CORNERFLICK
Birmingham vs Bristol City 2-2
- D. Gray (P)90+5'
- S. Twine33'
- S. Tickle (OG)42'
- D. Ballard85'
- Kick-off
- Sat, 22 Aug 2026 · 11:30 (UTC)
- Referee
- Will Finnie, England
Match timeline
- 90+5’Penalty goal
BirminghamD. Gray1 – 3 - 90+1’Substitution
Bristol CityR. Atkinson ONY. Hirakawa OFF - 85’Goal!Bristol CityD. BallardAssist: R. Cardines0 – 3
- 84’SubstitutionBirminghamM. Ducksch ONJ. Stansfield OFF
- 79’SubstitutionBirminghamL. Vazquez ONA. Priske OFF
- 78’Yellow cardBirminghamP. Roberts
- 71’SubstitutionBristol CityG. Yah ONJ. Williams OFF
- 71’SubstitutionBristol CityS. Greenwood ONS. Twine OFF
Show 8 earlier events
- 65’SubstitutionBristol CityD. Ballard ONL. Tolaj OFF
- 65’SubstitutionBristol CityT. Horvat ONJ. Wallace OFF
- 63’SubstitutionBirminghamD. Gray ONC. Vicente OFF
- 62’SubstitutionBirminghamP. Roberts ONPaik Seung-Ho OFF
- 46’SubstitutionBirminghamE. Laird ONB. Osayi-Samuel OFF
- 42’Own goalBirminghamS. Tickle0 – 2
- 33’Goal!Bristol CityS. Twine0 – 1
- 32’Yellow cardBirminghamB. Osayi-Samuel
- 1’Kick-off
Key stats
BirminghamBristol City- 63%Possession37%
- 4Shots11
- 0.65xG1.22
- 1Shots on Target3
- 5Corners2
- 75%Pass Accuracy64%
- 1Offsides1
- 2Saves0
- 364Passes211
- 10Fouls7
- 1Yellow Cards0
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Birmingham4 - 2 - 3 - 1
- 1Beadle
- 26Osayi-Samuel
- 5Neumann
- 4Klarer
- 20Cochrane
- 24Iwata
- 14Solís
- 7Vicente
- 8Paik
- 28Stansfield
- 9Priske
Substitutions
- 46’↑2 Ethan Laird↓26 Bright Osayi-Samuel
- 62’↑16 Patrick Roberts↓ Paik Seung-Ho
- 63’↑10 Demarai Gray↓7 Carlos Vicente
- 79’↑32 Luis Vázquez↓9 August Priske
- 84’↑33 Marvin Ducksch↓28 Jay Stansfield
Unused substitutes 21 Ryan Allsop, 25 Kristoffer Lund, 23 Dael Fry, 27 Kanya Fujimoto
Coach Chris Davies
Bristol City4 - 2 - 3 - 1
- 1Tickle
- 21Cardines
- 19Tanner
- 2Eissat
- 16Dickie
- 12Knight
- 8Williams
- 7Hirakawa
- 17Wallace
- 10Twine
- 9Tolaj
Substitutions
- 65’↑23 Dominic Ballard↓9 Lorent Tolaj
- 65’↑14 Tomi Horvat↓17 Jed Wallace
- 71’↑27 Gibson Yah↓8 Joe Williams
- 71’↑20 Sam Greenwood↓10 Scott Twine
- 90+1’↑5 Robert Atkinson↓7 Yu Hirakawa
Unused substitutes 40 Brad Collins, 38 Noah Eile, 11 Sam Bell, 18 Emil Riis Jacobsen
Coach Roy Hodgson
Match facts
- Competition
- EFL Championship - English Second Tier
- Date
- Sat, 22 Aug 2026
- Kick-off
- 11:30 (UTC)
- Referee
- Will Finnie, England
- Birmingham coach
- Chris Davies
- Bristol City coach
- Roy Hodgson
League table
EFL Championship - English Second Tier
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Birmingham | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | +14 | 29 |
| 2 |  Middlesbrough | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | +11 | 29 |
| 3 |  Stoke City | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | +6 | 29 |
| 4 |  Wolves | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | +8 | 28 |
| 5 |  West Brom | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | +8 | 28 |
| 17 |  Bristol City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 18 |
Match related news
Head to head
13 goals9 goals
Last 5 meetings
- 2026ChampionshipBirmingham2 - 2Bristol City
- 2026ChampionshipBirmingham2 - 1Bristol City
- 2025ChampionshipBirmingham0 - 1Bristol City
- 2023ChampionshipBirmingham0 - 0Bristol City
- 2023ChampionshipBirmingham2 - 0Bristol City
8 meetings in the Cornerflick archive.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
Birmingham- W-D-L
- 0-1-0
- Scored / match
- 0.0
- Conceded / match
- 0.0
Bristol City- W-D-L
- 0-0-1
- Scored / match
- 0.0
- Conceded / match
- 2.0
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- Bristol City0%
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What happened
Written from the recorded events — no interpretation added
Birmingham and Bristol City drew 2-2 in the EFL Championship - English Second Tier.
D. Gray 90+5' scored for Birmingham, S. Twine 33', S. Tickle (og) 42' and D. Ballard 85' for Bristol City.
Birmingham had 63% of the ball to Bristol City's 37%; the sides had 4 and 11 shots (1 and 3 on target).
The referee showed 2 yellow cards and no reds.
Match record
- Competition
- EFL Championship - English Second Tier
- Kick-off
- Match ID
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16 events
- 32’Yellow cardBirminghamB. Osayi-Samuel
- 33’Goal!Bristol CityS. Twine0 – 1
- 42’Own goalBirminghamS. Tickle0 – 2
- 46’SubstitutionBirminghamE. Laird ONB. Osayi-Samuel OFF
- 62’SubstitutionBirminghamP. Roberts ONPaik Seung-Ho OFF
- 63’SubstitutionBirminghamD. Gray ONC. Vicente OFF
- 65’SubstitutionBristol CityD. Ballard ONL. Tolaj OFF
- 65’SubstitutionBristol CityT. Horvat ONJ. Wallace OFF
- 71’SubstitutionBristol CityG. Yah ONJ. Williams OFF
- 71’SubstitutionBristol CityS. Greenwood ONS. Twine OFF
- 78’Yellow cardBirminghamP. Roberts
- 79’SubstitutionBirminghamL. Vazquez ONA. Priske OFF
- 84’SubstitutionBirminghamM. Ducksch ONJ. Stansfield OFF
- 85’Goal!Bristol CityD. BallardAssist: R. Cardines0 – 3
- 90+1’SubstitutionBristol CityR. Atkinson ONY. Hirakawa OFF
- 90+5’Penalty goalBirminghamD. Gray1 – 3