Stoke City vs Birmingham City prediction | 21 Nov 2026 | xGtoday


Stoke City
Ranking: #417 overall, #49 in England

60.2 → 59.1 (-1.1 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-1 08 Sep Cardiff City (A) 59.3 -0.7
1-2 12 Sep Watford (A) 60.3 +1.0
2-1 19 Sep Sheff Utd (H) 60.5 +0.2
1-2 10 Oct Bolton (A) 59.5 -1.0
2-3 13 Oct Boro (H) 59.1 -0.4
Birmingham City
Ranking: #147 overall, #24 in England

66.9 → 69.2 (+2.3 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-1 09 Sep Norwich City (A) 67.2 +0.6
1-2 12 Sep Derby (A) 68.3 +1.1
2-2 19 Sep Boro (H) 67.8 -0.5
0-1 10 Oct West Brom (A) 68.8 +1.0
4-0 13 Oct Preston (H) 69.2 +0.4

Stoke City vs Birmingham City: by the numbers

There are 270 places between these two in our European rankings, with Birmingham City the higher, and 25 places between them in England.

Birmingham City arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving +2.3 rating points over their last 10 matches against Stoke City's -1.1.

Stoke City lost 0.5 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 24 January 2026.

Stoke City first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 75.0 on 12 August 2017.

The highest Birmingham City have ever stood in our European rankings is joint #127, first reached on 22 December 2018.