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Championship 2026/27

Birmingham City line-up

10th in the Championship 10 points Most-used formation: 4-2-3-1 WDDLW

Predicted line-up for Birmingham City

Next match: Birmingham City vs Middlesbrough,

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Birmingham City 4-2-3-1

Our predicted line-up follows a few days before kick-off. Until then, below is the side Birmingham City fielded on against Derby County.

1 Beadle
20 Cochrane
4 Klarer
5 Neumann
26 Osayi-Samuel
14 Solís
24 Iwata
17 Millar
28 Stansfield
7 Vicente
9 Priske

Line-up for Birmingham City: Beadle, Cochrane, Klarer, Neumann, Osayi-Samuel, Solís, Iwata, Millar, Stansfield, Vicente, Priske

Birmingham City injuries and suspensions

  • Demarai Gray Injury Unavailable
  • Max Bird Not registered Unavailable
  • Marc Leonard Achilles tendon injury Unavailable
  • Patrick Roberts Health problems Unavailable
  • Scott Wright Not in the squad Unavailable
  • Taylor Gardner-Hickman Injury Unavailable
Played 7 2W 4D 1L
Goals for 10 1.4 per match on average
Goals against 9 1.3 per match on average
Goal difference +1 10 points
Clean sheets 1 failed to score in 1
xG 10.37 below expectation

Home and away

Per match Home Away Total
Points 1.00 1.75 1.43
Goals for 1.67 1.25 1.43
Goals against 1.67 1.00 1.29
xG for 1.52 1.45 1.48
xG against 1.34 1.33 1.33
Corners 6.0 6.3 6.1
Cards 2.3 1.8 2.0
Clean sheets 0% 25% 14%

Fixtures

Results

Stats

All stats

Goals

  1. 1 Phil Neumann 2
  2. 2 Carlos Vicente 2
  3. 3 Seung-ho Paik 1
  4. 4 Demarai Gray 1
  5. 5 Jay Stansfield 1

Assists

  1. 1 Liam Millar 3
  2. 2 Patrick Roberts 2
  3. 3 Alex Cochrane 1
  4. 4 August Priske 1

Key passes

  1. 1 Alex Cochrane 12
  2. 2 Seung-ho Paik 8
  3. 3 Liam Millar 7
  4. 4 Tomoki Iwata 6
  5. 5 Phil Neumann 5

Duels won

  1. 1 Christoph Klarer 55
  2. 2 Phil Neumann 49
  3. 3 Bright Osayi-Samuel 39
  4. 4 August Priske 32
  5. 5 Jhon Solís 27

Shots on target

  1. 1 Jay Stansfield 8
  2. 2 August Priske 5
  3. 3 Phil Neumann 3
  4. 4 Carlos Vicente 3
  5. 5 Marvin Ducksch 2

Rating

  1. 1 Liam Millar 7.36
  2. 2 James Beadle 7.07
  3. 3 Phil Neumann 6.94
  4. 4 Alex Cochrane 6.87
  5. 5 Demarai Gray 6.82

Birmingham City squad

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# Player Position MP Min Goals Assists Passes Pass % Rating
1 James Beadle Age 22 · England Goalkeeper 7 630 0 0 225 36.4% 7.1
21 Ryan Allsop Age 34 · England Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0 - -
30 Bradley Mayo Age 22 · England Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0 - -
5 Phil Neumann Age 29 · Germany Defender 7 630 2 0 225 76.9% 6.9
4 Christoph Klarer Age 26 · Austria Defender 7 630 0 0 280 76.1% 6.7
20 Alex Cochrane Age 26 · England Defender 7 568 0 1 201 67.7% 6.9
26 Bright Osayi-Samuel Age 28 · Nigeria Defender 7 556 0 0 215 76.3% 6.6
2 Ethan Laird Age 25 · England Defender 7 108 0 0 31 64.5% 6.7
25 Kristoffer Lund Age 24 · Denmark Defender 2 63 0 0 19 68.4% 3.1
23 Dael Fry Age 29 · England Defender 2 2 0 0 1 - -
3 Lee Buchanan Age 25 · England Defender 0 0 0 0 0 - -
24 Tomoki Iwata Age 29 · Japan Midfielder 7 622 0 0 325 72.0% 6.7
28 Jay Stansfield Age 23 · England Midfielder 7 586 1 0 109 65.1% 6.5
7 Carlos Vicente Age 27 · Spain Midfielder 7 519 2 0 124 76.6% 6.8
14 Jhon Solís Age 21 · Colombia Midfielder 5 420 0 0 195 80.0% 6.7
8 Seung-ho Paik Age 29 · South Korea Midfielder 7 371 1 0 152 81.6% 6.8
17 Liam Millar Age 26 · Canada Midfielder 3 232 0 3 65 81.5% 7.4
16 Patrick Roberts Age 29 · England Midfielder 4 224 0 2 49 77.6% 6.8
18 Max Bird Age 25 · England Midfielder 1 10 0 0 3 66.7% 6.6
27 Kanya Fujimoto Age 27 · Japan Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0 - -
15 Dynaeo Martin-Moore Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0 - -
- Luca McCourtie England Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0 - -
- Marc Leonard Scotland · Achilles tendon injury Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0 - -
- Taylor Gardner-Hickman England · Injury Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0 - -
9 August Priske Age 22 · Denmark Forward 7 570 1 1 92 50.0% 6.6
10 Demarai Gray Age 30 · Jamaica Forward 5 129 1 0 40 95.0% 6.8
32 Luis Vázquez Age 25 · Argentina Forward 7 69 0 0 14 57.1% 6.4
33 Marvin Ducksch Age 32 · Germany Forward 3 29 0 0 9 55.6% 6.6
11 Scott Wright Age 29 · Scotland Forward 0 0 0 0 0 - -

Frequently asked questions

When do Birmingham City play next?

Birmingham City play at home against Middlesbrough on .

When will the line-up for Birmingham City be announced?

The predicted line-up for Birmingham City against Middlesbrough will appear here a few days before the match. The confirmed XI usually follows around an hour before kick-off.

Who is the first-choice goalkeeper for Birmingham City?

James Beadle has started in goal in 5 of the last 5 matches.

Who is the top scorer for Birmingham City?

Phil Neumann and Carlos Vicente share top spot, having scored 2 goals each for Birmingham City this season.

Which Birmingham City players are injured or suspended?

Birmingham City are without Demarai Gray (injury), Max Bird (not registered), Marc Leonard (achilles tendon injury), Patrick Roberts (health problems), Scott Wright (not in the squad) and Taylor Gardner-Hickman (injury).