English League Championship

FT Saturday, October 25, 2008
Sheffield Wednesday WWLWL 1
–
Birmingham City WDWDW 3
St Andrews Stadium · 17,300 att.

Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
4
7
Saves
6
49
Possession
51
9
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
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
2
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.2
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
9
Clearances
4

Head to Head

BIR leads series 4-0

Lineups

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 21Stuart ParnabyD
  3. 5Martin TaylorD
  4. 6Liam RidgewellD
  5. 20Franck QueudrueD
  6. 7Sebastian LarssonM
  7. 26Lee CarsleyM
  8. 14Kemy AgustienM
  9. 10Cameron JeromeM
  10. 8Garry O'ConnorF
  11. 9Kevin PhillipsF

Substitutes

  1. 13Colin DoyleG
  2. 12Mehdi NaftiM
  3. 18Nigel QuashieM
  4. 16James McFaddenF
  5. 23Marcus BentF

SHW

  1. 1Lee GrantG
  2. 21Lewis BuxtonD
  3. 2Thomas SpurrD
  4. 16Richard WoodD
  5. 3Peter GilbertD
  6. 23Jermaine JohnsonM
  7. 6Steve WatsonM
  8. 14Jimmy SmithM
  9. 8Sean McallisterM
  10. 11Etienne EsajasM
  11. 18Leon ClarkeF

Substitutes

  1. 22Richard O'DonnellG
  2. 20Frank SimekD
  3. 26Wade SmallM
  4. 9Francis JeffersF
  5. 10Deon BurtonF

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal!! Garry O'Connor hits a very good header to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now leads 1 - 0
  2. 14' Goal!! Etienne Esajas hits a very good left footed shot to the upper right corner from the right channel (aprox. 25 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  3. 15' Goal!! Garry O'Connor hits a very good left footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now leads 2 - 1
  4. 38' Goal!! Kevin Phillips hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the right penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now leads 3 - 1
  5. 46' Sheff Wed makes a sub: Wade Small enters for Jermaine Johnson. Reason: Injury
  6. 63' Jimmy Smith is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  7. 64' Sebastian Larsson is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  8. 65' Birmingham makes a sub: James McFadden enters for Cameron Jerome. Reason: Tactical
  9. 69' Jimmy Smith has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: violent conduct
  10. 75' Birmingham makes a sub: Mehdi Nafti enters for Sebastian Larsson. Reason: Tactical
  11. 82' Birmingham makes a sub: Marcus Bent enters for Kevin Phillips. Reason: Tactical
  12. 83' Lewis Buxton is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  13. 86' Sheff Wed makes a sub: Deon Burton enters for Leon Clarke. Reason: Tactical
  14. 90' End of the game
  15. 90'+1' James McFadden is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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