Birmingham vs Stoke

26 December 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee Bobby Madley

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

  • Jay Stansfield 69’
  • Jordan Thompson 12’
  • Lynden Gooch 31’
  • André Vidigal 53’

Match summary

Stoke took a 3-1 win at Birmingham. Stoke led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jordan Thompson put Stoke ahead in the 12th minute and Lynden Gooch made it 0-2 in the 31st minute. In the second half, André Vidigal made it 0-3 in the 53rd minute and Jay Stansfield pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 69th minute.

Birmingham can feel hard done by, creating 1.72 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Stoke's 1.27 from 11.

Match stats

Birmingham Stoke
14 Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.72 xG 1.27
1.72 Non-penalty xG 1.27

Key events

Birmingham Stoke
Kick-off
12’
Jordan Thompson0-1 (Stoke)
31’
Lynden Gooch0-2 (Stoke)
Half-time0-2
53’
André Vidigal0-3 (Stoke)
Jay Stansfield1-3 (Birmingham)
69’
Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Birmingham
  • Juninho Bacuna
  • Koji Miyoshi
Stoke
  • Junior Tchamadeu
  • André Vidigal
  • Jun-Ho Bae

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.72 1.27 12’ Jordan Thompson (Stoke), 0-1 12’ 31’ Lynden Gooch (Stoke), 0-2 31’ 53’ André Vidigal (Stoke), 0-3 53’ 69’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), 1-3 69’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.72 1.27 12’ Jordan Thompson (Stoke), 0-1 Thompson 12’ 31’ Lynden Gooch (Stoke), 0-2 Gooch 31’ 53’ André Vidigal (Stoke), 0-3 Vidigal 53’ 69’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), 1-3 Stansfield 69’
Birmingham 1.72 xGStoke 1.27 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Stoke attacking Birmingham attacking 
69’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, 0.80 xG, goal 53’ André Vidigal (Stoke), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 12’ Lynden Gooch (Stoke), open play, 0.21 xG, blocked 66’ Ryan Mmaee (Stoke), open play, 0.17 xG, saved 69’ Unknown (Birmingham), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 30’ André Vidigal (Stoke), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 31’ Lynden Gooch (Stoke), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 39’ Jordan James (Birmingham), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 49’ Marc Roberts (Birmingham), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 12’ Ki-Jana Hoever (Stoke), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 60’ Dion Sanderson (Birmingham), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 90’ Oliver Burke (Birmingham), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 6’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 10’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 15’ Wouter Burger (Stoke), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 74’ Unknown (Birmingham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 66’ Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 12’ Jordan Thompson (Stoke), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 90+7’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 35’ Dion Sanderson (Birmingham), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 79’ Sead Hakšabanović (Stoke), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 43’ Jordan James (Birmingham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 52’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 59’ Tyler Roberts (Birmingham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ André Vidigal (Stoke), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, 0.80 xG, goal 53’ André Vidigal (Stoke), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 12’ Lynden Gooch (Stoke), open play, 0.21 xG, blocked 66’ Ryan Mmaee (Stoke), open play, 0.17 xG, saved 69’ Unknown (Birmingham), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 30’ André Vidigal (Stoke), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 31’ Lynden Gooch (Stoke), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 39’ Jordan James (Birmingham), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 49’ Marc Roberts (Birmingham), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 12’ Ki-Jana Hoever (Stoke), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 60’ Dion Sanderson (Birmingham), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 90’ Oliver Burke (Birmingham), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 6’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 10’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 15’ Wouter Burger (Stoke), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 74’ Unknown (Birmingham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 66’ Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 12’ Jordan Thompson (Stoke), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 90+7’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 35’ Dion Sanderson (Birmingham), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 79’ Sead Hakšabanović (Stoke), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 52’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 43’ Jordan James (Birmingham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 59’ Tyler Roberts (Birmingham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ André Vidigal (Stoke), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Emanuel Aiwu
90′ – – – – – – –
Marc Roberts Taken off
57′ – – 1 0.12 – – –
90′ – – 2 0.12 – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
Ivan Šunjić Taken off
78′ – – – – – – –
Koji Miyoshi Taken off
67′ – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 0.17 – – –
Siriki Dembélé Taken off
77′ – – – – – – –
Jay Stansfield Taken off
77′ 1 – 4 0.98 – – –
Tyler Roberts Came on as a substitute
33′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
Romelle Donovan Came on as a substitute
23′ – – – – – – –
Keshi Anderson Came on as a substitute
13′ – – 1 0.03 – – –
Oliver Burke Came on as a substitute
13′ – – 1 0.09 – – –
Gary Gardner Came on as a substitute
12′ – – – – – – –
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 34% Avg odds 2.78
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.34
Stoke win 37% Avg odds 2.56

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.