Thursday , 2 July 2026

Birmingham City FC vs Huddersfield Town AFC, League One 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

League One · 2024-25
Birmingham City FC
1 – 0
Full Time
Huddersfield Town AFC
Tue 1 Oct 2024 · 18:45 UTC St Andrew's Ground 24,757 HT 45' · FT 45'
Alfie May 63' 1–0
Taylor Gardner-Hickman 21' Y
Keshi Anderson 59' Y
Y 61' David Kasumu
Krystian Bielik 66' Y
Ryan Allsop 89' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Birmingham City FC vs Huddersfield Town AFC — League One at St Andrew's Ground.

Match Details

  • Referee Ben Toner
  • Assistant 1 Grant Taylor
  • Assistant 2 Oliver Bickle

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Lincoln City FC 46 103
2 Cardiff City FC 46 91
3 Stockport County FC 46 77
4 Bradford City AFC 46 77
5 Bolton Wanderers FC 46 75
6 Stevenage FC 46 75
7 Luton Town FC 46 74
8 Plymouth Argyle FC 46 73
9 Huddersfield Town AFC 46 67
10 Mansfield Town FC 46 65
11 Wycombe Wanderers FC 46 63
12 Reading FC 46 63
13 Blackpool FC 46 60
14 Doncaster Rovers FC 46 60
15 Barnsley FC 46 59
16 Wigan Athletic FC 46 56
17 Burton Albion FC 46 54
18 Peterborough United FC 46 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 46 53
20 Leyton Orient FC 46 52
21 Exeter City FC 46 49
22 Port Vale FC 46 42
23 Rotherham United FC 46 41
24 Northampton Town FC 46 35

Head-to-Head

5
4
3
Birmingham City FC 12 games · Avg 2.3 goals Huddersfield Town AFC
Last 5 meetings
2024-10-01 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Huddersfield Town AFC 2024-04-27 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–1 Birmingham City FC 2023-10-03 Birmingham City FC 4–1 Huddersfield Town AFC 2023-02-18 Huddersfield Town AFC 2–1 Birmingham City FC 2022-08-05 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Huddersfield Town AFC

Recent Form

Birmingham City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
01 Oct Huddersfield Town AFC H 1–0 W
28 Sep Peterborough United FC H 3–2 W
21 Sep Rotherham United FC A 2–0 W
16 Sep Wrexham AFC H 3–1 W
31 Aug Wigan Athletic FC H 2–1 W
24 Aug Leyton Orient FC A 2–1 W
Huddersfield Town AFC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
01 Oct Birmingham City FC A 0–1 L
28 Sep Reading FC A 1–2 L
24 Sep Blackpool FC H 0–2 L
21 Sep Northampton Town FC H 1–3 L
14 Sep Bolton Wanderers FC A 4–0 W
31 Aug Rotherham United FC A 1–2 L

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)
42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' In just a few seconds St Andrew's Ground will turn into a battlefield for Birmingham City FC and Huddersfield Town AFC.
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' It looks surprising Birmingham City FC does not make any changes. Alfons Sampsted has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Christoph Klarer, as he is very good at scoring at St Andrew's Ground with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
  • 20' 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.
  • 21' Taylor Gardner-Hickman is having his name booked by the referee on 21.
  • 26' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 26 minutes.
  • 31' Huddersfield Town AFC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 36' The travelling Huddersfield Town AFC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 41' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Huddersfield Town AFC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 46' The whistle greets Taylor Gardner-Hickman as he departs to be replaced by Alfons Sampsted.
  • 51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 56' Huddersfield Town AFC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 56.
  • 59' Keshi Anderson is having his name booked by the referee on 59.
  • 61' Huddersfield Town AFC player sees a card in front of him.
  • 63' Goal! Alfie May scores his 99 goal in 235 matches.
  • 64' The whistle greets Keshi Anderson as he departs to be replaced by Emil Hansson.
  • 66' Krystian Bielik was booked on 66.
  • 68' It is a substitution in Birmingham City FC team. Alfie May is replaced by Scott Wright on 68 minute.
  • 73' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 78' 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 Lyndon Dykes suffering a number of foals already.
  • 83' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Alex Cochrane made 336 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 86' Another substitution for Birmingham City FC to replace Jay Stansfield by Lyndon Dykes on 86 minute.
  • 89' It’s a booking for Birmingham City FC player. Ryan Allsop gets a card.
  • The final score is 1-0.

Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Chris Davies

Huddersfield Town AFC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Michael Duff

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Fraizer Campbell 3
Marc Roberts 2
Siriki Dembele 2
Koji Miyoshi 2
Levi Colwill 1
Rhys Healey 1
Scott Hogan 1
Alfie May 1

Head to Head

2024-10-01 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Huddersfield Town AFC 2024-04-27 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–1 Birmingham City FC 2023-10-03 Birmingham City FC 4–1 Huddersfield Town AFC 2023-02-18 Huddersfield Town AFC 2–1 Birmingham City FC 2022-08-05 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Huddersfield Town AFC

Birmingham City FC Form

2024-10-01 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Huddersfield Town AFC W 2024-09-28 Birmingham City FC 3–2 Peterborough United FC W 2024-09-21 Rotherham United FC 0–2 Birmingham City FC W 2024-09-16 Birmingham City FC 3–1 Wrexham AFC W 2024-08-31 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Wigan Athletic FC W 2024-08-24 Leyton Orient FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC W

Huddersfield Town AFC Form

2024-10-01 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Huddersfield Town AFC L 2024-09-28 Reading FC 2–1 Huddersfield Town AFC L 2024-09-24 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–2 Blackpool FC L 2024-09-21 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–3 Northampton Town FC L 2024-09-14 Bolton Wanderers FC 0–4 Huddersfield Town AFC W 2024-08-31 Rotherham United FC 2–1 Huddersfield Town AFC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.56 Birmingham City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.08 Huddersfield Town AFC xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
Birmingham City FC53% Draw25% Huddersfield Town AFC22%
Actual: Birmingham City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes53% 0% No47%
Avg goals/match: 2.64
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 74%
26%
± 2.5 48%
52%
± 3.5 27%
73%
± 4.5 13%
87%

Double Chance

Birmingham City FC or Draw
78%
Draw or Huddersfield Town AFC
47%
Birmingham City FC or Huddersfield Town AFC
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Birmingham City FC33% Draw47% Huddersfield Town AFC20%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.9%
1 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
9.2%
2 – 1
9%
2 – 0
8.5%
0 – 1
6.7%
1 – 2
6.2%
2 – 2
4.9%
3 – 1
4.7%
3 – 0
4.3%
0 – 2
4.1%
3 – 2
2.6%

Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC

Handicap Birmingham City FC covers Push Huddersfield Town AFC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 14% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 22% 53%
-0.5 47% — 53%
+0.5 75% — 25%
+1 75% 15% 10%
+1.5 90% — 10%
+2 90% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet
35% ✗
Huddersfield Town AFC keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.