Wednesday , 23 September 2026

Birmingham City FC vs Sunderland AFC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2023-24
Birmingham City FC
2 – 1
Full Time
Sunderland AFC
Sat 17 Feb 2024 · 15:00 UTC St Andrew's Ground HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 22' Jack Clarke
Jordan James 60' 1–1
Koji Miyoshi 80' 2–1
Y 16' Jobe Bellingham
Seung-Ho Paik 32' Y
Y 56' Daniel Ballard
Ethan Laird 62' Y
Krystian Bielik 72' Y
Y 73' Abdoullah Ba
Jordan James 77' Y
Y 82' Trai Hume

Overview

Match Preview

Birmingham City FC vs Sunderland AFC — Championship at St Andrew's Ground.

Match Details

  • Referee Stephen Martin (England)
  • Assistant 1 Mark Dwyer
  • Assistant 2 Mark Russell
4 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 13.3 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Swansea City AFC 8 17
2 West Ham United FC 8 15
3 Middlesbrough FC 8 15
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 7 14
5 West Bromwich Albion FC 8 14
6 Queens Park Rangers FC 8 13
7 Stoke City FC 8 13
8 Bristol City FC 8 13
9 Charlton Athletic FC 8 12
10 Birmingham City FC 8 11
11 Millwall FC 8 11
12 Lincoln City FC 8 11
13 Southampton FC 8 10
14 Wrexham AFC 8 10
15 Bolton Wanderers FC 8 10
16 Blackburn Rovers FC 8 9
17 Norwich City FC 8 9
18 Sheffield United FC 8 9
19 Portsmouth FC 7 8
20 Watford FC 8 8
21 Cardiff City FC 8 7
22 Derby County FC 8 5
23 Preston North End FC 8 4
24 Burnley FC 8 4

Head-to-Head

1
3
Birmingham City FC 4 games · Avg 3.3 goals Sunderland AFC
Last 5 meetings
2024-02-17 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Sunderland AFC 2023-11-11 Sunderland AFC 3–1 Birmingham City FC 2023-04-15 Sunderland AFC 2–1 Birmingham City FC 2022-11-11 Birmingham City FC 1–2 Sunderland AFC

Recent Form

Birmingham City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Feb Sunderland AFC H 2–1 W
13 Feb Blackburn Rovers FC H 1–0 W
09 Feb Sheffield Wednesday FC A 0–2 L
03 Feb West Bromwich Albion FC A 0–1 L
27 Jan Leicester City FC A 0–3 L
20 Jan Stoke City FC A 2–1 W
Sunderland AFC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Feb Birmingham City FC A 1–2 L
14 Feb Huddersfield Town AFC A 0–1 L
10 Feb Plymouth Argyle FC H 3–1 W
04 Feb Middlesbrough FC A 1–1 D
27 Jan Stoke City FC H 3–1 W
19 Jan Hull City AFC H 0–1 L

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
13% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Birmingham City FC
0-15
1/1
16-30
1/1
31-45
1/6
46-60
2/1
61-75
3/–
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Birmingham City FC
Phil Neumann 2 G
Demarai Gray 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The ball is rolling at St Andrew's Ground. Birmingham City FC are looking to make home advantage count against Sunderland AFC.
  • 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 10' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-1-4-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 15' Sunderland AFC 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.
  • 16' It’s a booking for Sunderland AFC player. Jobe Bellingham gets a card.
  • 21' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Birmingham City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 22' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Jack Clarke makes it 0-1.
  • 27' It looks surprising Sunderland AFC does not make any changes. John Ruddy has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 32' It’s a booking for Birmingham City FC player. Seung-Ho Paik gets a card.
  • 37' It looks like no one’s ball. Sunderland AFC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 42' It is a cagey affair so far. Birmingham City FC in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Sunderland AFC's compact 4-1-4-1.
  • 47' It’s high time Tony Mowbray made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 52' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sunderland AFC that had 364 games and scored 479 goals.
  • 56' Daniel Ballard catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 56.
  • 60' What a strike from Jordan James! The score is 1-1.
  • 62' Ethan Laird was booked on 62.
  • 66' The supporters are chanting for Siriki Dembele. He replaces Tyler Roberts on 66 minute.
  • 70' Sunderland AFC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Nazarii Rusyn is hanging Mason Burstow on the field on 70 minute.
  • 72' That looks like a foul for a card for Krystian Bielik.
  • 73' Poor challenge from Abdoullah Ba. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
  • 77' That is a card for Birmingham City FC. Jordan James will be fuming at that decision.
  • 80' A goal from the Japan international Koji Miyoshi! He fires home on 80 to make it 2-1!
  • 82' Trai Hume catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 82.
  • 87' Fresh legs for Sunderland AFC! Luis Semedo comes on to replace Trai Hume.
  • 90' Lukas Jutkiewicz is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jay Stansfield at the 90 minute mark.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-1.

Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tony Mowbray

Sunderland AFC Lineups

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Michael Beale

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Amad 2
Koji Miyoshi 2
Jobe Bellingham 1
Jordan James 1
Jack Clarke 1
Lukas Jutkiewicz 1
Ellis Simms 1
George Hall 1

Head to Head

2024-02-17 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Sunderland AFC 2023-11-11 Sunderland AFC 3–1 Birmingham City FC 2023-04-15 Sunderland AFC 2–1 Birmingham City FC 2022-11-11 Birmingham City FC 1–2 Sunderland AFC

Birmingham City FC Form

2024-02-17 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Sunderland AFC W 2024-02-13 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2024-02-09 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC L 2024-02-03 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC L 2024-01-27 Leicester City FC 3–0 Birmingham City FC L 2024-01-20 Stoke City FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC W

Sunderland AFC Form

2024-02-17 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Sunderland AFC L 2024-02-14 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–0 Sunderland AFC L 2024-02-10 Sunderland AFC 3–1 Plymouth Argyle FC W 2024-02-04 Middlesbrough FC 1–1 Sunderland AFC D 2024-01-27 Sunderland AFC 3–1 Stoke City FC W 2024-01-19 Sunderland AFC 0–1 Hull City AFC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.37 Birmingham City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.12 Sunderland AFC xG
I would bet for: Birmingham City FC or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Birmingham City FC44% Draw28% Sunderland AFC28%
Actual: Birmingham City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes51% 0% No49%
Avg goals/match: 2.49
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 71%
29%
± 2.5 45%
55%
± 3.5 24%
76%
± 4.5 11%
89%

Double Chance

Birmingham City FC or Draw
72%
Draw or Sunderland AFC
56%
Birmingham City FC or Sunderland AFC
72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Birmingham City FC29% Draw49% Sunderland AFC22%
Actual: Sunderland AFC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.7%
0 – 0
10.4%
1 – 0
10.3%
2 – 1
Actual
0 – 1
8.2%
2 – 0
7.6%
1 – 2
6.8%
0 – 2
5.1%
2 – 2
4.8%
3 – 1
3.9%
3 – 0
3.4%
1 – 3
2.6%

Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC

Handicap Birmingham City FC covers Push Sunderland AFC covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 12% 80%
-1.5 20% — 80%
-1 20% 21% 59%
-0.5 41% — 59%
+0.5 71% — 29%
+1 71% 17% 12%
+1.5 88% — 12%
+2 88% 8% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet
33% ✓
Sunderland AFC keeps clean sheet
26% ✓

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