English League Championship

Birmingham City vs Charlton Athletic, 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Birmingham City
  • 28': Christoph Klarer
FT
1 - 1
Charlton Athletic
  • 67': Tyreece Campbell

About

Birmingham City are hosting Charlton Athletic at St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Attempt saved. Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Thomas Kaminski (Charlton Athletic).
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Tomoki Iwata.
  • 5': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Conor Coventry.
  • 6': Foul by Phil Neumann (Birmingham City).
  • 6': Miles Leaburn (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 7': Offside, Charlton Athletic. Isaac Olaofe is caught offside.
  • 9': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ibrahim Fullah.
  • 10': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Lloyd Jones.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Tommy Doyle (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
  • 11': Delay in match because of an injury Lloyd Jones (Charlton Athletic).
  • 12': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 14': Delay in match because of an injury Thomas Kaminski (Charlton Athletic).
  • 15': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 17': Attempt missed. Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Tomoki Iwata.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Cochrane.
  • 19': Attempt missed. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 19': Foul by Sonny Carey (Charlton Athletic).
  • 19': Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomoki Iwata.
  • 23': Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
  • 23': Attempt saved. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Thomas Kaminski (Charlton Athletic).
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Roberts.
  • 27': Foul by Karoy Anderson (Charlton Athletic).
  • 27': Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 28': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Charlton Athletic 0. Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Tommy Doyle with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 29': Foul by Tommy Doyle (Birmingham City).
  • 29': Isaac Olaofe (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 32': Foul by Phil Neumann (Birmingham City).
  • 32': Isaac Olaofe (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Miles Leaburn (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Isaac Olaofe with a cross.
  • 34': Attempt blocked. Tommy Doyle (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Demarai Gray.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marvin Ducksch.
  • 35': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Thomas Kaminski.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 38': Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Alex Cochrane.
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Lloyd Jones (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Bree with a cross.
  • 39': Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Tommy Doyle.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Isaac Olaofe (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alex Cochrane.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ibrahim Fullah.
  • 45'+3': Attempt blocked. Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Demarai Gray.
  • 45'+3': Attempt blocked. Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Demarai Gray.
  • 45'+3': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Macaulay Gillesphey.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Birmingham City 1, Charlton Athletic 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 1, Charlton Athletic 0.
  • 46': Offside, Birmingham City. Marvin Ducksch is caught offside.
  • 52': Conor Coventry (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Foul by Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City).
  • 52': Attempt missed. Isaac Olaofe (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lloyd Jones with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  • 55': Foul by Isaac Olaofe (Charlton Athletic).
  • 55': Ryan Allsop (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Isaac Olaofe (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
  • 56': Ryan Allsop (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 57': Foul by Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City).
  • 57': Lloyd Jones (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Foul by Karoy Anderson (Charlton Athletic).
  • 59': Phil Neumann (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 60': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lyndon Dykes replaces Marvin Ducksch.
  • 60': Substitution, Birmingham City. Keshi Anderson replaces Patrick Roberts.
  • 62': Offside, Charlton Athletic. Karoy Anderson is caught offside.
  • 64': Foul by Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City).
  • 64': James Bree (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 64': Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 65': Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Joe Rankin-Costello replaces Conor Coventry.
  • 65': Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Tyreece Campbell replaces Ibrahim Fullah.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Kayne Ramsay (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Bree with a cross.
  • 67': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Charlton Athletic 1. Tyreece Campbell (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  • 69': Foul by Kayne Ramsay (Charlton Athletic).
  • 69': Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Jay Stansfield.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Lloyd Jones (Charlton Athletic) header from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Bree with a cross.
  • 72': Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Alex Cochrane.
  • 73': Attempt saved. Tommy Doyle (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Thomas Kaminski (Charlton Athletic). Assisted by Christoph Klarer.
  • 75': Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Greg Docherty replaces Sonny Carey.
  • 76': Attempt blocked. Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Keshi Anderson.
  • 76': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Kayne Ramsay.
  • 77': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Miles Leaburn.
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 77': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Tyreece Campbell.
  • 78': Foul by Phil Neumann (Birmingham City).
  • 78': Greg Docherty (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Phil Neumann (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 79': Foul by Karoy Anderson (Charlton Athletic).
  • 79': Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 80': Karoy Anderson (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 82': Substitution, Birmingham City. Kyogo Furuhashi replaces Phil Neumann.
  • 83': Attempt blocked. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Keshi Anderson.
  • 87': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lewis Koumas replaces Jay Stansfield.
  • 88': Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Harvey Knibbs replaces Karoy Anderson.
  • 88': Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Josh Laqeretabua replaces Isaac Olaofe.
  • 89': Foul by Harvey Knibbs (Charlton Athletic).
  • 89': Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 89': Harvey Knibbs (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Thomas Kaminski (Charlton Athletic).
  • 90': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Thomas Kaminski.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Lloyd Jones (Charlton Athletic).
  • 90'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tommy Doyle with a cross.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+3': Greg Docherty (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+5': Greg Docherty (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Foul by Joe Rankin-Costello (Charlton Athletic).
  • 90'+6': Ryan Allsop (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Joe Rankin-Costello (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 1, Charlton Athletic 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Birmingham City 1, Charlton Athletic 1.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 9
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
3 Corner Kicks 10
4 Saves 0
38.5 Possession 61.5
7 SHOTS 24
1 ON GOAL 5
0.1 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
211 Accurate Passes 390
298 Passes 479
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
8 Accurate Crosses 4
19 Crosses 27
0.4 Cross % 0.1
77 Long Balls 49
37 Accurate Long Balls 20
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 10
7 Effective Tackles 9
10 Tackles 13
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
12 Interceptions 9
35 Effective Clearances 19
35 Clearances 19

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 26,822

EFL Championship Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Coventry City 25 +29 52
2 Ipswich Town 25 +18 44
3 Middlesbrough 25 +7 43
4 Watford 25 +8 41
Full Standings

Line-Ups

BIR Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
21 Ryan Allsop (GK) Yellow Card
4 Christoph Klarer
5 Phil Neumann Yellow Card
20 Alex Cochrane Yellow Card
24 Tomoki Iwata
28 Jay Stansfield
8 Paik Seung-Ho
7 Tommy Doyle
33 Marvin Ducksch
10 Demarai Gray
16 Patrick Roberts
Birmingham City Substitutes:
Bradley Mayo, Lewis Koumas, Eiran Cashin, Jack Robinson, Lyndon Dykes, Kyogo Furuhashi, Marc Leonard, Keshi Anderson, Bright Osayi-Samuel.

CHA Charlton Athletic (3-1-4-2)

No. Name
1 Thomas Kaminski (GK)
5 Lloyd Jones
3 Macaulay Gillesphey
2 Kayne Ramsay
6 Conor Coventry
18 Karoy Anderson Yellow Card
14 Sonny Carey
37 Ibrahim Fullah
28 James Bree
11 Miles Leaburn
22 Isaac Olaofe Yellow Card
Charlton Athletic Substitutes:
Robert Apter, Joe Rankin-Costello, William Mannion, Greg Docherty, Luke Berry, Joshua Laqeretabua, Tyreece Campbell, Harvey Knibbs, Jérôme Roussillon.

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