Birmingham City 2–2 Bristol City — Match Stats & Analysis

Championship · 2026Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 11:30 UTC

Birmingham City

2–2Full-time analysis

Bristol City

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

Birmingham City and Bristol City drew 2–2.

Shots: 814
Shots on target: 26
Expected goals: 1.981.43
Possession: 65%35%

Full time

What the match recorded

Birmingham City and Bristol City drew 2–2. Recorded in this match (Birmingham City – Bristol City): shots 8–14, shots on target 2–6, expected goals 1.98–1.43, possession 65%–35%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots8 shots14 shotsBirmingham City 8 shots, Bristol City 14 shots
Shots on target2 shots6 shotsBirmingham City 2 shots, Bristol City 6 shots
Expected goals1.98 xG1.43 xGBirmingham City 1.98 xG, Bristol City 1.43 xG
Possession65%35%Birmingham City 65%, Bristol City 35%
Corners7 corners3 cornersBirmingham City 7 corners, Bristol City 3 corners
Fouls13 fouls12 foulsBirmingham City 13 fouls, Bristol City 12 fouls
Yellow cards2 cards1 cardBirmingham City 2 cards, Bristol City 1 card

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Birmingham City: 9 shots, 3 on target, 2.35 xG. Bristol City: 14 shots, 6 on target, 1.47 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Birmingham City 2.35 xG · Bristol City 1.47 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Birmingham City

1Draws

2Bristol City

25 Apr 2026Birmingham City — Bristol City · Championship2–1

25 Oct 2025Bristol City — Birmingham City · Championship1–0

29 Dec 2023Birmingham City — Bristol City · Championship0–0

19 Aug 2023Bristol City — Birmingham City · Championship0–2

14 Jan 2023Bristol City — Birmingham City · Championship4–2

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

6.79 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/16.9 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 15:30 UTC · analysis-v4