Match summary
Birmingham took a 2-1 win at Stoke. Birmingham led 1-0 at half-time.
Jay Stansfield put Birmingham ahead in the 10th minute, Juninho Bacuna made it 0-2 with a direct free kick in the 49th minute, and Jordan Thompson pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 70th minute.
Stoke can feel hard done by, creating 2.29 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Birmingham's 0.56 from 9.
Before kick-off
Stoke win
46%
Avg odds 2.09
Draw
27%
Avg odds 3.52
Birmingham win
27%
Avg odds 3.46
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
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.