Birmingham vs QPR 3-0

Birmingham beat QPR 3-0 at St Andrew's, with Liam Millar scoring twice before Demarai Gray came off the bench to add a stoppage-time third. The hosts took the points after a second-half burst and then saw the game out without conceding.

Millar opened the scoring in the 27th minute from Tomoki Iwata's assist for 1-0. He struck again four minutes after the restart, making it 2-0 with another assist from Iwata. Birmingham led 1-0 at half-time.

Birmingham made two changes on 57 minutes, with Jhon Elmer Solís Romero and Patrick Roberts replaced by Max Bird and Carlos Vicente. QPR responded with a change on 62 minutes and then made two more on 81 minutes, but they never closed the gap. Gray, who came on in the 71st minute, sealed it three minutes into stoppage time from Luis Vasquez, who had entered on 86 minutes, to make it 3-0.

The numbers were fairly close in places. Birmingham had 52% possession and 499 passes to QPR's 443, while the visitors had more shots, 12 to 11, and more corners, 4 to 0. Birmingham had 5 shots on target to QPR's 4, and both sides finished with 2 yellow cards. Birmingham also posted 1.34 expected goals to QPR's 1.17.

Birmingham's bookings went to Jhon Elmer Solís Romero in the 23rd minute and Christoph Klarer in the 69th. QPR's yellow cards went to Harvey Vale on 44 minutes and Rayan Jawad Kolli on 50 minutes. There were no red cards.