Birmingham City, England League 1 (third division), where Baek Seung-ho (28) and Lee Myung-jae (32) started side by side, surpassed 100 points and set the winning record.
Baek Seung-ho and Lee Myung-jae started as central midfielders and left fullbacks in the 2024-2025 regular league away game against Stibernage at Ramex Stadium in Stibernage, England, on the 25th (Korea time), respectively.
According to the soccer statistics company "Foot Mob," Baek Seung-ho led the midfield with a 90% pass success rate (51 attempts and 46 attempts) and one opportunity creation while playing full time. 스포츠토토
Lee Myung-jae played 72 minutes until he was replaced by Alexander Cochrane in the 27th minute of the second half, playing 86% of the pass success rate (54 successful 63 attempts), 4 recoveries, and 1 repression.
Baek has played 39 games (35 starts) in this season's league alone, making him a regular starter. On the other hand, Lee Myung-jae, who signed a six-month short-term surprise contract with Birmingham after leaving the K League 1's "Defending Champ" Ulsan HD last winter, failed to make his debut for a while. Manager Chris Davis categorized Lee Myung-jae as outside of his capacity. He did not use his resources in the winter transfer market. Naturally, Lee lost sense of play in actual matches and recently moved away from the national team. There was a lot of sneering that it was the "worst transfer."
Then, Lee Myung-jae had a chance after Birmingham confirmed its promotion to the second division of the next season and winning the league in a row early. He finally made his debut in the 25th minute of the second half in a home game against Crawley Town on the 18th, which has no meaning in winning or losing. And he joined the starting team for the first time in the match against Stevernage.
Three minutes after Cochrane, who was substituted for Lee Myung-jae, stepped on the ground, Birmingham scored the first winning goal at the 30th minute of the second half. It won 1-0. It had 31 wins, nine draws and three losses to mark 102 points.
According to the soccer statistics media "Opta," Birmingham became the 17th team to surpass 100 points in a single season in all of the English professional football leagues (divisions 1 through 4). The highest number of points ever recorded in League 1 is 103 for Wolverhampton in the 2014-2014 season. With three more games to go this season, Birmingham is highly likely to break this record as well.