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Full time · Championship · Fri 28 Aug 2026, 20:00 UTC

Wrexham 12 Birmingham

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What the chances were worth

Wrexham
1.42
expected goals (xG)
Birmingham
1.85
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 1–2; by chance quality the match ran 1.42–1.85.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Wrexham
37%
Draw
31%
Birmingham
33%

Before kick-off the model favoured Wrexham to win (37%); it finished with Birmingham to win. A miss — it gave the actual result 33% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Birmingham created the better chances — the xG read 1.4–1.9, with the shot count roughly even (9–10, 4–4 on target). On the balance of chances, the 1–2 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Wrexham
Birmingham
61%
Ball Possession
39%
9
Total Shots
10
4
Shots on Goal
4
4
Shots off Goal
3
1
Blocked Shots
3
8
Shots inside box
8
1
Shots outside box
2
1.42
Expected goals (xG)
1.85
3
Corner Kicks
6
2
Offsides
2
476
Total passes
307
374
Passes accurate
206
79%
Passes %
67%
8
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
2
1
Goalkeeper Saves
3
0.10
Goals prevented
0.10

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Wrexham
42%
market implied · price 2.25 · opened 39%
Draw
29%
market implied · price 3.21 · opened 29%
Birmingham
29%
market implied · price 3.29 · opened 32%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Wrexham or draw1.3270.9%+3.1 pts
Double chance Birmingham or draw1.6257.7%-3.4 pts
Double chance either team1.3171.4%+0.3 pts
Draw no bet — Wrexham1.5958.6%+4.1 pts
Draw no bet — Birmingham2.2541.4%-4.1 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.3768.5%-2.8 pts
Over 2.5 goals2.1544.1%-3.3 pts
Over 3.5 goals3.8524.3%-3.5 pts
Both teams to score1.8749.9%-3.7 pts
Wrexham over 1.5 team goals2.3439.8%-0.1 pts
Birmingham over 1.5 team goals3.1429.7%-5.5 pts
Wrexham clean sheet2.8632.6%+2.8 pts
Birmingham clean sheet3.4227.2%+1.1 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 5.84 · 1-0 6.62 · 0-0 7.99 · 0-1 8.40 · 2-1 8.59

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-28 21:10 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Head to head

DateHomeScoreAway
12 Apr 26Birmingham2-0Wrexham
03 Oct 25Wrexham1-1Birmingham