English League Championship

FT Saturday, November 28, 2015
Birmingham City LLDWL 1
–
Brighton & Hove Albion DDDWD 2
1st2ndT
BIR101
BHA112
American Express Stadium · 27,242 att.

Match Report

Solly March & Bobby Zamora goals propel Brighton back to the Championship summit

Solly March & Bobby Zamora goals propel Brighton back to the Championship summit

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
4
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
9
7
Saves
4
38.7
Possession
61.3
15
SHOTS
22
5
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
228
Accurate Passes
420
321
Passes
510
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
8
18
Crosses
30
0.2
Cross %
0.3
78
Long Balls
67
33
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
5
11
Effective Tackles
10
17
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
11
22
Clearances
17

Head to Head

BHA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BHA · 4-4-2

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 3Gordon GreerCD-R
  4. 23Liam RoseniorLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 7Biram KiyalCM-L
  7. 6Dale StephensCM-R
  8. 15Jamie MurphyLM
  9. 20Solly MarchRM
  10. 25Bobby ZamoraCF-L
  11. 10Tomer HemedCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Niki MäenpääSUB
  2. 17Connor GoldsonSUB
  3. 14Iñigo CalderónSUB
  4. 24Rohan InceSUB
  5. 19Elvis ManuSUB
  6. 27Rajiv van La ParraSUB
  7. 21James WilsonSUB

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 29Tomasz KuszczakG
  2. 23Jonathan SpectorCD-L
  3. 28Michael MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Jonathan GroundsLB
  5. 31Paul CaddisRB
  6. 20Jon ToralAM
  7. 6Maikel KieftenbeldLM
  8. 8Stephen GleesonRM
  9. 44Nicolai Brock-MadsenF
  10. 7Demarai GrayAM-L
  11. 19Jacques MaghomaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Shane LowrySUB
  2. 2Neal EardleySUB
  3. 17Viv Solomon-OtaborSUB
  4. 22Andrew ShinnieSUB
  5. 1Adam LegzdinsSUB
  6. 26David DavisSUB
  7. 15James VaughanSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Birmingham City 0. Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Tommer Hemed.
  2. 21' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Birmingham City 1. Jon-Miquel Toral (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  3. 27' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Íñigo Calderón replaces Liam Rosenior because of an injury.
  4. 32' Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 35' Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 47' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Birmingham City 1. Bobby Zamora (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  7. 56' Dale Stephens (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 62' Paul Caddis (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 62' Stephen Gleeson (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 64' Substitution, Birmingham City. James Vaughan replaces Nicolai Brock-Madsen.
  11. 64' Substitution, Birmingham City. David Davis replaces Jacques Maghoma.
  12. 66' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. James Wilson replaces Bobby Zamora.
  13. 83' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Rohan Ince replaces Tommer Hemed.
  14. 83' Substitution, Birmingham City. Viv Solomon-Otabor replaces Demarai Gray.
  15. 85' Beram Kayal (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+3' David Stockdale (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+5' Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.

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