Leicester vs Birmingham
Ref: J. SmithKing Power Stadium, Leicester, Leicestershire · 34,310 cap
Match recap
Leicester beat Birmingham 2–0 in their Championship fixture. Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira scored for Leicester. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 0.56 for Leicester versus 0.83 for Birmingham. Leicester sit 23rd in the Championship table while Birmingham are 10th.
First Half
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Fatawu
Assist: Page
Choudhury
Yellow Card
Second Half
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Page
Fatawu
Yellow Card
62'
Furuhashi
Yellow Card
64'
Klarer
Yellow Card
66'
⇄
Willumsson
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Mavididi
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Choudhury
74'
Gray
Yellow Card
Ricardo Pereira
Yellow Card
77'
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Koumas
77'
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Furuhashi
85'
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Neumann
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Fatawu
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Ricardo Pereira
Assist: Monga
| # | 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 |
| 22 |  Oxford United | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | -14 | 47 |
| 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
LeicesterBirmingham
4Won
Statistical edge
4–10
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
0.56VS0.83
Attack1 · 5 won
5
Shots
11
2
Shots on target
1
4
Shots in the box
7
1
Shots outside box
4
3
Shots off goal
4
1
Corners
7
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
45%
Possession
55%
377
Total passes
448
294
Accurate passes
371
78%
Pass accuracy
83%
Discipline2 · 0 won
11
Fouls
16
3
Yellow cards
3
0
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
1
Goalkeeper saves
0
0
Blocked shots
6
-0.39
Goals prevented
-0.39
Leicester
4-2-3-1
Birmingham
4-4-2Leicester
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1J. StolarczykG
- 5C. OkoliD
- 7A. FatawuM
- 9J. AyewF
- 10S. MavididiM
- 17H. ChoudhuryD
- 22O. SkippM
- 23J. VestergaardD
- 24B. SoumaréM
- 25L. PageM
- 33L. ThomasD
Substitutes
- 2O. AlukoD
- 3W. FaesD
- 4B. NelsonD
- 8H. WinksM
- 11Silko Amari Otieno ThomasF
- 20P. DakaF
- 21Ricardo PereiraD
- 28J. MongaM
- 31A. BegovićG
Birmingham
4-4-2Starting XI
- 2E. LairdD
- 4C. KlarerD
- 5P. NeumannD
- 8Paik Seung-HoM
- 9K. FuruhashiF
- 10D. GrayM
- 18W. WillumssonM
- 21R. AllsopG
- 24T. IwataM
- 26B. Osayi-SamuelD
- 30L. KoumasF
Substitutes
- 7T. DoyleM
- 12M. LeonardM
- 14K. AndersonM
- 17L. DykesF
- 19T. Gardner-HickmanM
- 20A. CochraneD
- 25J. BeadleG
- 33M. DuckschF
- 41E. CashinD
Leicester
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Stolarczyk | G | 90 | 8.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jannik Vestergaard | D | 90 | 8.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/1 |
| Abdul Fatawu Issahaku | M | 87 | 7.6 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2/4 |
| Caleb Okoli | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oliver Skipp | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Luke Thomas | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Boubakary Soumaré | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hamza Choudhury(C) | D | 72 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Louis Page | M | 56 | 6.6 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Jordan Ayew | F | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/3 |
| Stephy Mavididi | M | 71 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Harry Winks | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Olabade Aluko | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Silko Thomas | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Asmir Begović | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Benjamin Nelson | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ricardo Pereira | D | 18 | 7.9 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Jeremy Monga | M | 19 | 7.2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Wout Faes | D | 12 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patson Daka | F | 34 | 6.0 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/1 |
Birmingham
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christoph Klarer(C) | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ethan Laird | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Phil Neumann | D | 85 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Demarai Gray | M | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/4 |
| Willum Thor Willumsson | M | 66 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Seung-Ho Paik | M | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Ryan Allsop | G | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tomoki Iwata | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Lewis Koumas | F | 77 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Kyogo Furuhashi | F | 77 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/2 |
| Bright Osayi-Samuel | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2/3 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| James Beadle | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alex Cochrane | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Taylor Gardner-Hickman | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marc Leonard | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eiran Joe Cashin | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tommy Doyle | M | 13 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Keshi Anderson | M | 24 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Marvin Ducksch | F | 13 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Lyndon Dykes | F | 14 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |