English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 22, 2008
Birmingham City DDWLD 1
–
Reading LLWWL 2
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Team Stats

15
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
9
9
Saves
8
52
Possession
48
11
SHOTS
15
6
ON GOAL
9
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
2
Accurate Passes
2
2
Passes
2
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
6
Accurate Crosses
7
19
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.3
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
13
19
Clearances
13

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-2

Lineups

REA

  1. 1Marcus HahnemannG
  2. 19Liam RoseniorD
  3. 22André BikeyD
  4. 16Ivar IngimarssonD
  5. 3Nicky ShoreyD
  6. 11John OsterM
  7. 15James HarperM
  8. 28Marek MatejovskýM
  9. 10Stephen HuntM
  10. 12Dave KitsonF
  11. 9Kevin DoyleF

Substitutes

  1. 32Adam FedericiG
  2. 5Ibrahima SonkoD
  3. 4Kalifa CisseM
  4. 30Jimmy KebeM
  5. 24Shane LongF

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 2Stephen KellyD
  3. 6Liam RidgewellD
  4. 24Radhi JaidiD
  5. 14David MurphyD
  6. 7Sebastian LarssonM
  7. 26Fabrice MuambaM
  8. 12Mehdi NaftiM
  9. 11Gary McSheffreyM
  10. 9Mikael ForssellF
  11. 19Mauro ZárateF

Substitutes

  1. 13Colin DoyleG
  2. 21Stuart ParnabyD
  3. 22Damien JohnsonM
  4. 8Garry O'ConnorF
  5. 10Cameron JeromeF

Timeline

  1. 31' Goal!! Andre Bikey hits a very good header to the lower left corner from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Reading now leads 1 - 0
  2. 64' Goal!! Mauro Matias Zarate hits a very good left footed shot low through the middle from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  3. 65' Birmingham makes a sub: Garry O'Connor enters for Gary McSheffrey. Reason: Tactical
  4. 77' Reading makes a sub: Shane Long enters for John Oster. Reason: Tactical
  5. 79' Liam Ridgewell is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 79' Goal!! Andre Bikey hits a very good header low through the middle from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Reading now leads 2 - 1
  7. 80' Birmingham makes a sub: Cameron Jerome enters for Mikael Forssell. Reason: Tactical
  8. 81' Reading makes a sub: Kalifa Cisse enters for Marek Matejovsky. Reason: Tactical
  9. 90' End of the game

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