Birmingham City 4-5 Leeds United: result and report

Championship · Sunday 29 December 2019

Result

Birmingham City 4-5 Leeds United

Championship · Sunday 29 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Birmingham City 4-5 Leeds United: match report

Birmingham City lost to Leeds United 4-5 in the Championship on Sunday 29 December 2019. The half-time score was 1-2.

Hélder Costa opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Jude Bellingham (27'), Lukas Jutkiewicz (61'), Jérémie Bela (83') and Lukas Jutkiewicz (90+1'). Leeds United scored through Hélder Costa (15'), Jack Harrison (21'), L. Ayling (69'), Stuart Dallas (84') and an own goal by Wes Harding (90+5').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 5 yellow cards; Leeds United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 16th on 29 points from 24 and Leeds United 2nd on 48 points from 24. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 21st with 50 points, and Leeds United 1st with 93.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Leeds United in a 3-3-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Ayling of Leeds United (8.7), ahead of Jérémie Bela (8.4).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Hélder CostaLeeds United · 0-1
  • 21'Goal · Jack HarrisonLeeds United · 0-2
  • 27'Goal · Jude BellinghamBirmingham City · 1-2
  • 39'Yellow card · G. GardnerBirmingham City
  • 48'Yellow card · Wes HardingBirmingham City
  • 61'Goal · Lukas JutkiewiczBirmingham City · 2-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Kerim MrabtiBirmingham City
  • 63'Yellow card · Lukas JutkiewiczBirmingham City
  • 69'Goal · L. AylingLeeds United · 2-3
  • 71'Yellow card · Kiko CasillaLeeds United
  • 73'Yellow card · E. NketiahLeeds United
  • 83'Goal · Jérémie BelaBirmingham City · 3-3
  • 84'Goal · Stuart DallasLeeds United · 3-4
  • 88'Yellow card · L. AylingLeeds United
  • 90+1'Goal · Lukas JutkiewiczBirmingham City · 4-4
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Jefferson MonteroBirmingham City
  • 90+5'Own goal · Wes HardingLeeds United · 4-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 5, draws 1, Leeds United 4.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Connal Trueman, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, Wes Harding, Kristian Pedersen, Jude Bellingham, Ivan Šunjić, Gary Gardner, Dan Crowley, Kerim Mrabti, Lukas Jutkiewicz

Leeds United line-up (3-3-3-1)

Kiko Casilla, Luke Ayling, Ben White, Liam Cooper, Stuart Dallas, Kalvin Phillips, Ezgjan Alioski, Hélder Costa, Mateusz Klich, Jack Harrison, Eddie Nketiah