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Matches/Premier League 2 Division One/Regular Season - 16
Premier League 2 Division One 2025/26Match Finished

Brighton U21 vs Birmingham City U21

22 Feb 2026 · 16:00 GMT · Regular Season - 16

Brighton U21

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3:2HT 2–1

Birmingham City U21

AWAY
⚽ Callum Mackley 13′⚽ Joe Belmont 34′⚽ West 76′
⚽ Zaid Betteka 27′⚽ Rea 90′
Elite Football Performance Centre, LancingReferee: S. MulhallRecorded clock 90′ + 6′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Brighton U21 win 3–2

Match Finished in the regular season - 16 of the Premier League 2 Division One. 5 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES3 – 2
HALF-TIME2 – 1
MATCH COVERAGE

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LineupsAvailable
Match eventsAvailable
Team statisticsNot supplied
Expected goalsNot supplied
Player ratingsNot supplied
02
HOW THE TEAMS COMPARE

Team statistics

Brighton U21Birmingham City U21

Detailed statistics aren’t available for this match

The provider has not supplied possession, shots, passing or xG. These will appear when they are included in an updated import.

03
THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE RESULT

Lineups & substitutions

Brighton U21

Formation not supplied

Coach Shannon Ruth

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    Steven HallProfile: Goalkeeper · 21 at kick-off
  2. 4
    Benjamin BarclayProfile: Defender · 29 at kick-off
  3. 5
    Charlie PenmanProfile: Defender · 20 at kick-off
    Off 89′
  4. 3
    MillsProfile: Midfielder
    Off 70′
  5. 2
    Charlie TaskerProfile: Defender · 19 at kick-off
    Yellow Card 67′
  6. 7
    OriolaProfile: Midfielder
  7. 6
    Callum MackleyProfile: Defender · 18 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 13′
  8. 11
    Sean KeoghProfile: Midfielder · 19 at kick-off
    Off 83′
  9. 10
    WestProfile: Midfielder
    Normal Goal 76′Off 83′
  10. 9
    Joe BelmontProfile: Attacker · 19 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 34′Yellow Card 63′
  11. 8
    Shane NtiProfile: Midfielder
    Yellow Card 65′

Substitutes5

  1. 13
    JensenProfile: Goalkeeper
  2. 15
    HaydenProfile: Midfielder
    On 83′
  3. 12
    Zach BrennanProfile: Midfielder
    On 89′Yellow Card 90+6′
  4. 14
    Bailey PalmerProfile: Midfielder · 17 at kick-off
    On 83′
  5. 16
    ParsonsProfile: Attacker
    On 70′Yellow Card 75′

Birmingham City U21

Formation not supplied

Coach Danny Barham

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    O'SullivanProfile: Goalkeeper
  2. 2
    SandersProfile: Defender
    Yellow Card 76′
  3. 6
    ReaMatch position not supplied
    Normal Goal 90′
  4. 4
    BurrellProfile: Defender
  5. 3
    BambaProfile: Defender
    Off 62′
  6. 8
    MaddoxProfile: Midfielder
  7. 5
    BriscoeProfile: Midfielder
  8. 7
    Zaid BettekaProfile: Attacker · 19 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 27′Yellow Card 30′
  9. 14
    Da SilvaProfile: Midfielder
  10. 16
    AhmedProfile: Attacker
    Off 55′
  11. 9
    BatemanProfile: Attacker

Substitutes4

  1. 13
    BirminghamProfile: Goalkeeper
  2. 12
    QuirkProfile: Defender
    On 62′
  3. 17
    GuernierProfile: Attacker
    On 55′
  4. 18
    Ruiz RenteProfile: Attacker
04
FOLLOW THE MATCH

Events & commentary

Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.

  1. Normal GoalBrighton U21

    Callum Mackley

  2. Normal GoalBirmingham City U21

    Zaid Betteka · Assist: Bateman

  3. Yellow CardBirmingham City U21

    Zaid Betteka

  4. Normal GoalBrighton U21

    Joe Belmont · Assist: Sean Keogh

  5. SubstitutionBirmingham City U21

    Off Ahmed On Guernier

  6. SubstitutionBirmingham City U21

    Off Bamba On Quirk

  7. Yellow CardBrighton U21

    Joe Belmont

  8. Yellow CardBrighton U21

    Shane Nti

  9. Yellow CardBrighton U21

    Charlie Tasker

  10. SubstitutionBrighton U21

    Off Mills On Parsons

  11. Yellow CardBrighton U21

    Parsons

  12. Yellow CardBirmingham City U21

    Sanders

  13. Normal GoalBrighton U21

    West · Assist: Shane Nti

  14. SubstitutionBrighton U21

    Off Sean Keogh On Hayden

  15. SubstitutionBrighton U21

    Off West On Bailey Palmer

  16. SubstitutionBrighton U21

    Off Charlie Penman On Zach Brennan

  17. Normal GoalBirmingham City U21

    Rea · Assist: Guernier

  18. Yellow CardBrighton U21

    Zach Brennan

05
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Player performance

No individual performance data supplied

Ratings, minutes, shots, passes, tackles, duels and goalkeeper saves need a detailed player feed. Explore profiles and recorded involvement through the lineups above.

06
THE BIGGER PICTURE

Recent form & meetings

Previous matches in this 2025/26 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.

Brighton U21

WWolves U21 vs Brighton U2116 Feb 2026 · Regular Season - 151 – 2LBrighton U21 vs Sunderland U216 Feb 2026 · Regular Season - 140 – 2LBrighton U21 vs Liverpool U2130 Jan 2026 · Regular Season - 130 – 1DManchester United U21 vs Brighton U2126 Jan 2026 · Regular Season - 121 – 1LSouthampton U21 vs Brighton U2116 Jan 2026 · Regular Season - 111 – 0

Birmingham City U21

LTottenham Hotspur U21 vs Birmingham City U218 Feb 2026 · Regular Season - 144 – 0DBirmingham City U21 vs Aston Villa U2130 Jan 2026 · Regular Season - 131 – 1LBlackburn Rovers U21 vs Birmingham City U2126 Jan 2026 · Regular Season - 125 – 0LLeicester City U21 vs Birmingham City U217 Nov 2025 · Regular Season - 96 – 2WBurnley U21 vs Birmingham City U2131 Oct 2025 · Regular Season - 80 – 2
Previous meetings Within this cup import

No earlier meetings between these teams in the imported records.

Source & coverage
API-Football · Retrieved 17 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.

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