Birmingham City FC vs Burton Albion FC, League One 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

League One · 2024-25

Birmingham City FC

2 – 0

Full Time

Burton Albion FC

Thu 26 Dec 2024 · 15:00 St Andrew's Ground HT 45' · FT 45'

• Overview
• Events
• Lineups
• H2H

• Match Preview

  Birmingham City FC vs Burton Albion FC — League One at St Andrew's Ground.

  • Birmingham City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
  • Burton Albion FC 45 games · 53 pts (2025/26)

  Simon Mather

  Standings

  #	Team	P	Pts
  1	Hull City AFC	46	89
  2	Lincoln City FC	45	100
  3	Coventry City FC	34	67
  4	Cardiff City FC	45	91
  5	Bolton Wanderers FC	45	75
  6	Milton Keynes Dons FC	46	89
  7	Stockport County FC	45	74
  8	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	85
  9	Sunderland AFC	46	84
  10	Bradford City AFC	45	74
  11	Stevenage FC	45	72
  12	Luton Town FC	45	71
  13	Oxford United FC	46	76
  14	Plymouth Argyle FC	45	70
  15	Huddersfield Town AFC	45	64
  16	Reading FC	45	63
  17	Portsmouth FC	46	73
  18	Ipswich Town FC	46	70
  19	Mansfield Town FC	45	62
  20	Accrington Stanley FC	46	61
  21	Wycombe Wanderers FC	45	60
  22	Barnsley FC	45	59
  23	Charlton Athletic FC	46	59
  24	Blackpool FC	45	57
  25	Cambridge United FC	46	58
  26	Doncaster Rovers FC	45	57
  27	Cheltenham Town FC	46	56
  28	Wigan Athletic FC	45	56
  29	Peterborough United FC	45	53
  30	Burton Albion FC	45	53
  31	Shrewsbury Town FC	46	50
  32	Morecambe FC	46	42
  33	AFC Wimbledon	45	53
  34	Fleetwood Town FC	46	40
  35	Tranmere Rovers FC	34	32
  36	Leyton Orient FC	45	51
  37	Exeter City FC	45	49
  38	Rochdale AFC	46	47
  39	Gillingham FC	46	40
  40	Walsall FC	46	47
  41	Port Vale FC	45	42
  42	Rotherham United FC	45	41
  43	Swindon Town FC	46	43
  44	Southend United FC	35	19
  45	Scunthorpe United FC	46	46
  46	Crewe Alexandra FC	46	29
  47	Bury FC	0	-12
  48	Bristol Rovers FC	46	38
  49	Northampton Town FC	45	35

• Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to St Andrew's Ground that hosts another battle between Birmingham City FC and Burton Albion FC.
  • 5' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jason Sraha suffering a number of foals already.
  • 10' Rumarn Burrell has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 4 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 15' Birmingham City FC is showing some good football. However, Birmingham City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
  • 25' It looks like no one’s ball. Birmingham City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 26' What a strike from Jay Stansfield! The score is 1-0.
  • 31' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 36' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 41' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Marc Leonard made 323 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 45' Udoka Malife is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
  • 46' Another substitution for Birmingham City FC to replace Keshi Anderson by Emil Hansson on 46 minute.
  • 48' The referee calls foul for Max Crocombe. He receives a card.
  • 53' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Birmingham City FC that had 382 games and scored 397 goals.
  • 56' What a strike from Max Crocombe! The score is 1-1.
  • 61' It’s high time Chris Davies made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 66' It looks surprising Burton Albion FC does not make any changes. Krystian Bielik has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 67' Burton Albion FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Tomas Kalinauskas is hanging Ciaran Gilligan on the field on 67 minute.
  • 72' Burton Albion FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 77' Burton Albion FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 80' Another substitution for Birmingham City FC to replace Jay Stansfield by Luke Harris on 80 minute.
  • 85' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Burton Albion FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 89' It is a substitution in Birmingham City FC team. Willum Thor Willumsson is replaced by Taylor Gardner-Hickman on 89 minute.
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Birmingham City FC players.

• Birmingham City FC

  Starting XI

  • 25
    Ben Davies
  • 6
    Krystian Bielik
  • 21
    Ryan Allsop
  • 14
    Keshi Anderson ↓ Emil Hansson 46'
  • 24
    Tomoki Iwata
  • 17
    Lyndon Dykes
  • 20
    Alex Cochrane
  • 28
    Jay Stansfield ↓ Luke Harris 80'
  • 2
    Ethan Laird
  • 12
    Marc Leonard
  • 18
    Willum Thor Willumsson ↓ Taylor Gardner-Hickman 89'

  Bench

  • 45
    Bailey Peacock-Farrell
  • 9
    Alfie May
  • 7
    Emil Hansson ↑ 46'
  • 5
    Dion Sanderson
  • 19
    Taylor Gardner-Hickman ↑ 89'
  • 26
    Luke Harris ↑ 80'
  • 13
    Seung-Ho Paik

  Coach Chris Davies

  Burton Albion FC

  Starting XI

  • 32
    Mason Bennett ↓ Danilo Orsi-Dadomo 46'
  • 4
    Elliot Watt
  • 6
    Ryan Sweeney
  • 15
    Terence Vancooten
  • 1
    Max Crocombe
  • 18
    Rumarn Burrell
  • 2
    Udoka Malife
  • 17
    Jack Armer
  • 25
    Ciaran Gilligan ↓ Tomas Kalinauskas 67'
  • 20
    Jason Sraha
  • 33
    Kgaogelo Chauke

  Bench

  • 11
    Billy Bodin
  • 34
    Ben Whitfield
  • 13
    Harry Isted
  • 9
    Danilo Orsi-Dadomo ↑ 46'
  • 7
    Tomas Kalinauskas ↑ 67'
  • 8
    Charlie Webster
  • 19
    Dylan Williams

  Coach Gary Bowyer

• Birmingham City FC Form

  2024-12-23 Crawley Town FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC W 2024-12-14 Birmingham City FC 2–0 Bristol Rovers FC W 2024-12-07 Barnsley FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC W 2024-12-04 Birmingham City FC 2–0 Stockport County FC W 2024-12-01 Blackpool FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC W

  Burton Albion FC Form

  2024-12-21 Burton Albion FC 1–2 Exeter City FC L 2024-12-14 Leyton Orient FC 0–0 Burton Albion FC D 2024-12-07 Burton Albion FC 0–1 Wrexham AFC L 2024-12-04 Peterborough United FC 0–1 Burton Albion FC W 2024-12-01 Burton Albion FC 3–4 Tamworth FC L