Championship Championship
Regular Season - 12• 24 Oct 2026

Cardiff 1–0 Birmingham

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Match Recap

Cardiff found a way past a Birmingham side that's been cruising through the Championship. Yousef Salech settled it in the 31st minute, and that single strike was enough to end a run that had seen Birmingham win four of their last five and climb to fourth in the table. For Cardiff, sitting 20th with only two wins from five games, it's the kind of result that doesn't show up in the underlying form but matters all the same. Birmingham's own charge continues regardless, built on a squad that includes some of the division's sharpest finishers, though their leading scorer in the Championship this season, W. Lankshear, has racked up 16 goals without this one. Salech's finish was the difference, a reminder that league position counts for little on the day when someone steps up. Catch the goal that beat the form table.

Match Statistics

Cardiff
VS
Birmingham
52% Ball Possession 48%
2.4 Expected goals (xG) 0.91
16 Total Shots 7
4 Shots on target 2
2 Shots off target 4
10 Blocked Shots 1
10 Shots inside box 7
6 Shots outside box 0
3 Corner Kicks 3
2 Offsides 4
10 Fouls 19
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Goalkeeper Saves 3
413 Total passes 385
307 Accurate passes 277
17 Free Kicks 10

Lineups

Cardiff
B. Barry-Murphy 4-2-3-1
VS
Birmingham
C. Davies 4-2-3-1

Substitutes — Cardiff

39I. Davies 44R. Kpakio 52T. Perrett 9Y. Salech 33R. Tankiewicz 14D. Turnbull 30H. Tyrer 16C. Willock 50Charlie Holt

Substitutes — Birmingham

23D. Fry 19T. Gardner-Hickman 10D. Gray 2E. Laird 16P. Roberts 33M. Ducksch 3L. Buchanan 18M. Bird 21R. Allsop