Birmingham City vs Coventry City

Championship

Birmingham

9-7-10

3-2

Final

Coventry

15-7-4

St. Andrew's Stadium

Match pulse

BIRAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'COV

24%Possession76%

9Shots17

4On target6

2Corners6

5Saves1

13Fouls8

36'Marvin DuckschBIR51'Kai WagnerBIR86'Josh EcclesCOV88'James BeadleBIR90'+5'Bobby ThomasCOV

Team	1H	2H	T
BIR	2	1	3
COV	1	1	2

Who won: Birmingham 3-2

Birmingham City beat Coventry City 3-2 on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at St. Andrew's Stadium. Goals for Birmingham: Marvin Ducksch (6', 63') and Lewis Koumas (17'). Goals for Coventry: Josh Eccles (8') and Ellis Simms (60').

Play by play

Match ends, Birmingham City 3, Coventry City 2.
Second Half ends, Birmingham City 3, Coventry City 2.
90'+9'
Free kick won
Kai Andrews (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+9'
Foul
Foul by Kanya Fujimoto (Birmingham City).
90'+8'
Free kick won
Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+8'
Foul
Foul by Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City).
90'+5'
Red card
Bobby Thomas (Coventry City) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
B. Thomas
90'+5'
Free kick won
Phil Neumann (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5'
Foul
Foul by Bobby Thomas (Coventry City).
90'+3'
Left footed shot saved
Attempt saved. Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Carl Rushworth (Coventry City). Assisted by Kanya Fujimoto.
K. Furuhashi
90'+3'
Sub
Subbed on for J. Stansfield
Substitution, Birmingham City. Kanya Fujimoto replaces Jay Stansfield.
K. Fujimoto
90'
Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
89'
Sub
Subbed on for J. Eccles
Substitution, Coventry City. Kai Andrews replaces Josh Eccles.
K. Andrews
88'
Shot off target
Attempt missed. Josh Eccles (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jack Rudoni with a cross.
88'
Yellow card
James Beadle (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
J. Beadle
86'
Yellow card
Josh Eccles (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
J. Eccles
85'
Free kick won
Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
85'
Foul
Foul by Josh Eccles (Coventry City).
83'
Right footed shot just wide
Attempt missed. Ellis Simms (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Milan van Ewijk.
E. Simms
83'
Header just wide
Attempt missed. Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bobby Thomas.
M. van Ewijk
83'
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
82'
Delay in match because of an injury James Beadle (Birmingham City).
81'BIR
Free kick won
Jay Dasilva (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81'
Foul
Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City).
76'
Free kick won
Jack Robinson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.