Match Centre: Birmingham City vs Bristol City
Tickle 42′ (og)Gray 90+5′ (p)
Twine 33′Ballard 85′
Player of the match Demarai Gray 7.5
GolVolt rating 8.4GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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24 → 18
Bristol City climb 6 places in the table. Birmingham City: 15 → 10.
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+7' · 2:2Birmingham City 0%draw 6%Bristol City 93%
90+7' · 2:2xG Birmingham City 1.63xG Bristol City 1.64
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Equaliser at 90+5′.
- Dramaweight 50% Equaliser at 90+5′.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 9.5 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Gray rescued a point.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 6.6 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 2.9 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 4.5 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 8.4more watchable than 84% of Championship matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
4 goals3 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 32' Bright Osayi-Samuelyellow card · off-the-ball foul
- 33' Goal: Scott Twineright foot0:1
- 42' Goal: Sam Tickleown goal · left foot1:1
- Half-time · 1:1
- 46' SubstitutionLaird for Osayi-Samuel
- 62' 2 substitutionsGray for VicenteRoberts for Paik
- 65' 2 substitutionsBallard for TolajHorvat for Wallace
- 71' 2 substitutionsGreenwood for TwineYah for Williams
- 78' Patrick Robertsyellow card · foul
- 79' SubstitutionVázquez for Priske
- 84' SubstitutionDucksch for Stansfield
- 85' Goal: Dom Ballardright foot · assist: Cardines1:2
- 90+1' SubstitutionAtkinson for Hirakawa
- 90+5' Goal: Demarai Graypenalty · right foot2:2
- 90+6' Jason Knightyellow card · dissent
- Full-time · 2:2
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Birmingham City
Bristol City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Birmingham City
- 21 Ryan Allsop GK —
- 2 Ethan Laird DEF on
- 23 Dael Fry DEF —
- 25 Kristoffer Lund DEF —
- 16 Patrick Roberts MID on
- 27 Kanya Fujimoto MID —
- 10 Demarai Gray ATT on
- 32 Luis Vázquez ATT on
- 33 Marvin Ducksch ATT on
Bristol City
- 40 Brad Collins GK —
- 5 Rob Atkinson DEF on
- 38 Noah Eile DEF —
- 14 Tomi Horvat MID on
- 20 Sam Greenwood MID on
- 27 Gibson Yah MID on
- 11 Sam Bell ATT —
- 18 Emil Riis ATT —
- 23 Dom Ballard ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Birmingham City Demarai Gray
- 2. place · Bristol City Yu Hirakawa
- 3. place · Bristol City Dom Ballard
Birmingham City
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Pro analysis
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Bristol City · 2 out
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Cameron Pring Injured
since 17 Jul 2025 · return date unknown · 59 matches missed · Ankle Injury
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Luke McNally Injured
since 9 Feb 2025 · return date unknown · 77 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Injury
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.