English League Championship

FT Friday, December 18, 2015
Cardiff City LDWDW 0
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Birmingham City LLLDD 1
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BIR101
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park · 14,414 att.

Match Report

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Controversial penalty decision gives Birmingham win over Cardiff

Paul Caddis' controversial penalty gifted lucky Birmingham a 1-0 win over Cardiff.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
3
60.9
Possession
39.1
10
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
358
Accurate Passes
195
462
Passes
294
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
4
22
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.2
71
Long Balls
73
34
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
13
20
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
24
19
Clearances
25

Head to Head

CAR leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 29Tomasz KuszczakG
  2. 23Jonathan SpectorCD-L
  3. 28Michael MorrisonCD-R
  4. 25Shane LowryLB
  5. 2Neal EardleyRB
  6. 20Jon ToralAM
  7. 6Maikel KieftenbeldLM
  8. 8Stephen GleesonRM
  9. 15James VaughanF
  10. 7Demarai GrayAM-L
  11. 19Jacques MaghomaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Viv Solomon-OtaborSUB
  2. 26David DavisSUB
  3. 44Nicolai Brock-MadsenSUB
  4. 31Paul CaddisSUB
  5. 45Greg HalfordSUB
  6. 1Adam LegzdinsSUB
  7. 22Andrew ShinnieSUB

CAR · 4-4-2

  1. 1David MarshallG
  2. 16Matthew ConnollyCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 28Scott MaloneLB
  5. 2Lee PeltierRB
  6. 8Joe RallsCM-L
  7. 17Aron GunnarssonCM-R
  8. 13Anthony PilkingtonLM
  9. 38Sammy AmeobiRM
  10. 33Tony WattCF-L
  11. 9Kenwyne JonesCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Peter WhittinghamSUB
  2. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaSUB
  3. 11Craig NooneSUB
  4. 3FabioSUB
  5. 22Stuart O'KeefeSUB
  6. 21Simon MooreSUB
  7. 10Joe MasonSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Substitution, Cardiff City. Bruno Ecuele Manga replaces Sean Morrison because of an injury.
  2. 25' Substitution, Birmingham City. Paul Caddis replaces Neal Eardley because of an injury.
  3. 36' Shane Lowry (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+1' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Cardiff City 0. Paul Caddis (Birmingham City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  5. 67' Jonathan Spector (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 69' Substitution, Birmingham City. David Davis replaces Jon-Miquel Toral.
  7. 72' Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 79' Substitution, Birmingham City. Greg Halford replaces Shane Lowry.
  9. 79' Substitution, Cardiff City. Craig Noone replaces Anthony Pilkington.
  10. 80' Substitution, Cardiff City. Peter Whittingham replaces Aron Gunnarsson.
  11. 86' Tony Watt (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.

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