English League Championship

FT
Birmingham City LWLWD 0
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Watford LDWWW 1
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Vicarage Road · 19,156 att.

Match Report

Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
0
Corner Kicks
0
3
Saves
2
36
Possession
64
5
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
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
9
Crosses
21
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
7
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
27
Clearances
16

Head to Head

WAT leads series 4-1

Lineups

WAT

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 14Juan Carlos ParadesD
  3. 15Craig CathcartD
  4. 4Gabriele AngellaD
  5. 31Tommie HobanD
  6. 5Adlene GuediouraM
  7. 23Ben WatsonM
  8. 7Miguel LayúnM
  9. 22Almen AbdiM
  10. 20Matej VydraF
  11. 9Troy DeeneyF

Substitutes

  1. 30Jonathan BondG
  2. 47Marco MottaD
  3. 3Gianni MunariM
  4. 8Daniel TözsérM
  5. 11Fernando ForestieriF
  6. 21Iketchi AnyaF
  7. 24Odion IghaloF

BIR

  1. 1Darren RandolphG
  2. 31Paul CaddisD
  3. 28Michael MorrisonD
  4. 15Robert KiernanD
  5. 3Jonathan GroundsD
  6. 8Stephen GleesonM
  7. 13Robert TescheM
  8. 11David CotterillM
  9. 22Andrew ShinnieM
  10. 33Demarai GrayM
  11. 9Clayton DonaldsonF

Substitutes

  1. 21Colin DoyleG
  2. 4Paul RobinsonD
  3. 23Jonathan SpectorD
  4. 24Koby ArthurM
  5. 26David DavisM
  6. 10Wes ThomasF
  7. 12Lee NovakF

Timeline

  1. 46' Birmingham City makes a sub: David Davis enters for Robert Tesche. Reason: Tactical
  2. 54' Watford makes a sub: Iketchi Anya enters for Miguel Layún. Reason: Tactical
  3. 55' Watford makes a sub: Odion Ighalo enters for Matej Vydra. Reason: Tactical
  4. 56' Goal!! Craig Cathcart hits a left footed shot to the upper left corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Watford now leads 1 - 0
  5. 58' Jonathan Grounds is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 58' Birmingham City makes a sub: Wesley Thomas enters for Andrew Shinnie. Reason: Tactical
  7. 61' Craig Cathcart is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 71' Birmingham City makes a sub: Lee Novak enters for Demarai Gray. Reason: Tactical
  9. 85' Watford makes a sub: Daniel Tozser enters for Almen Abdi. Reason: Tactical
  10. 90' End of the game

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