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Birmingham vs Brentford: match report

Birmingham City hosted Brentford at St. Andrew's Stadium on Tuesday 25 August 2026, in the Carabao Cup (round 2). Tim Robinson is the referee, averaging 4.3 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.0.

Result and scorers

Birmingham 1-6 Brentford. Goals: Callum Wilson 6' for Brentford; Demarai Gray 28' for Birmingham; Aaron Hickey 35' for Brentford; Nathan Collins 40' for Brentford; Mikkel Damsgaard 70' for Brentford; Igor Thiago 73' for Brentford; Nathan Collins 77' for Brentford.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 6' Goal: Callum Wilson (Brentford) 0-1
  • 26' Yellow card: Jannik Schuster (Brentford)
  • 28' Goal: Demarai Gray (Birmingham) 1-1
  • 35' Goal: Aaron Hickey (Brentford) 1-2
  • 37' Yellow card: Jhon Solís (Birmingham)
  • 40' Goal: Nathan Collins (Brentford) 1-3
  • 55' Yellow card: Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham)
  • 70' Goal: Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford) 1-4
  • 73' Goal: Igor Thiago (Brentford) 1-5
  • 77' Goal: Nathan Collins (Brentford) 1-6
Match stats (contains the result)
31.5%Possession68.5%
8Shots18
2Shots on target8
4Corners7
9Fouls12
0Offsides1
2Saves1
2Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Birmingham 4-2-3-1

Coach: Chris Davies

  1. 21 Ryan Allsop GK
  2. 26 Bright Osayi-Samuel DEF
  3. 23 Dael Fry DEF
  4. 4 Christoph Klarer DEF
  5. 25 Kristoffer Lund Hansen DEF
  6. 14 Jhon Solís MID
  7. 8 Seung-Ho Paik MID
  8. 7 Carlos Vicente FWD
  9. 27 Kanya Fujimoto FWD
  10. 10 Demarai Gray FWD
  11. 32 Luis Vázquez FWD

Bench

  • 20 Alexander Cochrane DEF
  • 28 Jay Stansfield MID
  • 9 August Priske FWD
  • 5 Phil Neumann DEF
  • 24 Tomoki Iwata MID
  • 1 James Beadle GK
  • 2 Ethan Laird DEF
  • 33 Marvin Ducksch FWD
  • 16 Patrick Roberts FWD

Brentford 4-2-3-1

Coach: Keith Andrews

  1. 12 Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson GK
  2. 2 Aaron Hickey DEF
  3. 44 Jannik Schuster DEF
  4. 22 Nathan Collins DEF
  5. 3 Rico Henry DEF
  6. 6 Yehor Yarmoliuk MID
  7. 27 Vitaly Janelt MID
  8. 11 Dango Ouattara FWD
  9. 24 Mikkel Damsgaard MID
  10. 19 Jaidon Anthony FWD
  11. 13 Callum Wilson FWD

Bench

  • 7 Kevin Schade FWD
  • 18 Mamadou Sangaré MID
  • 9 Igor Thiago FWD
  • 23 Keane Lewis-Potter DEF
  • 33 Michael Kayode DEF
  • 1 Caoimhín Kelleher GK
  • 20 Kristoffer Ajer DEF
  • 14 Fábio Carvalho MID
  • 8 Mathias Jensen MID
Previous meetings
  • Tuesday 6 April 2021: Brentford 0-0 Birmingham City
  • Saturday 12 September 2020: Birmingham City 1-0 Brentford
  • Saturday 15 February 2020: Birmingham City 1-1 Brentford
  • Saturday 3 August 2019: Brentford 0-1 Birmingham City
  • Saturday 29 December 2018: Birmingham City 0-0 Brentford