Lincoln – Birmingham 2–1

	1H	2H	T
L	0	2	2
BIR	0	1	1

Match report

Lincoln beat Birmingham 2–1 at Lincoln Stadium in Championship. Costa opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Lincoln have 3 wins in their last 5, while Birmingham have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

2H

Müller

46'

⚽Costaassist Marsh

48'

59'

⚽T. Iwataassist A. Cochrane

⚽Müller

71'

⇄Bianchi↓ Petrov

76'

⇄Bradley Mayo↓ M. Leonard

⇄Keller↓ Müller

85'

⇄P. Neumann↓ T. Iwata

Momentum

L

⚽⚽⚽

BIR

Match info

TournamentChampionship · England

Kick-offMay 24, 2025 · 19:00

VenueLincoln Stadium

Attendance49,301 / 66,623 (74%)

RefereeJ. Gil (Pol)

FIFA ranking

#1·

#8

Where to watch

Sky Sports

Statistics

55Ball possession %45

1.8Expected goals (xG)1.3

14Total shots11

7Shots on target4

5Shots off target5

4Blocked shots1

8Corner kicks5

3Offsides3

10Fouls13

1Yellow cards4

0Red cards0

3Goalkeeper saves5

525Passes519

79Pass accuracy %77

16Tackles16

Player of the match

Müller

7.9

Lineups

L 4-3-37.10Formation7.034-3-3 BIR

16.5Silva 26.8García 37.6Moreau 47.8Romano 56.5Pereira 66.8Nielsen 76.9Costa 86.9Schmidt 97.5Marsh 107.9Müller 116.9Petrov

Lincoln

Coach: A. Moreno · 4-3-3

1Silva6.5 2García6.8 3Moreau7.6 4Romano7.8 5Pereira6.5 6Nielsen6.8 7Costa6.9 8Schmidt6.9 9Marsh7.5 10Müller7.9 11Petrov6.9

Birmingham

Coach: A. Moreno · 4-3-3

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	+/-	Pts	Form
1	Coventry	46	28	11	7	97:45	+52	95	WWDLW
2	Ipswich	46	23	15	8	80:47	+33	84	WWWWD
3	Millwall	46	24	11	11	64:49	+15	83	WWWWD
4	Southampton	46	22	14	10	82:56	+26	80	LWWWD
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72:47	+25	80	DLWWW
6	Hull City	46	21	10	15	70:66	+4	73	WDDLL
7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69:65	+4	71	WDDLW
8	Derby	46	20	9	17	67:59	+8	69	DLLLW
9	Norwich	46	19	8	19	63:56	+7	65	WDLLL
10	Birmingham	46	17	13	16	57:56	+1	64	DLLLW
11	Swansea	46	18	10	18	57:59	-2	64	LWWWD
12	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59:59	0	62	WWDDL
13	Sheffield Utd	46	18	6	22	66:66	0	60	LLLWW
14	Preston	46	15	15	16	55:62	-7	60	LLWWD
15	QPR	46	16	10	20	61:73	-12	58	LWWWD
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	53:65	-12	57	LLWWD
17	Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51:56	-5	55	LLWWD
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49:64	-15	55	WDDLL
19	Charlton	46	13	14	19	44:58	-14	53	LLWWD
20	Blackburn	46	13	13	20	42:56	-14	52	LWWDL
21	West Brom	46	13	14	19	48:58	-10	51	WDDLL
22	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45:59	-14	47	WWDDL
23	Leicester	46	12	16	18	58:68	-10	46	LWDDD
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	29:89	-60	0	DLLLL