English League Championship

FT Saturday, August 9, 2008
Sheffield United DWWWL 0
–
Birmingham City DLDLW 1
St Andrews Stadium · 24,019 att.

Team Stats

23
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
3
50
Possession
50
6
SHOTS
7
4
ON GOAL
4
0.7
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
3
Accurate Crosses
4
4
Crosses
11
0.8
Cross %
0.4
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
6
Clearances
3

Head to Head

BIR leads series 2-1

Lineups

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 21Stuart ParnabyD
  3. 5Martin TaylorD
  4. 6Liam RidgewellD
  5. 3David MurphyD
  6. 7Sebastian LarssonM
  7. 26Lee CarsleyM
  8. 12Mehdi NaftiM
  9. 11Gary McSheffreyM
  10. 16James McFaddenF
  11. 23Marcus BentF

Substitutes

  1. 13Colin DoyleG
  2. 20Franck QueudrueD
  3. 8Garry O'ConnorF
  4. 9Kevin PhillipsF
  5. 10Cameron JeromeF

SHU

  1. 1Paddy KennyG
  2. 12Sun JihaiD
  3. 5Chris MorganD
  4. 6Matthew KilgallonD
  5. 3Gary NaysmithD
  6. 2Greg HalfordD
  7. 18Michael TongeM
  8. 15Gary SpeedM
  9. 28Stephen QuinnM
  10. 7Darius HendersonF
  11. 24Billy SharpF

Substitutes

  1. 33Ugo EhioguD
  2. 25Matthew SpringM
  3. 4David CotterillF
  4. 8Jonathan SteadF
  5. 10Danny WebberF

Timeline

  1. 45' Stuart Parnaby is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 61' Sheff Utd makes a sub: Danny Webber enters for Billy Sharp. Reason: Tactical
  3. 65' Birmingham makes a sub: Kevin Phillips enters for Gary McSheffrey. Reason: Tactical
  4. 73' Birmingham makes a sub: Garry O'Connor enters for Marcus Bent. Reason: Tactical
  5. 77' Lee Carsley is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 82' Sheff Utd makes a sub: Jonathan Stead enters for Darius Henderson. Reason: Tactical
  7. 82' Birmingham makes a sub: Cameron Jerome enters for Sebastian Larsson. Reason: Tactical
  8. 83' Jonathan Stead is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  9. 90' End of the game
  10. 90'+3' Goal!! Kevin Phillips hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now leads 1 - 0

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