English League Championship

FT Saturday, December 13, 2014
Reading WLLWD 1
–
Birmingham City WDWWL 6
1st2ndT
REA101
BIR426
St Andrews Stadium · 15,240 att.

Match Report

Team Stats

12
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
9
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
0
1
Saves
3
65
Possession
35
16
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
7
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
0
Accurate Crosses
0
25
Crosses
5
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
3
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
16
Clearances
27

Head to Head

REA leads series 3-2

Lineups

BIR

  1. 1Darren RandolphG
  2. 31Paul CaddisD
  3. 28Michael MorrisonD
  4. 4Paul RobinsonD
  5. 3Jonathan GroundsD
  6. 26David DavisM
  7. 8Stephen GleesonM
  8. 22Andrew ShinnieM
  9. 33Demarai GrayM
  10. 11David CotterillM
  11. 9Clayton DonaldsonF

Substitutes

  1. 21Colin DoyleG
  2. 6David EdgarD
  3. 17Callum ReillyM
  4. 39Guy MoussiM
  5. 19Nikola ZigicF
  6. 10Wes ThomasF
  7. 12Lee NovakF

REA

  1. 1Adam FedericiG
  2. 3Stephen KellyD
  3. 15Michael HectorD
  4. 35Jake CooperD
  5. 2Chris GunterD
  6. 12Garath McClearyM
  7. 6Oliver NorwoodM
  8. 23Daniel WilliamsM
  9. 11Jordan ObitaM
  10. 10Simon CoxF
  11. 20Glenn MurrayF

Substitutes

  1. 31Mikkel AndersenG
  2. 5Alex PearceD
  3. 24Shaun CummingsD
  4. 18Aaron TshibolaM
  5. 25Jake TaylorM
  6. 37Jack StaceyM
  7. 22Nick BlackmanF

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal!! Paul Caddis hits a right footed shot to the upper right corner from the centre and scores!! Birmingham City now leads 1 - 0
  2. 11' Goal!! Demarai Gray hits a right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre and scores!! Birmingham City now leads 2 - 0
  3. 18' Michael Hector is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 19' Goal!! Glenn Murray hits a header to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Reading now trails 1 - 2
  5. 24' Goal!! Demarai Gray hits a right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Birmingham City now leads 3 - 1
  6. 45'+1' Goal!! Demarai Gray hits a right footed shot low through the middle from the left penalty area and scores!! Birmingham City now leads 4 - 1
  7. 46' Goal!! Andrew Shinnie hits a left footed shot to the lower right corner from the right penalty area and scores!! Birmingham City now leads 5 - 1
  8. 58' Chris Gunter is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  9. 60' Goal!! David Cotterill hits a right footed shot to the lower right corner from the left byline and scores!! Birmingham City now leads 6 - 1
  10. 66' Reading makes a sub: Alex Pearce enters for Michael Hector. Reason: Tactical
  11. 75' Reading makes a sub: Nick Blackman enters for Jordan Obita. Reason: Tactical
  12. 78' Birmingham City makes a sub: Guy Moussi enters for Andrew Shinnie. Reason: Tactical
  13. 80' Reading makes a sub: Jake Taylor enters for Daniel Williams. Reason: Tactical
  14. 83' Birmingham City makes a sub: Nikola Zigic enters for Clayton Donaldson. Reason: Tactical
  15. 88' Birmingham City makes a sub: Wesley Thomas enters for Demarai Gray. Reason: Tactical
  16. 90' End of the game

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