{"id":384871,"date":"2025-08-30T10:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/384871\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T10:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:19:13","slug":"6-2-rating-and-zero-shots-player-who-snubbed-wrexham-for-birmingham-city-struggles-on-championship-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/384871\/","title":{"rendered":"6.2 rating and zero shots, player who snubbed Wrexham for Birmingham City struggles on Championship debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Wrexham and Birmingham City are once again competing in the same division this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Birmingham City set an EFL points record with their promotion to League One, while the Dragons finished second in the third tier to book a place in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/tag\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Championship<\/a> for the first time since it was rebranded.<\/p>\n<p>The two clubs, which are backed by Ryan Reynolds, Rob Mac and Tom Brady, have had differing starts to the 2025\/26 season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/match\/historic-paul-mullin-moment-and-shock-result-took-place-under-efl-official-named-for-millwall-vs-wrexham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wrexham face Millwall<\/a> on Saturday, heading into that clash still searching for their first league win of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Brady\u2019s Blues have fared better, but they struggled in gameweek four of the campaign when they met Leicester City.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2172564472-1024x742.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Brady ahead of Birmingham City FC v Wrexham AFC - Sky Bet League One\" class=\"wp-image-36177\" \/>Photo by Catherine Ivill \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesWrexham transfer targets featured in Birmingham City loss to Leicester City<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham kicked off the weekend\u2019s action on Friday evening, facing off with Leicester City.<\/p>\n<p>The Foxes suffered relegation in 2024\/25 and have seen several key players leave the club.<\/p>\n<p>However, they still have plenty of quality in their squad and proved too much for Birmingham on August 29.<\/p>\n<p>When all was said and done, Leicester came away with a 2-0 win on the night, and two former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wrexham<\/a> transfer targets featured for the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>It was revealed last week that Liverpool youngster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/transfer-news\/tom-brady-gets-one-over-on-ryan-reynolds-and-rob-mac-as-fantastic-player-to-snub-wrexham-for-birmingham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lewis Koumas had chosen to sign for Birmingham<\/a> despite interest from the Dragons.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the window, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/transfer-news\/wrexham-officially-miss-out-on-premier-league-midfielder-as-birmingham-city-deal-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wrexham lost out on Tommy Doyle<\/a> to the Brady-backed outfit, and both players featured against Leicester.<\/p>\n<p>How Lewis Koumas and Tommy Doyle fared for Birmingham City<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/tag\/lewis-koumas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Koumas<\/a> made his competitive debut for the Midlands outfit earlier this week, losing 1-0 to Modou Faal\u2019s Port Vale in the Carabao Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Friday was his first Championship start and the former Wrexham target struggled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/birmingham-city-player-ratings-leicester-32379366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Birmingham Live<\/a> gave him a 6\/10 and wrote: \u201cThe Liverpool loanee played in the number 10 position and wasn\u2019t able to get on the ball anywhere near as much as he would have wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Lewis Koumas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Stats vs Leicester City<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rating<\/td>\n<td>6.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shots<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dribble attempts (successful)<\/td>\n<td>1 (0)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Touches<\/td>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Duels (won)<\/td>\n<td>12 (3)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofascore.com\/football\/match\/leicester-city-birmingham-city\/jsG#id:14059494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sofascore<\/a>, correct 30\/08\/25<\/p>\n<p>Doyle, who replaced Koumas in the eleven after 77 minutes, was also given a 6\/10: \u201cTried to conjure something up and looked eager to make an impression after a slow start to his Blues career, but the game was already getting away from them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wrexham and Birmingham City are once again competing in the same division this season. 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