Birmingham vs Shrewsbury Town

29 March 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee T Reeves

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Ben Davies 27’
Ethan Laird 61’
Alfie May 77’, 86’

Vadaine Oliver 87’

Match summary

Birmingham won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Shrewsbury Town. Birmingham led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ben Davies put Birmingham ahead in the 27th minute. In the second half, Ethan Laird made it 2-0 with a header in the 61st minute, Alfie May made it 3-0 in the 77th minute, May made it 4-0 in the 86th minute, and Vadaine Oliver pulled one back to make it 4-1 with a header in the 87th minute.

Shots finished 15-2 to Birmingham, with 6 on target for Birmingham and 1 for Shrewsbury Town.

Match stats

15 Shots 2

6 Shots on Target 1

7 Corners 1

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Birmingham Shrewsbury Town

Kick-off

Ben Davies

1-0

27’

Half-time1-0

Ethan Laird

2-0

61’

Alfie May

3-0

77’

Alfie May

4-0

86’

87’

Vadaine Oliver

4-1

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Shrewsbury Town

David Wheeler

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Shrewsbury Town attacking Birmingham attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players


Ryan Allsop	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ethan Laird Taken off	63′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Christoph Klarer Taken off	87′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ben Davies	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Alex Cochrane	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Tomoki Iwata	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marc Leonard	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kieran Dowell	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Willum Thor Willumsson Taken off	73′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Keshi Anderson Taken off	63′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jay Stansfield Taken off	73′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Alfons Sampsted Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Emil Hansson Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luke Harris Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Alfie May Came on as a substitute	17′	2	–	3	–	–	–	–
Grant Hanley Came on as a substitute	3′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Jamal Blackman	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luca Hoole Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Feeney	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Aaron Pierre	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
George Nurse Taken off	81′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Mal Benning	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alex Gilliead	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dominic Gape Taken off	76′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Taylor Perry Taken off	76′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
John Marquis	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
George Lloyd	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
David Wheeler Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jordan Shipley Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Vadaine Oliver Came on as a substitute	14′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Morgan Feeney Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 76% Avg odds 1.22

Draw 17% Avg odds 5.64

Shrewsbury Town win 7% Avg odds 13.54

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

Form going into the game

Birmingham W L W W D

Shrewsbury Town L L D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Birmingham, 23 Nov 24 All Birmingham vs Shrewsbury Town 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.