English League Championship

FT Saturday, March 22, 2014
Reading LLDWD 2
–
Birmingham City WLLDL 1
1st2ndT
REA112
BIR101
St Andrews Stadium · 13,409 att.

Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
4
0
Corner Kicks
0
5
Saves
1
57
Possession
43
18
SHOTS
21
4
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
11
Crosses
23
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
9
Blocked Shots
3
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
37
Clearances
37

Head to Head

REA leads series 3-2

Lineups

BIR

  1. 1Darren RandolphG
  2. 31Paul CaddisD
  3. 14Will PackwoodD
  4. 4Paul RobinsonD
  5. 17Callum ReillyD
  6. 23Jonathan SpectorM
  7. 36Emyr HuwsM
  8. 7Chris BurkeM
  9. 12Lee NovakM
  10. 22Andrew ShinnieM
  11. 9Federico MachedaF

REA

  1. 21Alex McCarthyG
  2. 2Chris GunterD
  3. 5Alex PearceD
  4. 17Kaspars GorkssD
  5. 37Jordan ObitaD
  6. 19Hal Robson-KanuM
  7. 20Danny GuthrieM
  8. 16Hope AkpanM
  9. 11Jobi McAnuffM
  10. 10Royston DrentheF
  11. 9Adam Le FondreF

Timeline

  1. 29' Birmingham City makes a sub: Tyler Blackett enters for Emyr Huws. Reason: Injury
  2. 39' Goal!! Jobi McAnuff hits a right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Reading now leads 1 - 0
  3. 43' Paul Caddis hits the penalty kick with his right foot to the lower right corner and scores!!
  4. 46' Birmingham City makes a sub: Jordan Ibe enters for Lee Novak. Reason: Injury
  5. 55' Reading makes a sub: Garath McCleary enters for Hal Robson-Kanu. Reason: Tactical
  6. 55' Reading makes a sub: Pavel Pogrebnyak enters for Adam Le Fondre. Reason: Tactical
  7. 67' Danny Guthrie is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 71' Jordan Ibe is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  9. 76' Birmingham City makes a sub: Nikola Zigic enters for Andrew Shinnie. Reason: Tactical
  10. 82' Goal!! Jobi McAnuff hits a left footed shot high through the middle from the centre 6 yard and scores!! Reading now leads 2 - 1
  11. 87' Reading makes a sub: Nick Blackman enters for Royston Drenthe. Reason: Tactical
  12. 90' End of the game

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