Cardiff City vs Birmingham City Result, Stats, Lineups &amp; H2H

7.7

90'+5Yellow Card

Chris Davies

Birmingham City

90'+3Substitution

Isaak Davies· In

Cian Ashford· Out

Cardiff City

87'Substitution

David Turnbull· In

Jack Moylan· Out

Cardiff City

82'Yellow Card

Joel Bagan

Cardiff City

81'Yellow Card

Christoph Klarer

Birmingham City

78'Substitution

Ethan Laird· In

Bright Osayi-Samuel· Out

Birmingham City

70'Substitution

Demarai Gray· In

Liam Millar· Out

Birmingham City

68'Substitution

Ronan Kpakio· In

Calum Scanlon· Out

Cardiff City

68'Substitution

Chris Willock· In

Ollie Tanner· Out

Cardiff City

64'Substitution

Max Bird· In

Jhon Solís· Out

Birmingham City

64'Substitution

Marvin Ducksch· In

Luis Vázquez· Out

Birmingham City

64'Substitution

Patrick Roberts· In

Carlos Vicente· Out

Birmingham City

50'Yellow Card

Jhon Solís

Birmingham City

Goal!

1-0

Yousef Salech

31'·Cardiff City

⚽

22'Missed Penalty

Yousef Salech

Cardiff City

Statistics of the Game

Cardiff City

Birmingham City

52%Ball Possession48%

16Shots Total7

4Shots On Target2

3Corners3

10Fouls19

1Yellow Cards2

2Offsides4

2Saves3

413Passes385

2Shots Off Target4

119Attacks81

55Dangerous Attacks27

10Shots Inside Box7

6Shots Outside Box0

1Goals0

18Free Kicks10

10Shots Blocked1

4Substitutions4

17Tackles12

1Assists0

307Accurate Passes277

17Total Crosses16

6Accurate Crosses3

7Interceptions8

73Duels Won41

5Big Chances Created3

4Big Chances Missed3

Manager: Brian Barry-Murphy

Starting XI

7.0

7.7

7.5

7.2

6.7

7.4

7.6

7.1

7.0

7.1

6.8

Substitutes

6.5

6.8

Rob Tankiewicz

Noah Anyadike

6.4

Charlie Holt

Troy Perrett

Manager: Chris Davies

Starting XI

7.1

6.1

7.0

6.6

6.9

6.4

6.2

6.3

6.1

6.7

6.4

Substitutes

6.4

6.5

6.6

6.8

Taylor Gardner-Hickman

Ryan Allsop

Dael Fry

Marvin Ducksch

6.4

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Perry Ng DF	7.7	90'	0	0	0/1	40(100%)	2	9/13
Jack Moylan MF	7.6	87'	0	0	0/2	22(68%)	3	9/11
Will Fish DF	7.5	90'	0	0	-	59(68%)	-	7/9
Alex Robertson MF	7.4	90'	0	0	-	50(100%)	-	6/7
Joel Bagan DF	7.2	90'	0	0	0/1	61(72%)	2	3/7
Ollie Tanner MF	7.1	68'	0	1	-	22(64%)	1	6/12
Cian Ashford MF	7.1	89'	0	0	2/3	24(100%)	3	9/14
Joel Colwill MF	7.0	90'	0	0	0/1	32(91%)	1	7/10
Nathan Trott GK	7.0	90'	0	0	-	40(60%)	-	-
Yousef Salech FW	6.8	90'	1	0	2/8	23(100%)	-	6/13
Chris Willock MF	6.8	22'	0	0	-	8(75%)	3	4/7
Calum Scanlon DF	6.7	68'	0	0	-	26(85%)	1	3/5
David Turnbull MF	6.5	8'	0	0	-	-	-	-
Ronan Kpakio DF	6.4	22'	0	0	-	8(100%)	-	0/1
Isaak Davies FW	-	1'	0	0	-	-	-	1/1

Cardiff City vs Birmingham City H2H, Form & Key Stats

Cardiff City, 21st before kickoff, beat Birmingham City, who were 6th.(Table before kickoff: Cardiff City 11 points from 11 matches, Birmingham City 20 from 11.)
Cardiff City moved from 21st to 17th in the Championship (England) table with this result.(4 places up. Before kickoff: 21st, 11 points from 11 matches. After: 17th, 14 points from 12 matches; 24 teams; the table also counts 7 matches played at the same time.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Cardiff City	15	D1	2	1	4	15	7/15	11-7
Birmingham City	15	W3	5	0	11	0	13/15	12-3

Cardiff City — last 5 games

L0-1 @ Bolton Wanderers2026-09-12
W3-1 vs Charlton Athletic2026-09-19
L1-2 @ Blackburn Rovers2026-10-10
W5-1 vs Watford2026-10-13
D2-2 @ Middlesbrough2026-10-17

Birmingham City — last 5 games

W2-1 @ Derby County2026-09-12
D2-2 vs Middlesbrough2026-09-19
W1-0 @ West Bromwich Albion2026-10-10
W4-0 vs Preston North End2026-10-13
W3-0 vs Queens Park Rangers2026-10-17

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Cardiff City	15	3.6	93%	73%	53%	87%	0%	13%
Birmingham City	15	3.07	80%	73%	40%	67%	33%	7%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Cardiff City	Home	9	5	3	1	25-12	2	78%	0%
Birmingham City	Away	7	5	1	1	9-5	2.29	57%	43%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Cardiff City	15	17-13	14-10	45%	93%	6-2-7
Birmingham City	15	14-13	12-7	46%	93%	5-6-4

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 23
Period covered: 2011-12-04 – 2024-04-10
Cardiff City wins: 12
Draws: 8
Birmingham City wins: 3
Avg goals per meeting: 2.26
Over 2.5 goals: 30%
Both teams scored: 48%
Home side won: 39%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted
Last 5 meetings: 4W 0D 1L (Cardiff City view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 1.8 vs 2.26

Most recent meetings (5 of 23)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2024-04-10	Birmingham City	0-1	Cardiff City
2023-12-13	Cardiff City	0-1	Birmingham City
2023-08-29	Birmingham City	1-3	Cardiff City
2023-02-14	Birmingham City	0-2	Cardiff City
2022-08-13	Cardiff City	1-0	Birmingham City

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 136 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Cardiff City	21	11	11	1	LWLWD	9	+12
Birmingham City	6	11	20	9	WDWWW	1	+5

Table context

Points gap: 9 ptsCardiff City 11 · Birmingham City 20
Positions: #21 vs #6
Goals per game: 1.64/1.55 vs 1.82/1scored/conceded per game · league average 1.45

How we calculate this

Championship Standings

Championship · 2026/2027

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	Middlesbrough	13	8	4	1	+13	28	WDWLW
···
4	West Bromwich Albion	13	7	3	3	+5	24	WDLWW
5	Southampton	13	8	3	2	+15	23	DDWWL
6	Birmingham CityA	13	6	5	2	+10	23	DDWDD
7	Stoke City	13	7	2	4	+4	23	WWLLL
8	West Ham United	13	6	4	3	+15	22	WWDLD
···
15	Norwich City	13	5	0	8	-1	15	WLWLL
16	Lincoln City	13	4	3	6	-9	15	DDWLL
17	Cardiff CityH	13	3	5	5	-1	14	LLDDD
18	Wrexham	13	3	5	5	-4	14	DWLDD
19	Bolton Wanderers	13	4	2	7	-8	14	LLLDW
···
24	Preston North End	13	1	2	10	-17	5	WLLLL

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Statistical Comparison

Championship

Cardiff City13 matches

All Cardiff City fixtures & results

13 matches

3Wins6

5Draws5

5Losses2

19Goals23

1.46Goals per game1.77

20Goals conceded13

1.54Goals per game conceded1.00

Cardiff City vs Birmingham City — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (13 vs 13 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityCardiff City 31% · X · Draw 25% · Birmingham City 44%

1 · Home Win

31%

X · Draw

25%

2 · Away Win

44%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

1.25 vs 1.52

Projected Total: 2.77

Over 1.5 Goals

76%

Over 2.5 Goals

52%

Over 3.5 Goals

30%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

56%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

22% / 29%

Cardiff City / Birmingham City

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

1 - 1(11.9%)0 - 1(9.5%)1 - 2(9.1%)

Recent matches

Previous Meetings

Last 23 matches

Won 52%

(12/23)

Draw 35%

(8/23)

Won 13%

(3/23)

Goals

34-18

Total matches

Recent matches (5/23)

Championship•Apr 10, 2024

Championship•Dec 13, 2023

Carabao Cup•Aug 29, 2023

1-3

Championship•Feb 14, 2023

0-2

Championship•Aug 13, 2022

1-0

Apr 10, 2024 • Championship

Cardiff City vs Birmingham City — Head to Head

Last 23 matches

Cardiff City wins

Draws

Birmingham City wins

Goals Scored

34 - 18

Dec 13, 2023 • Championship

Aug 29, 2023 • Carabao Cup

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