📅 13/09/25🕒 14:00🏟️ Bet365 Stadium🧑⚖️ M. Salisbury
Biggest Swing+1.41 xT21' B. LawalCards4
Stoke City 1-0 Birmingham City — xTears 9.15 (13/09/25)
Stoke City saw off Birmingham City 1-0 on 13 September 2025 during Matchday 5 of EFL Championship. Total xTears: 9.15.
Biggest swings: B. Lawal at 21' goal (+1.41 xT); B. Osayi-Samuel at 90+4' yellow card (+1.22 xT).
Pressure arrived in bursts, with calmer spells in between.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
21'
Goal
1-0B. Lawal - Stoke City
Assist: A. Cresswell
Late drama
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4.77
90+4'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
B. Osayi-Samuel - Birmingham City
80'
Yellow card
+0.89 xT
B. Pearson - Stoke City
83'
Yellow card
+0.89 xT
S. Thomas - Stoke City
84'
Substitution
+0.46 xT
M. Leonard for P. Neumann - Birmingham City
All-out war
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3.89
90+4'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
B. Osayi-Samuel - Birmingham City
77'
Yellow card
+0.89 xT
J. Tchamadeu - Stoke City
80'
Yellow card
+0.89 xT
B. Pearson - Stoke City
83'
Yellow card
+0.89 xT
S. Thomas - Stoke City
Absolute chaos
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3.18
21'
Goal
+1.41 xT
B. Lawal - Stoke City
Assist: A. Cresswell
84'
Substitution
+0.46 xT
M. Leonard for P. Neumann - Birmingham City
90+3'
Substitution
+0.46 xT
E. Bocat for A. Cresswell - Stoke City
90+3'
Substitution
+0.46 xT
L. Cissé for M. Manhoef - Stoke City
Referee scandal
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Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Cruelty
😈
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Crushed hope
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Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
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