Birmingham vs Watford

Championship · Dec 1, 2025 · 20:00

Final score: Birmingham 2–1 Watford

Standings

• Birmingham: #10 · 64 Pts · 46 P (17W 13D 16L)
• Watford: #16 · 57 Pts · 46 P (14W 15D 17L)

Recent form

Birmingham

• D Nov 26, 2025: West Brom 1–1 Birmingham
• W Nov 22, 2025: Birmingham 4–1 Norwich
• L Nov 8, 2025: Middlesbrough 2–1 Birmingham
• W Nov 4, 2025: Birmingham 4–0 Millwall
• W Nov 1, 2025: Birmingham 4–0 Portsmouth

Watford

• D Nov 25, 2025: Watford 1–1 Preston
• W Nov 22, 2025: Derby 2–3 Watford
• D Nov 7, 2025: Watford 1–1 Bristol City
• D Nov 4, 2025: Ipswich 1–1 Watford
• W Nov 1, 2025: Watford 3–0 Middlesbrough

Head-to-head

• 2026-01-01T15:00:00+00:00: Watford 3–0 Birmingham
• 2025-12-01T20:00:00+00:00: Birmingham 2–1 Watford
• 2024-03-16T15:00:00+00:00: Birmingham 0–1 Watford
• 2023-09-16T14:00:00+00:00: Watford 2–0 Birmingham
• 2023-03-14T19:45:00+00:00: Watford 3–0 Birmingham

Match events

• 20' Card Yellow Card — Hector Kyprianou (Watford)
• 24' Card Yellow Card — Tommy Doyle (Birmingham)
• 31' Goal Normal Goal — Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham)
• 43' Goal Normal Goal — D. Gray (Birmingham) (assists: J. Stansfield)
• 59' subst Substitution 1 — T. Ince (Watford) (assists: G. Chakvetadze)
• 60' subst Substitution 2 — L. Kjerrumgaard (Watford) (assists: V. Semedo)
• 60' subst Substitution 3 — H. Kyprianou (Watford) (assists: E. Kayembe)
• 61' Goal Normal Goal — O. Maamma (Watford) (assists: M. Bola)
• 69' subst Substitution 1 — D. Gray (Birmingham) (assists: K. Anderson)
• 73' subst Substitution 2 — B. Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham) (assists: A. Sampsted)
• 73' subst Substitution 3 — M. Ducksch (Birmingham) (assists: L. Dykes)
• 76' Card Yellow Card — Imrân Louza (Watford)
• 78' Card Yellow Card — Jay Stansfield (Birmingham)
• 80' Card Yellow Card — Patrick Roberts (Birmingham)
• 85' subst Substitution 4 — O. Maamma (Watford) (assists: M. Sissoko)
• 90'+2 subst Substitution 4 — J. Stansfield (Birmingham) (assists: M. Leonard)
• 90'+2 subst Substitution 5 — P. Roberts (Birmingham) (assists: L. Koumas)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 5 — 4
• Shots off Goal: 5 — 5
• Total Shots: 13 — 12
• Blocked Shots: 3 — 3
• Shots insidebox: 8 — 8
• Shots outsidebox: 5 — 4
• Fouls: 11 — 10
• Corner Kicks: 6 — 6
• Offsides: – — –
• Ball Possession: 49% — 51%
• Yellow Cards: 3 — 2
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 3 — 3
• Total passes: 418 — 422
• Passes accurate: 321 — 335
• Passes %: 77% — 79%
• expected_goals: 1.26 — 1.03
• goals_prevented: -0.84 — -0.84

Injuries

Birmingham

• L. Buchanan — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• T. Iwata — Yellow Cards (Missing Fixture)
• E. Laird — Hamstring Injury (Missing Fixture)
• W. T. Willumsson — Muscle Injury (Missing Fixture)
• S. Wright — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)

Watford

• K. Baah — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• J. Grieves — Ankle Injury (Missing Fixture)
• E. Selvik — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• R. Vata — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• C. Wiley — Muscle Injury (Questionable)