Birmingham 2-1 Swansea: Stansfield scores twice in Championship

Birmingham beat Swansea 2-1 on Saturday 7 November at St. Andrew's Stadium, in Championship matchday 15. The referee was Anthony Backhouse.

The first goal came at min. 29, scored by Jay Stansfield with an assist from Max Bird. At min. 65 Christoph Klarer put the ball into his own net, and at min. 87 Stansfield scored again.

There was one red card: Marko Stamenić (Swansea) was sent off at min. 26. Yellow cards went to Chris Davies (min. 24), Ethan Laird (min. 55) and Stansfield (min. 54) for Birmingham, and to Ross Stewart (min. 42) and Jay Fulton (min. 49) for Swansea.

Birmingham had 59% possession, 20 shots (8 on target) and 3.12 xG; Swansea had 41%, 8 shots (3 on target) and 1.1 xG. Stansfield was the best player, rated 8.8, with two goals. In the table, Birmingham are 4th with 26 points from 14 matches, and Swansea are 6th with 26 points also from 14 matches.