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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
Team1H2HT
BIR213
COV112

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').

What it means

  • Birmingham has dropped 5 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Sep 21
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ESPN · Sep 13
Was this miss from Tom Brady's Birmingham the worst ever? Not even close
Recap · Aug 28
Wrexham remain winless after loss to Birmingham
ESPN · Aug 22
Outrageous back-heel, goal of the season contender scored for Bristol City in draw vs. Birmingham
ESPN · Jul 31
Jude Bellingham cheers on Birmingham in win over Barcelona
ESPN · Jul 31
Birmingham City 2-2 Barcelona: Blues beat LaLiga champions on penalties in friendly - as it happened
ESPN · Jun 18
Barcelona to play Tom Brady's Birmingham City in preseason friendly
ESPN · Apr 12
Tom Brady teases Ryan Reynolds, Rob Mac after Birmingham beat Wrexham

Lineups

Coventry14th in English Premier League
Lineup (4-1-4-1)
  1. 1Carl RushworthG
  2. 2Liam KitchingCD-L
  3. 3Bobby ThomasCD-R
  4. 4Matt GrimesDM
  5. 5Jay Da SilvaLB
  6. 6Milan van EwijkRB
  7. 7Jack RudoniCM-L
  8. 8Josh EcclesCM-R
  9. 9Ephron Mason-ClarkLM
  10. 10Tatsuhiro SakamotoRM
  11. 11Ellis SimmsF
Birmingham7th in English League Championship
Lineup (4-2-3-1)
  1. 1James BeadleG
  2. 2Jack RobinsonCD-L
  3. 3Phil NeumannCD-R
  4. 4Kai WagnerLB
  5. 5Tomoki IwataRB
  6. 6Jay StansfieldAM
  7. 7Paik Seung-HoLM
  8. 8Tommy DoyleRM
  9. 9Marvin DuckschF
  10. 10Lewis KoumasAM-L
  11. 11Patrick RobertsAM-R

Head to head

COV leads series 3-1-1
Last meeting: Coventry 0, Birmingham 0 (Sep 17)

Last 5

COV
  • T@ CHA1-1
  • Lvs IPS0-2
  • Wvs SWA1-0
  • T@ SOU1-1
  • Wvs BRC1-0
BIR
  • L@ WAT0-3
  • Tvs SOU1-1
  • Tvs DER1-1
  • L@ SHU0-3
  • Tvs CHA1-1

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Game info

Venue
St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham, England · Attendance 27,932
Officials
james linington

Injuries, starters, headlines and game info from ESPN. Headlines open on ESPN.

Season seriesCOV leads series 3-1-1

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