Birmingham vs Sheffield Wednesday
Ref: Matt Donohue, EnglandSt Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham · 30,009 cap
Match recap
Birmingham and Sheffield Wednesday drew 2–2 in their Championship fixture. Stansfield and Gray scored for Birmingham; Lowe and Brown replied for Sheffield Wednesday. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 1.33 for Birmingham versus 0.42 for Sheffield Wednesday. Birmingham sit 10th in the Championship table while Sheffield Wednesday are 24th.
First Half
⚽
Stansfield
20'
Palmer
Yellow Card
37'
⚽
Lowe
Stansfield
Yellow Card
Second Half
Roberts
Yellow Card
⇄
Osayi-Samuel
⇄
Doyle
⇄
Roberts
68'
⇄
Lowe
⇄
Stansfield
Cochrane
Yellow Card
77'
⚽
Brown
Assist: Bannan
86'
⇄
Bannan
⇄
Cashin
90+6'
⇄
Cadamarteri
90+11'
Iorfa
Yellow Card
⚽
Gray
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Coventry | 46 | 28 | 11 | 7 | +52 | 95 |
| 9 |  Norwich | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | +7 | 65 |
| 10 |  Birmingham | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | +1 | 64 |
| 11 |  Swansea | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 64 |
| 23 |  Leicester | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | -10 | 46 |
| 24 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 2 | 12 | 32 | -60 | 0 |
As of 23 May 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
BirminghamSheffield Wednesday
11Won
Statistical edge
11–3
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
1.33VS0.42
Attack6 · 0 won
20
Shots
5
5
Shots on target
3
12
Shots in the box
5
8
Shots outside box
0
9
Shots off goal
2
10
Corners
4
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
71%
Possession
29%
506
Total passes
206
413
Accurate passes
103
82%
Pass accuracy
50%
Discipline0 · 2 won
15
Fouls
11
3
Yellow cards
2
1
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
1
Goalkeeper saves
3
6
Blocked shots
0
-0.41
Goals prevented
-0.41
Birmingham
4-2-3-1
Sheffield Wednesday
3-5-2Birmingham
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 4C. KlarerD
- 7T. DoyleM
- 9K. FuruhashiF
- 10D. GrayM
- 16P. RobertsM
- 20A. CochraneD
- 21R. AllsopG
- 24T. IwataM
- 26B. Osayi-SamuelD
- 28J. StansfieldM
- 41E. CashinD
Substitutes
- 5P. NeumannD
- 8Paik Seung-HoM
- 12M. LeonardM
- 17L. DykesF
- 23A. SampstedD
- 25J. BeadleG
- 27K. FujimotoM
- 30L. KoumasF
- 42D. IsicheiM
Sheffield Wednesday
3-5-2Starting XI
- 2L. PalmerM
- 3M. LoweD
- 6D. IorfaD
- 7Y. ValeryM
- 8S. IngelssonM
- 9J. LoweF
- 10B. BannanM
- 12H. AmassM
- 18B. CadamarteriF
- 24E. HorvathG
Substitutes
- 4S. FusireM
- 11I. UgboF
- 17C. McNeillF
- 22G. OtegbayoD
- 25Logan StretchG
- 29G. BrownF
- 32J. EmeryD
- 33Y. AlaoD
- 37Jarvis ThorntonM
Birmingham
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomoki Iwata | M | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| Demarai Gray | M | 90 | 7.5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 |
| Eiran Joe Cashin | D | 89 | 7.2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Tommy Doyle | M | 58 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Jay Stansfield | M | 73 | 6.9 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0/1 |
| Christoph Klarer(C) | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Patrick Roberts | M | 59 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1/4 |
| Kyogo Furuhashi | F | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Alex Cochrane | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Bright Osayi-Samuel | D | 59 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Ryan Allsop | G | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| James Beadle | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Phil Neumann | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daniel Isichei | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alfons Sampsted | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marc Leonard | M | 31 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lyndon Dykes | F | 17 | 6.9 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Seung-Ho Paik | M | 32 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Lewis Koumas | F | 31 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Kanya Fujimoto | M | 13 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sheffield Wednesday
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Bannan(C) | M | 86 | 7.9 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Jamal Lowe | F | 69 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Ernie Weaver | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Svante Ingelsson | M | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Max Lowe | D | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yan Valery | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2/3 |
| Harry Amass | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Ethan Horvath | G | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bailey Cadamarteri | F | 89 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dominic Iorfa | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Liam Palmer | M | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Yisa Alao | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Charlie McNeill | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ike Ugbo | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jarvis Thornton | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Joe Emery | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Logan Stretch | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gabriel Otegbayo | D | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| George Brown | F | 21 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sean Fusire | M | 16 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |