English League Championship

FT Sunday, March 1, 2009
Birmingham City DDWLD 1
–
Sheffield United WLDDL 2
Bramall Lane · 24,232 att. · ESPN3

Team Stats

14
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
5
8
Saves
3
51
Possession
49
6
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
2
Accurate Crosses
7
10
Crosses
22
0.2
Cross %
0.3
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
7
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
7
Clearances
8

Head to Head

BIR leads series 3-1

Lineups

SHU

  1. 1Paddy KennyG
  2. 30Kyle NaughtonD
  3. 5Chris MorganD
  4. 6Matthew KilgallonD
  5. 3Gary NaysmithD
  6. 4David CotterillM
  7. 17Nick MontgomeryM
  8. 28Stephen QuinnM
  9. 2Greg HalfordM
  10. 7Darius HendersonF
  11. 10Danny WebberF

Substitutes

  1. 32Leigh BrombyD
  2. 20Brian HowardM
  3. 9Arturo LupoliF
  4. 18Jamie WardF
  5. 19Craig BeattieF

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 2Stephen CarrD
  3. 15Radhi JaidiD
  4. 20Franck QueudrueD
  5. 3David MurphyD
  6. 19Scott SinclairM
  7. 26Lee CarsleyM
  8. 30Keith FaheyM
  9. 33Hamer BouazzaM
  10. 23Marcus BentF
  11. 18Carlos CostlyF

Substitutes

  1. 13Colin DoyleG
  2. 5Martin TaylorD
  3. 11Gary McSheffreyM
  4. 22Damien JohnsonM
  5. 10Cameron JeromeF

Timeline

  1. 16' Nick Montgomery is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 32' Hameur Bouazza is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 44' Goal!! Danny Webber hits a very good right footed shot to the upper left corner from the left 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Sheffield United now leads 1 - 0
  4. 46' Birmingham makes a sub: Cameron Jerome enters for Carlos Costly. Reason: Tactical
  5. 49' Stephen Quinn is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 64' Stephen Carr is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  7. 70' Birmingham makes a sub: Gary McSheffrey enters for Scott Sinclair. Reason: Tactical
  8. 72' Sheffield United makes a sub: Craig Beattie enters for Darius Henderson. Reason: Tactical
  9. 74' Oh no! That was a bit unlucky, Chris Morgan has just scored on his own net! The game is now tied at 1
  10. 77' Sheffield United makes a sub: Jamie Ward enters for Danny Webber. Reason: Tactical
  11. 79' Sheffield United makes a sub: Leigh Bromby enters for Greg Halford. Reason: Tactical
  12. 83' David Cotterill places the penalty kick with his right foot to the lower right corner and scores!! The goalkeeper was nowhere near the shot.
  13. 87' Lee Carsley is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  14. 90' End of the game
  15. 90'+2' Kyle Naughton is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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