West Ham United v Birmingham City

West Ham United v Birmingham City: everything you need to know

West Ham United meet Birmingham City at London Stadium, Sunday 1:00am (EFL Championship). Nothing between them: West Ham United 27, Birmingham City 38, 19 drawn from 84 meetings.

27–38

head to head

Nothing between them: West Ham United 27, Birmingham City 38, 19 drawn from 84 meetings.

1st

on the ladder

Birmingham City sit 1st on 29 points (8–2–5).

goals — biggest win in the fixture

Biggest margin between these two: West Ham United by 5 goals in 1982-83 (5–0).

0.5 v 0.5

goals a match

Key match-up: August Priske (Birmingham City) gets a goal every 1.8 matches, Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) one every 2.1 matches.

0.3 v 0.3

assists a match

Key match-up: Liam Millar (Birmingham City) and Valentín Castellanos (West Ham United) are level on assists, both one every 3.3 matches.

assists in 2026-27

Jarrod Bowen has 7 assists in 15 matches for West Ham United in 2026-27.

assists in 2026-27

Valentín Castellanos has 4 assists in 14 matches for West Ham United in 2026-27.

assists in 2026-27

Liam Millar has 3 assists in 10 matches for Birmingham City in 2026-27.

Head to head

27West Ham United

19Draws

38Birmingham City

84 meetings since 1919 · average score West Ham United 1.4, Birmingham City 1.5

7 Feb 11Birmingham City1–0Boleyn Ground

7 Nov 10Draw2–2St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park

11 Feb 10West Ham United2–0Boleyn Ground

13 Dec 09Birmingham City1–0St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park

10 Feb 08Draw1–1Boleyn Ground

19 Aug 07West Ham United1–0St Andrews Stadium

Last line-ups

Official team lists aren't out yet — they usually land a day or two before the game. These are each side's line-ups from their last game (West Ham United v Blackburn Rovers, Sun, 8 Nov · Birmingham City v Millwall, Wed, 4 Nov).

West Ham United v Birmingham City: everything you need to know

West Ham United meet Birmingham City at London Stadium, Sunday 1:00am (EFL Championship). Nothing between them: West Ham United 27, Birmingham City 38, 19 drawn from 84 meetings.

The big picture

West Ham United come in 9th on the ladder with 23 points; Birmingham City are 1st on 29. Birmingham City are the side higher up the table.

West Ham United are 6–4–5 in EFL Championship 2026-27, averaging 2.5 goals for and 1.5 against.

Birmingham City are 7–2–5 in EFL Championship 2026-27, averaging 1.9 goals for and 0.9 against.

Form

West Ham United have won one of their last five and most recently lost to Blackburn Rovers 1–2.

Birmingham City have won four of their last five and most recently beat Millwall 3–0.

Head to head

These sides have met 84 times on our records since 1919: West Ham United 27, Birmingham City 38, 19 drawn.

Last time out (2010-11), Birmingham City won 1–0 at Boleyn Ground.

Biggest margin between these two: West Ham United by 5 goals in 1982-83 (5–0).

Players to watch

For West Ham United, watch Jarrod Bowen (7 goals, 7 assists in 2026-27) and Konstantinos Mavropanos (5 goals in 2026-27).

For Birmingham City, watch August Priske (6 goals, 1 assist in 2026-27) and Liam Millar (4 goals, 3 assists in 2026-27).

At London Stadium

West Ham United have won 7 of their last 19 at London Stadium.

What the numbers say

On form, ladder and history, Birmingham City go in as clear favourites.

Written automatically from Lineball's own match and player database. Not betting advice.

West Ham United v Birmingham City: everything you need to know

West Ham United meet Birmingham City at London Stadium, Sunday 1:00am (EFL Championship). Nothing between them: West Ham United 27, Birmingham City 38, 19 drawn from 84 meetings.