Stoke vs Birmingham

England • Championship • 2026/2027 • Round 16

Stoke

15:0021 November 2026

Birmingham

Match information

Country: England
Competition: Championship
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 16
Date: 21 November 2026
Kick-off: 15:00
Stadium: Bet365 Stadium

Prediction

Stoke win32%

Draw27%

Birmingham win41%

Full prediction

Clubs

Stoke

Founded: 1868
Country: England
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
City: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Capacity: 30 089
Surface: grass

Birmingham

Founded: 1875
Country: England
Stadium: St Andrew's Stadium
City: Birmingham
Capacity: 30 009
Surface: grass

Recent form

Stoke

WDWWW

Birmingham

WLWWW

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham	15	+14	29
2	Middlesbrough	15	+11	29
3	Stoke	15	+6	29
4	Wolves	15	+8	28

Full standings

Head-to-head

24 January 2026 • Championship • Birmingham 1 : 1 Stoke (Half-time 1 : 0)
13 September 2025 • Championship • Stoke 1 : 0 Birmingham (Half-time 1 : 0)
20 January 2024 • Championship • Stoke City 1 : 2 Birmingham City (Half-time 0 : 1)
26 December 2023 • Championship • Birmingham City 1 : 3 Stoke City (Half-time 0 : 2)
10 April 2023 • Championship • Birmingham City 0 : 0 Stoke City (Half-time 0 : 0)

Full H2H

1X2 odds

Bookmaker	1	X	2
WilliamHill	2.80	3.25	2.40
bet365	2.70	3.30	2.45
Marathon	2.85	3.28	2.39
Betfair	2.80	3.30	2.40
BetVictor	2.75	3.30	2.38
Pncl	2.89	3.41	2.45
Sbo	2.66	3.04	2.25
1xBet	2.86	3.28	2.41
Betano	2.87	3.40	2.45

Best odds: 1 - 2.89 | X - 3.41 | 2 - 2.45

Double Chance

1X: 1.57
X2: 1.44
12: 1.33

Both Teams To Score

Yes: 1.73
No: 2.08

Over / Under

Over 0.5: 1.07
Under 0.5: 11.00
Over 1.5: 1.31
Under 1.5: 3.75
Over 2.5: 1.91
Under 2.5: 1.93
Over 3.5: 3.40
Under 3.5: 1.36
Over 4.5: 7.00
Under 4.5: 1.14
Over 5.5: 13.00
Under 5.5: 1.05

Asian Handicap

Handicap	Stoke	Birmingham
-2.5 / +2.5	1.03	1.02
-1.5 / +1.5	5.75	1.14
-1 / +1	5.17	1.19
0 / 0	2.10	1.80
+1 / -1	1.25	4.01
+1.5 / -1.5	1.17	5.00
+2 / -2	1.01	9.00
+2.5 / -2.5	1.04	13.00

Match result probability

Stoke win32%

Draw27%

Birmingham win41%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 59%
X2: 68%
12: 73%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 70%
Under 1.5: 30%
Over 2.5: 45%
Under 2.5: 55%
Over 3.5: 23%
Under 3.5: 77%

Both teams to score

Yes: 50%
No: 50%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Stoke	Birmingham
+4.5 / -4.5	100%	0%
+3.5 / -3.5	98%	2%
+2.5 / -2.5	93%	7%
+1.5 / -1.5	81%	19%
+0.5 / -0.5	59%	41%
-0.5 / +0.5	32%	68%
-1.5 / +1.5	13%	87%
-2.5 / +2.5	4%	96%
-3.5 / +3.5	1%	99%
-4.5 / +4.5	0%	100%

Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.

Coaches

Stoke: Mark Robins
Birmingham: Chris Davies

Missing players

Stoke

17Eric Bocat - injured
3Aaron Cresswell - injured
20Sam Gallagher - injured

Birmingham

8Seung-Ho Paik - injured
9August Priske - injured

Squad - Stoke

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Viktor Johansson	28	13	0	0	0	7.00
24	Joshua Griffiths	25	-	-	-	-	-
34	Frank Fielding	38	-	-	-	-	-
Defenders
2	Benjamin Johnson	26	12	1	0	0	6.78
3	Aaron Cresswell injured	36	-	-	-	-	-
5	Freddie Anderson	20	-	-	-	-	-
5	Luke Graham	22	11	1	0	3	7.06
16	Ben Wilmot	26	13	2	0	1	6.96
17	Eric Bocat injured	27	11	2	2	1	6.89
18	Bosun Lawal	23	-	-	-	-	-
21	Luca Bombino	20	9	0	0	1	6.90
22	Junior Tchamadeu	22	6	0	1	0	6.68
23	Benjamin Gibson	33	1	0	0	0	6.30
24	Sydney Agina	19	-	-	-	-	-
40	Maksym Talovierov	26	9	0	0	2	6.43
52	Laurence Giani	18	-	-	-	-	-
Midfielders
4	Ben Pearson	31	3	0	0	0	7.10
6	Svante Ingelsson	28	3	0	0	2	6.00
7	Jack McGlynn	23	9	3	2	1	7.41
8	Ethan Galbraith	25	13	3	4	5	7.10
10	Jun-Ho Bae	23	6	0	0	1	6.45
13	Justin Devenny	23	9	2	0	1	6.70
19	Tomas Rigo	24	3	0	1	0	6.43
27	Djibril Soumare	23	13	0	0	2	6.79
28	Gabriel Kelly	19	-	-	-	-	-
Forwards
9	Robert Bozenik	26	10	1	1	0	6.51
11	Lamine Cisse	23	8	1	1	0	6.87
12	Tyler Martin	18	1	0	0	0	6.20
15	George Hirst	27	12	1	1	1	6.46
20	Sam Gallagher injured	31	6	2	1	2	6.81
42	Million Manhoef	24	5	0	0	0	6.44

Squad - Birmingham

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	James Beadle	22	13	0	0	0	7.06
21	Ryan Allsop	34	1	0	1	0	5.90
30	Bradley Mayo	22	-	-	-	-	-
Defenders
2	Ethan Laird	25	9	0	0	1	6.61
3	Lee Buchanan	25	-	-	-	-	-
4	Christoph Klarer	26	13	0	1	3	7.15
5	Phil Neumann	29	13	2	0	3	7.19
20	Alexander Cochrane	26	13	1	2	3	7.20
23	Dael Fry	29	2	0	0	0	7.20
25	Kristoffer Lund	24	2	0	0	0	6.60
26	Bright Osayi-Samuel	28	13	0	0	4	6.78
Midfielders
8	Seung-Ho Paik injured	29	8	1	0	0	6.58
14	Elmer Solis Romero Jhon	22	11	0	1	3	6.74
18	Max Bird	26	6	0	1	0	6.71
19	Taylor Gardner-Hickman	24	2	0	0	0	6.80
24	Tomoki Iwata	29	13	0	2	0	6.77
Forwards
7	Carlos Vicente	27	12	2	0	3	6.69
9	August Priske injured	22	11	6	1	1	6.88
10	Demarai Gray	30	10	3	0	0	7.01
11	Scott Wright	29	-	-	-	-	-
16	Patrick Roberts	29	10	0	3	1	6.96
17	Liam Millar	27	9	4	3	2	7.53
28	Jay Stansfield	23	13	1	1	1	6.51
32	Luis Vazquez	25	10	0	1	2	6.43
33	Marvin Ducksch	32	8	0	0	0	6.45

Head-to-head

Last 6 meetings

Stoke wins2

Draws2

Birmingham wins2

Goals: Stoke: 7 (1.2)
Goals: Birmingham: 6 (1.0)
Goals per match: 2.2
Both teams scored: 4 / 6
Over 2.5 goals: 3 / 6

Results

24 January 2026 • Championship • Birmingham 1 : 1 Stoke (Half-time 1 : 0)
13 September 2025 • Championship • Stoke 1 : 0 Birmingham (Half-time 1 : 0)
20 January 2024 • Championship • Stoke City 1 : 2 Birmingham City (Half-time 0 : 1)
26 December 2023 • Championship • Birmingham City 1 : 3 Stoke City (Half-time 0 : 2)
10 April 2023 • Championship • Birmingham City 0 : 0 Stoke City (Half-time 0 : 0)
5 November 2022 • Championship • Stoke City 1 : 2 Birmingham City (Half-time 0 : 1)

Form: last 10 matches

	Stoke	Birmingham
W-D-L	7-2-1	7-1-2
Scored (per match)	16 (1.6)	21 (2.1)
Conceded (per match)	9 (0.9)	8 (0.8)
Clean sheets	3 / 10	4 / 10
Both teams scored	7 / 10	5 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	6 / 10	8 / 10

Recent form - Stoke

W7 November 2026 • Championship • Portsmouth 1 : 2 Stoke (Half-time 1 : 0)
W3 November 2026 • Championship • Blackburn 1 : 2 Stoke (Half-time 0 : 1)
W31 October 2026 • Championship • Stoke 2 : 0 Preston (Half-time 1 : 0)
D24 October 2026 • Championship • Stoke 0 : 0 Bristol City (Half-time 0 : 0)
W17 October 2026 • Championship • Derby 0 : 1 Stoke (Half-time 0 : 0)
L13 October 2026 • Championship • Stoke 2 : 3 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 0)
W10 October 2026 • Championship • Bolton 1 : 2 Stoke (Half-time 0 : 1)
W19 September 2026 • Championship • Stoke 2 : 1 Sheffield Utd (Half-time 0 : 0)
W12 September 2026 • Championship • Watford 1 : 2 Stoke (Half-time 0 : 1)
D8 September 2026 • Championship • Cardiff 1 : 1 Stoke (Half-time 0 : 1)

Recent form - Birmingham

W7 November 2026 • Championship • Birmingham 2 : 1 Swansea (Half-time 1 : 0)
W3 November 2026 • Championship • Birmingham 3 : 0 Millwall (Half-time 3 : 0)
W31 October 2026 • Championship • Lincoln 1 : 3 Birmingham (Half-time 0 : 1)
L24 October 2026 • Championship • Cardiff 1 : 0 Birmingham (Half-time 1 : 0)
W17 October 2026 • Championship • Birmingham 3 : 0 QPR (Half-time 1 : 0)
W13 October 2026 • Championship • Birmingham 4 : 0 Preston (Half-time 3 : 0)
W10 October 2026 • Championship • West Brom 0 : 1 Birmingham (Half-time 0 : 1)
D19 September 2026 • Championship • Birmingham 2 : 2 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 1)
W12 September 2026 • Championship • Derby 1 : 2 Birmingham (Half-time 1 : 1)
L9 September 2026 • Championship • Norwich 2 : 1 Birmingham (Half-time 2 : 0)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham	15	8	5	2	28	14	+14	29
2	Middlesbrough	15	8	5	2	30	19	+11	29
3	Stoke	15	9	2	4	24	18	+6	29
4	Wolves	15	8	4	3	26	18	+8	28
5	West Brom	15	8	4	3	23	15	+8	28
6	Swansea	15	8	2	5	22	18	+4	26
7	Southampton	15	8	4	3	29	15	+14	24
8	QPR	15	6	6	3	24	18	+6	24
9	West Ham	15	6	5	4	37	23	+14	23
10	Sheffield Utd	15	6	4	5	21	19	+2	22
11	Portsmouth	15	6	4	5	20	18	+2	22
12	Norwich	15	7	0	8	32	24	+8	21
13	Blackburn	15	6	3	6	22	23	-1	21
14	Cardiff	15	4	6	5	27	27	0	18
15	Wrexham	15	4	6	5	18	20	-2	18
16	Millwall	15	5	3	7	23	27	-4	18
17	Bristol City	15	5	3	7	16	24	-8	18
18	Bolton	15	5	2	8	20	29	-9	17
19	Charlton	15	4	5	6	13	23	-10	17
20	Watford	15	4	3	8	13	23	-10	15
21	Lincoln	15	4	3	8	15	26	-11	15
22	Burnley	15	1	7	7	22	31	-9	10
23	Derby	15	2	4	9	14	30	-16	10
24	Preston	15	2	2	11	13	30	-17	8

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Southampton	7	6	1	0	20	5	+15	19
2	Middlesbrough	7	5	2	0	17	9	+8	17
3	Birmingham	8	4	4	0	19	8	+11	16
4	Cardiff	8	4	4	0	21	13	+8	16
5	QPR	8	4	3	1	16	7	+9	15
6	West Brom	8	4	3	1	13	7	+6	15
7	Blackburn	8	5	0	3	14	10	+4	15
8	Swansea	7	4	2	1	11	3	+8	14
9	Wolves	7	4	2	1	13	7	+6	14
10	Watford	8	4	2	2	9	9	0	14
11	Stoke	7	4	1	2	12	6	+6	13
12	Portsmouth	8	4	1	3	14	13	+1	13
13	Wrexham	8	3	3	2	13	9	+4	12
14	Charlton	8	3	3	2	7	7	0	12
15	Millwall	7	3	2	2	15	9	+6	11
16	Sheffield Utd	7	3	2	2	9	7	+2	11
17	West Ham	7	3	1	3	18	11	+7	10
18	Norwich	7	3	0	4	13	12	+1	9
19	Preston	8	2	1	5	8	13	-5	7
20	Bolton	7	2	0	5	9	15	-6	6
21	Bristol City	8	2	0	6	4	13	-9	6
22	Burnley	7	0	5	2	8	10	-2	5
23	Lincoln	7	1	2	4	8	16	-8	5
24	Derby	8	1	2	5	7	15	-8	5

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stoke	8	5	1	2	12	12	0	16
2	Wolves	8	4	2	2	13	11	+2	14
3	West Ham	8	3	4	1	19	12	+7	13
4	Birmingham	7	4	1	2	9	6	+3	13
5	West Brom	7	4	1	2	10	8	+2	13
6	Norwich	8	4	0	4	19	12	+7	12
7	Middlesbrough	8	3	3	2	13	10	+3	12
8	Bristol City	7	3	3	1	12	11	+1	12
9	Swansea	8	4	0	4	11	15	-4	12
10	Sheffield Utd	8	3	2	3	12	12	0	11
11	Bolton	8	3	2	3	11	14	-3	11
12	Lincoln	8	3	1	4	7	10	-3	10
13	Portsmouth	7	2	3	2	6	5	+1	9
14	Southampton	8	2	3	3	9	10	-1	9
15	QPR	7	2	3	2	8	11	-3	9
16	Millwall	8	2	1	5	8	18	-10	7
17	Blackburn	7	1	3	3	8	13	-5	6
18	Wrexham	7	1	3	3	5	11	-6	6
19	Burnley	8	1	2	5	14	21	-7	5
20	Derby	7	1	2	4	7	15	-8	5
21	Charlton	7	1	2	4	6	16	-10	5
22	Cardiff	7	0	2	5	6	14	-8	2
23	Watford	7	0	1	6	4	14	-10	1
24	Preston	7	0	1	6	5	17	-12	1

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen.	Assists
1	Will Lankshear	Middlesbrough	13	0	0
1	A. Armstrong	Southampton	11	0	0
2	Z. Vipotnik	Swansea	11	0	0
2	J. Moylan	Cardiff City	10	3	3
3	M. Whittaker	Middlesbrough	10	0	0
4	B. Thomas-Asante	Coventry	10	0	0
4	R. Burrell	QPR	10	0	0
6	E. Simms	Coventry	10	0	0
6	J. Gelhardt	Hull	10	0	0
6	K. Moore	Wrexham	10	0	0
9	C. Morris	Derby	10	0	0
9	J. Makama	Norwich	10	0	0
3	Andri Gudjohnsen	Blackburn	9	0	0
11	S. Thomas	Stoke	9	0	0
12	O. McBurnie	Hull	9	0	0
13	J. James	Leicester	9	0	0
14	J. Philogene	Ipswich	9	0	0
15	H. Wright	Coventry	9	0	0
16	A. Mehmeti	Bristol City	8	0	0
17	A. Heggebo	West Brom	8	0	0
17	J. Stansfield	Birmingham	8	0	0
8	A. Priske	Birmingham City	6	1	0
17	Jack McGlynn	Stoke City	5	0	0
26	Liam Millar	Birmingham City	4	0	3
35	Jay Stansfield	Birmingham City	4	0	0
43	Ben Wilmot	Stoke City	3	0	0
49	Ethan Galbraith	Stoke City	3	0	4