Stoke City 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 12 July 2020

Result

Stoke City 2-0 Birmingham City

Championship · Sunday 12 July 2020, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Stoke City 2-0 Birmingham City: match report

Stoke City defeated Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Sunday 12 July 2020. The half-time score was 2-0.

D. Batth opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Stoke City's goals came from D. Batth (12') and S. Clucas (45'). Birmingham City did not score.

Discipline: Stoke City received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 21st on 46 points from 42 and Birmingham City 17th on 49 points from 42. Stoke City went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Birmingham City 21st with 50.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nick Powell of Stoke City (8.6), ahead of Sam Clucas (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Stoke City win, 2 draws and 6 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · N. GordonBirmingham City
  • 12'Goal · D. BatthStoke City · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · G. GardnerBirmingham City
  • 33'Yellow card · Jude BellinghamBirmingham City
  • 45'Goal · S. ClucasStoke City · 2-0
  • 62'Yellow card · James McCleanStoke City
  • 85'Yellow card · R. BurkeBirmingham City

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Stoke City 1, draws 2, Birmingham City 6.

Team news

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

Adam Davies, Tommy Smith, Danny Batth, James Chester, Bruno Martins Indi, Jordan Cousins, Sam Clucas, Tyrese Campbell, Nick Powell, James McClean, Sam Vokes

Birmingham City line-up (3-5-2)

Lee Camp, M. Roberts, Harlee Dean, Nico Gordon, Maxime Colin, Jude Bellingham, Ivan Šunjić, Gary Gardner, Wes Harding, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Scott Hogan