham), open play, off target 29’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), open play, blocked 29’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, saved 33’ Louie Sibley (Rotherham United), open play, off target 38’ Andre Green (Rotherham United), open play, saved 41’ Ben Davies (Birmingham), set piece, off target 42’ Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham), open play, saved 44’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), from a corner, goal 46’ Reece James (Rotherham United), set piece, off target 46’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, off target 54’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, goal 57’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), set piece, off target 68’ Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Birmingham), open play, saved 74’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, blocked 74’ Marc Leonard (Birmingham), set piece, saved 74’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), set piece, blocked 76’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), from a corner, off target 78’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 78’ Scott Wright (Birmingham), open play, blocked 81’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), penalty, goal 82’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), open play, blocked 86’ Daniel Gore (Rotherham United), from a corner, off target 87’ Marc Leonard (Birmingham), open play, off target 90+4’ Scott Wright (Birmingham), open play, blocked 90+4’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, blocked 4’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 7’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), direct free kick, saved 8’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), from a corner, saved 22’ Louie Sibley (Rotherham United), set piece, off target 24’ Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham), open play, off target 29’ Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham), open play, off target 29’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), open play, blocked 29’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, saved 33’ Louie Sibley (Rotherham United), open play, off target 38’ Andre Green (Rotherham United), open play, saved 41’ Ben Davies (Birmingham), set piece, off target 42’ Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham), open play, saved 44’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), from a corner, goal 46’ Reece James (Rotherham United), set piece, off target 46’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, off target 54’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, goal 57’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), set piece, off target 68’ Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Birmingham), open play, saved 74’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, blocked 74’ Marc Leonard (Birmingham), set piece, saved 74’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), set piece, blocked 76’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), from a corner, off target 78’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 78’ Scott Wright (Birmingham), open play, blocked 81’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), penalty, goal 82’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), open play, blocked 86’ Daniel Gore (Rotherham United), from a corner, off target 87’ Marc Leonard (Birmingham), open play, off target 90+4’ Scott Wright (Birmingham), open play, blocked 90+4’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Kieran Dowell Taken off
62′ – – 3 – – – –
Tomoki Iwata Taken off
85′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Keshi Anderson Taken off
61′ – – – – – – –
Lyndon Dykes Taken off
62′ – – 3 – – – –
Jay Stansfield Taken off
85′ 2 – 6 – – – –
Scott Wright Came on as a substitute
29′ – – 2 – – – –
Marc Leonard Came on as a substitute
28′ – – 2 – – – –
Alfie May Came on as a substitute
28′ – – 2 – – –
Krystian Bielik Came on as a substitute
5′ – – – – – – –
Grant Hanley Came on as a substitute
5′ – – – – – –
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 59% Avg odds 1.58
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.82
Rotherham United win 16% Avg odds 5.81

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

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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.