Birmingham City 2-1 Leicester City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 7 February 2026

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Leicester City

Championship · Saturday 7 February 2026, 15:01 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Birmingham City 2-1 Leicester City: match report

Birmingham City won against Leicester City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 7 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.

Ibrahim Osman opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Ibrahim Osman (3') and Jay Stansfield (67'). Leicester City scored through Issahaku Fatawu (21').

Discipline: Birmingham City received no yellow cards; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 14th on 42 points from 30 and Leicester City 17th on 38 points from 30. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Leicester City 21st with 52.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kai Wagner of Birmingham City (7.9), ahead of Marvin Ducksch (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 6 for Leicester City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Ibrahim OsmanBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 5'Yellow card · Joe AriboLeicester City
  • 21'Goal · Issahaku FatawuLeicester City · 1-1
  • 32'Red card · Bobby De Cordova-ReidLeicester City
  • 67'Goal · Jay StansfieldBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Steve PottsLeicester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 3, draws 1, Leicester City 6.

Team news

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  • Ethan LairdBirmingham City · injury (Hamstring Injury)

Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)

J. Beadle, Tomoki Iwata, Phil Neumann, Christoph Klarer, Kai Wagner, Jhon Solís, Seung-ho Paik, Carlos Vicente, Jay Stansfield, Ibrahim Osman, Marvin Ducksch

Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Asmir Begović, Ricardo Pereira, Jamaal Lascelles, Ben Nelson, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Oliver Skipp, Joe Aribo, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi, Patson Daka