English League Championship

FT Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Birmingham City WLWDL 1
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Reading DDDLD 0
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Match Report

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Clayton Donaldson fires Birmingham to victory at Reading

Beaten FA Cup semi-finalists Reading lost again as they were defeated 1-0 by Birmingham in a scrappy Sky Bet Championship game at the Madejski Stadium

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
0
8
Saves
5
35
Possession
65
10
SHOTS
21
6
ON GOAL
8
0.6
On Target %
0.4
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
10
Crosses
21
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
6
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
18
Clearances
15

Head to Head

REA leads series 3-2

Lineups

REA

  1. 1Adam FedericiG
  2. 2Chris GunterD
  3. 35Jake CooperD
  4. 15Michael HectorD
  5. 43Nathan AkéD
  6. 12Garath McClearyM
  7. 21Jem KaracanM
  8. 14Nathaniel ChalobahM
  9. 11Jordan ObitaM
  10. 19Jamie MackieF
  11. 22Nick BlackmanF

BIR

  1. 1Darren RandolphG
  2. 23Jonathan SpectorD
  3. 28Michael MorrisonD
  4. 15Robert KiernanD
  5. 31Paul CaddisM
  6. 13Robert TescheM
  7. 8Stephen GleesonM
  8. 36Diego FabbriniM
  9. 3Jonathan GroundsM
  10. 9Clayton DonaldsonF
  11. 10Wes ThomasF

Timeline

  1. 34' Birmingham City makes a sub: Andrew Shinnie enters for Diego Fabbrini. Reason: Injury
  2. 62' Birmingham City makes a sub: Lloyd Dyer enters for Paul Caddis. Reason: Tactical
  3. 63' Reading makes a sub: Jack Stacey enters for Jamie Mackie. Reason: Tactical
  4. 63' Reading makes a sub: Kwesi Appiah enters for Garath McCleary. Reason: Tactical
  5. 69' Jordan Obita is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 77' Birmingham City makes a sub: Demarai Gray enters for Wesley Thomas. Reason: Tactical
  7. 81' Reading makes a sub: Andrija Novakovich enters for Nick Blackman. Reason: Tactical
  8. 83' Goal!! Clayton Donaldson hits a header to the lower right corner from the centre 6 yard and scores!! Birmingham City now leads 1 - 0
  9. 90' End of the game

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