Birmingham vs West Brom

6 October 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee J Linington

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Juninho Bacuna 23’ (pen)
Dion Sanderson 38’
Gary Gardner 87’

John Swift 5’

Match summary

Birmingham came from behind to win 3-1 at home to West Brom. Birmingham led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, John Swift put West Brom ahead in the 5th minute, Juninho Bacuna equalised from the penalty spot in the 23rd minute, and Dion Sanderson put Birmingham in front with a header in the 38th minute. In the second half, Gary Gardner made it 3-1 with a direct free kick in the 87th minute.

The chances backed that up: Birmingham created 1.48 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to West Brom's 1.17 from 10.

Match stats

11 Shots 10

3 Shots on Target 3

6 Corners 8

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.48 xG 1.17

0.69 Non-penalty xG 1.17

Key events

Birmingham West Brom

Kick-off

5’

John Swift

0-1

Juninho Bacuna
Penalty

1-1

23’

Dion Sanderson

2-1

38’

Half-time2-1

Gary Gardner

3-1

87’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Birmingham

Emmanuel Longelo
Krystian Bielik

West Brom

Cédric Kipré

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 1.48 xGWest Brom 1.17 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

West Brom attacking Birmingham attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players15 players


John Ruddy	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cody Drameh	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dion Sanderson	90′	1	–	1	0.27	–	–	–
Kevin Long	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Emmanuel Longelo	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Krystian Bielik	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ivan Šunjić	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Juninho Bacuna Taken off	82′	1	–	4	0.92	–	–	–
Koji Miyoshi Taken off	69′	–	–	2	0.12	–	–	–
Siriki Dembélé Taken off	72′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Jay Stansfield Taken off	82′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Oliver Burke Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lukas Jutkiewicz Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gary Gardner Came on as a substitute	8′	1	–	1	0.08	–	–	–
Scott Hogan Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Alex Palmer	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cédric Kipré	90′	–	–	1	0.08	–	–
Kyle Bartley	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Erik Pieters Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Darnell Furlong Taken off	81′	–	–	2	0.62	–	–	–
Okay Yokuşlu Taken off	65′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alex Mowatt	90′	–	–	1	0.15	–	–	–
Matt Phillips	90′	–	–	2	0.05	–	–	–
Grady Diangana	90′	–	–	1	0.12	–	–	–
John Swift Taken off	73′	1	–	2	0.11	–	–	–
Jed Wallace Taken off	65′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Conor Townsend Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nathaniel Chalobah Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Brandon Thomas-Asante Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Fellows Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pipa 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 34% Avg odds 2.84

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.15

West Brom win 36% Avg odds 2.61

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

Form going into the game

Birmingham L L D L W

West Brom D D D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Birmingham 2-0 West Brom, 10 Feb 23 Next meeting: West Brom 1-0 Birmingham, 03 Feb 24 All Birmingham vs West Brom 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.