English League Championship

FT Sunday, May 3, 2009
Birmingham City WDDWL 2
–
Reading LDDWW 1
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Team Stats

17
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
4
47
Possession
53
7
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
1
Accurate Crosses
3
5
Crosses
17
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
10
Clearances
0

Head to Head

REA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

REA

  1. 1Marcus HahnemannG
  2. 22Liam RoseniorD
  3. 29Michael DuberryD
  4. 23André BikeyD
  5. 31Dan HardingD
  6. 10Stephen HuntM
  7. 21Jem KaracanM
  8. 37Jay TabbM
  9. 14Jimmy KebeM
  10. 17Dave KitsonF
  11. 24Shane LongF

Substitutes

  1. 32Adam FedericiG
  2. 4Kalifa CisseM
  3. 6Brynjar GunnarssonM
  4. 7Marek MatejovskýM
  5. 9Kevin DoyleF

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 2Stephen CarrD
  3. 5Martin TaylorD
  4. 15Radhi JaidiD
  5. 34Djimi TraoréD
  6. 26Lee CarsleyM
  7. 22Damien JohnsonM
  8. 30Keith FaheyM
  9. 16James McFaddenF
  10. 9Kevin PhillipsF
  11. 10Cameron JeromeF

Substitutes

  1. 13Colin DoyleG
  2. 7Sebastian LarssonM
  3. 33Hamer BouazzaM
  4. 8Garry O'ConnorF
  5. 23Marcus BentF

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal!! Keith Fahey hits a very good left footed shot to the lower right corner from the left channel (aprox. 25 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now leads 1 - 0
  2. 39' Radhi Jaidi is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 53' Reading makes a sub: Marek Matejovsky enters for Jem Karacan. Reason: Tactical
  4. 56' Reading makes a sub: Kevin Doyle enters for Dan Harding. Reason: Tactical
  5. 60' Goal!! Kevin Phillips hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the left penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now leads 2 - 0
  6. 61' Goal!! Marek Matejovsky hits a very good left footed shot to the lower right corner from the left penalty area (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Reading now trails 1 - 2
  7. 63' Kevin Phillips is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 65' Birmingham makes a sub: Sebastian Larsson enters for James McFadden. Reason: Tactical
  9. 68' Djimi Traore is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 72' Birmingham makes a sub: Hameur Bouazza enters for Kevin Phillips. Reason: Tactical
  11. 80' Birmingham makes a sub: Garry O'Connor enters for Cameron Jerome. Reason: Injury
  12. 90' End of the game

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