Coventry vs Birmingham

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🕒 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 12:30 Europe/London 📍 The Coventry Building Society Arena 🧑‍⚖️ Thomas Kirk 🔁 Regular Season - 7 🏁 match finished
Season
2025-2026 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 7
Regular Season Table
Coventry 1 · Birmingham 10
Referee Stats
24 matches · 0.92 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 0.92
Reds avg 0.00
Penalties avg 0.04
Over 4.5 cards 8%
Home wins 29%
Draws 33%
Away wins 38%
How the match was won
  • Coventry outshot their opponent (14-5).
  • Coventry controlled possession (63%).
  • Coventry had the sharper finishing (5-0 shots on target).

Team Overview

Coventry (Home stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 17-4-2

Goals For / Against

51 / 19
Avg: 2.22 / 0.83

Points

55
Avg: 2.39

Clean Sheets

8

Failed to Score

4
Birmingham (Away stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 5-5-13

Goals For / Against

18 / 34
Avg: 0.78 / 1.48

Points

20
Avg: 0.87

Clean Sheets

3

Failed to Score

9

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Championship fixture.

Quick comparison bars

2.39
PPG
0.87
2.22
GF
0.78
0.83
GA
1.48
65%
O2.5
43%
61%
BTTS
48%
30%
Score 1st
13%

League-position context

Coventry rank1st
Birmingham rank10th
Coventry points95
Birmingham points64
Coventry: #1 · 95 pts · GD +52
Currently in the automatic promotion spots. 30 pts above the play-off edge. 43 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Birmingham: #10 · 64 pts · GD +1
20 pts off the top 2. 5 pts off the play-off line. 12 pts clear of the relegation zone.
31-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Coventry last 5 home

W W D W L
Points10/15
Weighted index80
Goals12-6
Record3-1-1
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Birmingham last 5 away

D D L L L
Points2/15
Weighted index20
Goals3-6
Record0-2-3
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Coventry trend breakdown

Over 2.565%
BTTS61%
BTTS + O2.557%
1H Over 0.565%
Also: Over 0.5 87% · Over 1.5 78% · Over 3.5 39% · 1H BTTS 13%

Birmingham trend breakdown

Over 2.543%
BTTS48%
BTTS + O2.526%
1H Over 0.587%
Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 78% · Over 3.5 4% · 1H BTTS 9%

Scoring reliability

Coventry score at home83%
Coventry clean sheet at home35%
Birmingham score away61%
Birmingham clean sheet away13%

First-goal patterns

Coventry score first30%
Coventry win after scoring first100%
Birmingham score first13%
Birmingham win after scoring first67%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Coventry 50% · Birmingham 57%
Avg first goal minute: Coventry 14.9' · Birmingham 40.0'

Vs league average

Coventry score at home2.22 vs 1.40
Coventry concede at home0.83 vs 1.20
Birmingham score away0.78 vs 1.20
Birmingham concede away1.48 vs 1.40
Coventry score 58% above league average, while Birmingham score 35% below league average.
Defensive side: Coventry are 31% below league average at home, and Birmingham are 6% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5
Avg goals3.00
BTTS20%
Over 2.560%
At this venue setup: 1.40 goals on average across the last 5.

Coventry goal timing (home)

1H scored: 35% 2H scored: 65% Danger: 76-90+ Vulnerable: 46-60
Goals scored by 15-minute interval
76-90+ 9
0-15 4
46-60 4
16-30 3
61-75 2
31-45 1
Goals conceded by 15-minute interval
46-60 3
16-30 2
61-75 2
76-90+ 2
0-15 1
31-45 1

Birmingham goal timing (away)

1H scored: 44% 2H scored: 56% Danger: 76-90+ Vulnerable: 16-30
Goals scored by 15-minute interval
76-90+ 3
0-15 2
61-75 2
16-30 1
31-45 1
46-60 0
Goals conceded by 15-minute interval
16-30 4
31-45 4
61-75 2
0-15 1
46-60 1
76-90+ 0

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
5
0
Total Shots
14
5
Shots off Goal
8
3
Blocked Shots
1
2
Shots Inside Box
12
3
Shots Outside Box
2
2
Ball Possession
63%
37%
Corner Kicks
3
4
Fouls
11
12
Offsides
4
2
Yellow Cards
1
4
Red Cards
0
1
Goalkeeper Saves
0
3
Total Passes
507
293
Passes Accurate
422
222
Passes %
83%
76%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games10
Home Wins4
Draws4
Away Wins2
Over 2.5 Goals4 (40.0%)
BTTS3 (30.0%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games5
Home Wins3
Draws2
Away Wins0
Over 2.5 Goals1 (20.0%)
BTTS0 (0.0%)

Coventry vs Birmingham Head-to-Head History by Season