Birmingham City 2-0 Burton Albion: result and report

League One · Thursday 26 December 2024

Result

Birmingham City 2-0 Burton Albion

League One · Thursday 26 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Birmingham City 2-0 Burton Albion: match report

Birmingham City won against Burton Albion 2-0 in the League One on Thursday 26 December 2024. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jay Stansfield opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Jay Stansfield (26', penalty) and an own goal by Max Crocombe (56'). Burton Albion did not score.

Discipline: Birmingham City received no yellow cards; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 1st on 45 points from 19 and Burton Albion 23rd on 12 points from 20. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 1st with 111 points, and Burton Albion 20th with 47.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burton Albion in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Krystian Bielik of Birmingham City (7.8), ahead of Alex Cochrane (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 3 for Burton Albion.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Penalty goal · Jay StansfieldBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Udoka Godwin-MalifeBurton Albion
  • 48'Yellow card · Max CrocombeBurton Albion
  • 56'Own goal · Max CrocombeBirmingham City · 2-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Birmingham City 0, draws 1, Burton Albion 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • G. BajramiBurton Albion · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ryan Allsop, Ethan Laird, Krystian Bielik, Ben Davies, Alex Cochrane, Tomoki Iwata, M. Leonard, Keshi Anderson, Willum Thór Willumsson, Jay Stansfield, Lyndon Dykes

Burton Albion line-up (5-3-2)

Max Crocombe, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Terence Vancooten, Ryan Sweeney, Jason Sraha, Jack Armer, Ciaran Gilligan, Elliot Watt, Kegs Chauke, M. Bennett, Rumarn Burrell