English League Championship

FT Saturday, December 20, 2008
Reading DWWWW 3
–
Birmingham City WDWWL 1
St Andrews Stadium · 19,695 att. · ESPN3

Team Stats

15
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
4
9
Saves
2
50
Possession
50
2
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
5
Accurate Crosses
4
7
Crosses
13
0.7
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
0
Effective Clearances
0
8
Clearances
3

Head to Head

REA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 21Stuart ParnabyD
  3. 15Radhi JaidiD
  4. 20Franck QueudrueD
  5. 3David MurphyD
  6. 7Sebastian LarssonM
  7. 26Lee CarsleyM
  8. 18Nigel QuashieM
  9. 16James McFaddenF
  10. 9Kevin PhillipsF
  11. 10Cameron JeromeF

Substitutes

  1. 13Colin DoyleG
  2. 4Nicky HuntD
  3. 14Kemy AgustienM
  4. 19Quincy Owusu-AbeyieM
  5. 23Marcus BentF

REA

  1. 32Adam FedericiG
  2. 22Liam RoseniorD
  3. 29Michael DuberryD
  4. 16Ivar IngimarssonD
  5. 3Chris ArmstrongD
  6. 27James HenryM
  7. 4Kalifa CisseM
  8. 15James HarperM
  9. 10Stephen HuntM
  10. 9Kevin DoyleF
  11. 11Noel HuntF

Substitutes

  1. 36Mikkel AndersenG
  2. 23André BikeyD
  3. 6Brynjar GunnarssonM
  4. 7Marek MatejovskýM
  5. 24Shane LongF

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal!! Noel Hunt hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the left channel (aprox. 20 yards) and scores!! Reading now leads 1 - 0
  2. 27' Reading makes a sub: Shane Long enters for Noel Hunt. Reason: Injury
  3. 39' Liam Rosenior is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  4. 60' Goal!! Kevin Phillips hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the right channel (aprox. 25 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  5. 63' Franck Queudrue is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 66' Goal!! Kevin Doyle hits a very good header to the lower left corner from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Reading now leads 2 - 1
  7. 70' Birmingham makes a sub: Owusu-Abeyie Quincy enters for James McFadden. Reason: Tactical
  8. 75' Birmingham makes a sub: Marcus Bent enters for Sebastian Larsson. Reason: Tactical
  9. 75' Reading makes a sub: Brynjar Gunnarsson enters for James Henry. Reason: Tactical
  10. 80' Adam Federici is awarded a yellow card. Reason: time wasting
  11. 82' Goal!! Kalifa Cisse hits a very good header to the upper left corner from the left 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Reading now leads 3 - 1
  12. 90' End of the game

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