Stoke City 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Sunday 12 July 2020
Result
Stoke City 2-0 Birmingham City
Championship · Sunday 12 July 2020, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Stoke City 2-0 Birmingham City: match report
Stoke City defeated Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Sunday 12 July 2020. The half-time score was 2-0.
D. Batth opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Stoke City's goals came from D. Batth (12') and S. Clucas (45'). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Stoke City received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Stoke City were 21st on 46 points from 42 and Birmingham City 17th on 49 points from 42. Stoke City went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Birmingham City 21st with 50.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nick Powell of Stoke City (8.6), ahead of Sam Clucas (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Stoke City win, 3 draws and 6 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · N. Gordon
- 12'Goal · D. Batth
- 29'Yellow card · G. Gardner
- 33'Yellow card · Jude Bellingham
- 45'Goal · S. Clucas
- 62'Yellow card · James McClean
- 85'Yellow card · R. Burke
Head-to-head
Team news
Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Adam Davies, Tommy Smith, Danny Batth, James Chester, Bruno Martins Indi, Jordan Cousins, Sam Clucas, Tyrese Campbell, Nick Powell, James McClean, Sam Vokes
Birmingham City line-up (3-5-2)
Lee Camp, M. Roberts, Harlee Dean, Nico Gordon, Maxime Colin, Jude Bellingham, Ivan Šunjić, Gary Gardner, Wes Harding, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Scott Hogan