EFL Championship · Matchday 4

Birmingham City v Southampton

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 19:00:00 UTCSt Andrew's @ Knighthead ParkMatchday 4

Pre-match win probability — Pulse estimate

Birmingham City 28%Draw 21%Southampton 52%

Pulse model at kickoff, scaled by each side's scoring rate in this competition's own table. An estimate, not a betting market.

Match stats

Birmingham CitySouthampton
48Possession52
16Shots13
4Shots on target4
8Shots off target5
4Blocked shots4
11Shots inside box12
5Shots outside box1
3Corners5
2Offsides5
12Fouls8
3Yellow cards2
0Red cards0
3Saves3
287Passes505
197Accurate passes407

Match events

  • 45′Bright Osayi-Samuel
  • 45′Keven Schlotterbeck (assist Léo Scienza)
  • 55′August Priske (assist Patrick Roberts)
  • 61′Cam Bragg ← James Ward-Prowse
  • 61′Tom Fellows ← Kuryu Matsuki
  • 69′Cyle Larin ← Divin Mubama
  • 70′Patrick Roberts → Demarai Gray
  • 72′Divin Mubama
  • 77′Jhon Solís
  • 81′Léo Scienza ← Lewis Dobbin
  • 86′Carlos Vicente → Ethan Laird
  • 86′August Priske → Luis Vázquez
  • 87′Jay Stansfield → Seung-ho Paik
  • 90′Nathan Wood
  • 90′Luis Vázquez

Birmingham City · Southampton

Starting XI · as it played — Ratings are a Pulse estimate

Birmingham City4-2-4
167.3↓70'Roberts
266.2Osayi-Samuel
56.5Neumann
46.5Klarer
246.5Iwata
206.5Cochrane
146.2Solís
286.5↓87'Stansfield
16.5Beadle
76.5↓86'Vicente
97.5↓86'Priske
Southampton4-4-2
146.5Bree
46.5Downes
96.5↓69'Larin
137.5Schlotterbeck
36.5Manning
106.5Azaz
156.2Wood
186.5↓61'Fellows
16.5Peretz
77.3↓81'Scienza
266.5↓61'Bragg

Lineups — ratings are a Pulse estimate

Birmingham City

  • 16Patrick Roberts7.3
  • 26Bright Osayi-Samuel6.2
  • 5Phil Neumann6.5
  • 4Christoph Klarer6.5
  • 24Tomoki Iwata6.5
  • 20Alex Cochrane6.5
  • 14Jhon Solís6.2
  • 28Jay Stansfield6.5
  • 1James Giles Beadle6.5
  • 7Carlos Vicente6.5
  • 9August Priske7.5

Southampton

  • 14James Bree6.5
  • 4Flynn Downes6.5
  • 9Cyle Larin6.5
  • 13Keven Schlotterbeck7.5
  • 3Ryan Manning6.5
  • 10Finn Azaz6.5
  • 15Nathan Wood6.2
  • 18Tom Fellows6.5
  • 1Daniel Peretz6.5
  • 7Léo Scienza7.3
  • 26Cam Bragg6.5
Birmingham CityTale of the tapeSouthampton
4-2-4Formation4-4-2
20 ptsTable17 pts
+9Goal difference+11
WDDDWFormWWLWD
0Head-to-head wins1
28%Win chance52%

Head to head — 2 previous meetings

Birmingham City 0W1D1W Southampton

Goals 2–4

  • 2025-12-29Birmingham City1–1Southampton
  • 2025-12-06Southampton3–1Birmingham City

Seasons searched: 2025-2026, 2026-2027.

Recent form — Last five, before this fixture

Birmingham City

WDDDW
  • @Wrexham2-1
  • vsBristol City2-2
  • @Sheffield United0-0
  • @Portsmouth1-1
  • vsBristol City2-1

Southampton

WWLWD
  • vsMillwall5-1
  • vsStoke City3-1
  • @Watford1-2
  • vsMiddlesbrough2-1
  • @Middlesbrough0-0

This season — other meeting

Where they stand — In a 24-team table

TeamPWDLGDPts
Birmingham City11551+920
Southampton11632+1117