Birmingham City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 November 2023

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Saturday 25 November 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Birmingham City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Birmingham City beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 25 November 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

George Byers opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from J. Bacuna (45+3') and Jordan James (81'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through George Byers (45').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Sheffield Wednesday received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 18th on 19 points from 16 and Sheffield Wednesday 24th on 6 points from 16. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 22nd with 50 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 20th with 53.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ethan Laird of Birmingham City (7.8), level with Juninho Bacuna (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Birmingham City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Sheffield Wednesday.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Siriki DembéléBirmingham City
  • 32'Yellow card · Josh WindassSheffield Wednesday
  • 37'Yellow card · Mallik WilksSheffield Wednesday
  • 39'Yellow card · Barry BannanSheffield Wednesday
  • 45'Goal · George ByersSheffield Wednesday · 0-1
  • 45+3'Goal · J. BacunaBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Anthony MusabaSheffield Wednesday
  • 70'Yellow card · Djeidi GassamaSheffield Wednesday
  • 81'Goal · Jordan JamesBirmingham City · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 5, draws 3, Sheffield Wednesday 2.

Team news

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

John Ruddy, Ethan Laird, Emanuel Aiwu, Dion Sanderson, Lee Buchanan, Krystian Bielik, Juninho Bacuna, Koji Miyoshi, Jay Stansfield, Siriki Dembélé, Oliver Burke

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-4-2-1)

Cameron Dawson, Dominic Iorfa, Michael Ihiekwe, Bambo Diaby, Akin Famewo, George Byers, Will Vaulks, Anthony Musaba, Barry Bannan, Mallik Wilks, Josh Windass