Birmingham City 3-1 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Championship · Friday 6 October 2023

Result

Birmingham City 3-1 West Bromwich Albion

Championship · Friday 6 October 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Birmingham City · West Bromwich Albion · Championship predictions

Birmingham City 3-1 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Birmingham City beat West Bromwich Albion 3-1 in the Championship on Friday 6 October 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.

John Swift opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Juninho Bacuna (23', penalty), Dion Sanderson (38') and Gary Gardner (87'). West Bromwich Albion scored through John Swift (5').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 12th on 15 points from 10 and West Bromwich Albion 5th on 16 points from 10. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 22nd with 50 points, and West Bromwich Albion 5th with 76.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and West Bromwich Albion in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John Swift of West Bromwich Albion (8.1), ahead of Dion Sanderson (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 5 for West Bromwich Albion.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · John SwiftWest Bromwich Albion · 0-1
  • 23'Penalty goal · Juninho BacunaBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Krystian BielikBirmingham City
  • 38'Goal · Dion SandersonBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Cédric KipréWest Bromwich Albion
  • 87'Goal · Gary GardnerBirmingham City · 3-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Emmanuel LongeloBirmingham City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 3, draws 2, West Bromwich Albion 5.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Daryl DikeWest Bromwich Albion · injury (Achilles tendon problems)
  • Adam ReachWest Bromwich Albion · injury (Thigh Problems)
  • Alfie ChangBirmingham City · injury (Knee Injury)

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

John Ruddy, Cody Drameh, Dion Sanderson, Kevin Long, Emmanuel Longelo, Krystian Bielik, Ivan Šunjić, Juninho Bacuna, Koji Miyoshi, Siriki Dembélé, Jay Stansfield

West Bromwich Albion line-up (3-4-2-1)

Alex Palmer, Cédric Kipré, Kyle Bartley, Erik Pieters, Darnell Furlong, Okay Yokuşlu, Alex Mowatt, Matt Phillips, Grady Diangana, John Swift, Jed Wallace