Match Centre: Birmingham City vs Portsmouth
Player of the match Tomoki Iwata 8.8
GolVolt rating 2.5GolVolt rating
Worth watching: Skip itSpoiler-free mode: the score and how the match went are hidden.
The match in 30 seconds
-
16 → 11
Birmingham City climb 5 places in the table. Portsmouth: 18 → 20.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
- Dramaweight 50% Missed penalty at 6′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 3.1 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Paik scored the winner, Iwata: rated 8.8.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 5.5 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 4.0 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances and few shots. Quality of play: 3.0 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 2.5more watchable than 25% 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
- 6' Jay Stansfieldmissed penalty
- 9' Goal: Seung-ho Paikassist: Cochrane1:0
- 23' Christoph Klareryellow card
- Half-time · 1:0
- 46' SubstitutionAnderson for Roberts
- 53' 3 substitutionsBishop for KirkMurphy for YangSwanson for Bowat
- 56' Goal: Tomoki Iwataassist: Doyle2:0
- 58' SubstitutionFuruhashi for Ducksch
- 60' Jordan Williamsyellow card
- 61' Goal: Christoph Klarerassist: Cochrane3:0
- 67' SubstitutionChaplin for Swift
- 77' 2 substitutionsDykes for StansfieldKoumas for Gray
- 82' SubstitutionKnight for Matthews
- 88' Goal: Keshi Andersonassist: Iwata4:0
- 89' SubstitutionOsayi-Samuel for Iwata
- 90+2' Josh Murphyyellow card
- Full-time · 4:0
Match stats
Shooting
Play
Defence
Discipline
Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Birmingham City
Portsmouth
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Birmingham City
- 21 Ryan Allsop GK —
- 26 Bright Osayi-Samuel DEF on
- 41 Eiran Cashin DEF —
- 12 Marc Leonard MID —
- 14 Keshi Anderson MID on
- 27 Kanya Fujimoto MID —
- 9 Kyogo Furuhashi ATT on
- 17 Lyndon Dykes ATT on
- 30 Lewis Koumas ATT on
Portsmouth
- 30 Ben Killip GK —
- 4 Josh Knight DEF on
- 22 Zak Swanson DEF on
- 16 Luke Le Roux MID —
- 23 Josh Murphy MID on
- 24 Terry Devlin MID —
- 9 Colby Bishop ATT on
- 11 Florian Bianchini ATT —
- 36 Conor Chaplin 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 Tomoki Iwata
- 2. place · Birmingham City Alex Cochrane
- 3. place · Birmingham City Christoph Klarer
Birmingham City
Show all (31)Show fewer
Birmingham City
Player intelligence
Player comparison
Pro analysis
GolVolt ProPro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.
- GolVolt’s own goals model
- XI stability
- Matches with this profile
The grey bars are figures available in Pro.
Unlock from €3.25 a month See the full sample on the match of the day