Match summary
Before kickoff, Birmingham City (1st, 70 pts) were 17 points ahead of Leyton Orient (6th, 53 pts).
Birmingham City vs Leyton OrientResult, Lineups & H2H
- Gardner-Hickman53'
- Laird 84'
St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham
Birmingham City vs Leyton Orient in numbers
FormLast 5 games, all competitions · latest on the right
Birmingham City3W 1D 1L
Birmingham CityLeyton Orient
10Pointsof 159
9Goals scored10
4Goals conceded7
3Clean sheets1
0Scored in a row5
4Unbeaten in a row0
1Without a win1
0Conceded in a row3
Head to head1 meeting · Aug 2024
- Birmingham City wins
- 1
- Draws
- 0
- Leyton Orient wins
- 0
Meetings
League table before kickoffRebuilt from 384 earlier results
Birmingham CityLeyton Orient
#1Position#6
70Points30 v 32 games53
+32Goal difference+19
1.7Scored per gameleague avg 1.281.53
0.63Conceded per game0.94
#1Form table position#5
Match Timeline
Man of the Match
Birmingham CityLeyton Orient
- Substitution · Birmingham City · Krystian Bielik · InOut: Alfie May90+1'
- Substitution · Birmingham City · Alfons Sampsted · InOut: Ethan Laird90+1'
- 90'Yellow Card · Leyton Orient · Darren Pratley
- Substitution · Birmingham City · Luke Harris · InOut: Kieran Dowell85'
- Goal · Birmingham City · Ethan Laird 2-084'
- Substitution · Birmingham City · Emil Hansson · InOut: Taylor Gardner-Hickman68'
- Substitution · Birmingham City · Lukas Jutkiewicz · InOut: Willum Thór Willumsson67'
- 67'Substitution · Leyton Orient · Sonny Perkins · InOut: Jamie Donley
- 66'Substitution · Leyton Orient · Randell Williams · InOut: Ethan Galbraith
- 59'Yellow Card · Leyton Orient · Richie Wellens
- 54'Substitution · Leyton Orient · Azeem Abdullah · InOut: Dan Agyei
- Yellow Card · Birmingham City · Taylor Gardner-Hickman54'
- Goal · Birmingham City · Taylor Gardner-Hickman1-053'
- 16'Substitution · Leyton Orient · Dominic Ball · InOut: Charlie Kelman
- 16'Substitution · Leyton Orient · Jayden Sweeney · InOut: Dilan Markanday
- 12'Red Card · Leyton Orient · Jack Currie
Match Statistics
Match stats
Birmingham CityLeyton Orient
77%Ball Possession23%
29Shots Total4
10Shots On Target0
8Corners3
14Fouls9
1Yellow Cards1
1Offsides1
0Saves8
647Passes190
135Attacks79
100Dangerous Attacks22
14Goal Attempts1
18Shots Off Target4
20Shots Inside Box3
9Shots Outside Box1
2Goals0
5Shots Blocked1
5Substitutions5
19Tackles14
547Accurate Passes100
0Red Cards1
58Ball Safe53
84.54%Pass Accuracy52.63%
Team Lineups
Lineups
4-2-3-1 · 4-2-3-1
Manager: R. Wellens
Starting XI
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JK
Josh Keeley8.1
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BC
Brandon Cooper6.9
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JB
Jordan Brown6.9
Substitutes
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JS
Jayden Sweeney7.1
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SP
Sonny Perkins6.6
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NP
Noah Phillips-
AA
Azeem Abdullah6.6
Player Stats
| Player | Rating | Min | Goals | Assists | Shots | Passes | Tackles | Duels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | 90' | 0 | 1 | - | 86(95%) | 5 | 13/14 | |
| 8.3 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | 79(87%) | 2 | 7/10 | |
| 7.8 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 1/3 | 70(90%) | 1 | 4/7 | |
| 7.7 | 85' | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 48(79%) | 1 | 3/7 | |
| 7.6 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 73(92%) | 2 | 7/10 | |
| 7.6 | 90' | 1 | 0 | 1/3 | 58(76%) | 1 | 6/19 | |
| 7.5 | 68' | 1 | 0 | 2/3 | 39(79%) | 2 | 2/7 | |
| 7.5 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 2/5 | 77(88%) | - | 1/5 | |
| 7.1 | 23' | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | 6(29%) | - | 5/5 | |
| 6.8 | 22' | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 12(83%) | 1 | 1/5 | |
| 6.7 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 24(83%) | - | - | |
| 6.6 | 5' | 0 | 0 | - | 3(100%) | 1 | 2/2 | |
| 6.5 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 2/3 | 23(74%) | - | 0/2 | |
| - | 1' | 0 | 0 | - | 9(89%) | - | 1/1 | |
| - | 1' | 0 | 0 | - | 5(100%) | - | - |
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