English League Championship

FT Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Birmingham City WLDLL 2
–
Brentford LDLWL 0
1st2ndT
BIR022
BRE000
Griffin Park · 9,528 att.

Match Report

Birmingham add to Brentford's woes as Clayton Donaldson scores

Brentford suffered their second home defeat in a week, going down 2-0 to mid-table Birmingham.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

6
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
1
33.7
Possession
66.3
17
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
200
Accurate Passes
501
300
Passes
604
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
8
18
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.4
76
Long Balls
82
27
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
3
17
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
14
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
14
18
Clearances
17

Head to Head

BIR leads series 1-0-2

Lineups

BRE · 4-3-3

  1. 27David ButtonG
  2. 22Jack O'ConnellCD-L
  3. 6Harlee DeanCD-R
  4. 3Jake BidwellLB
  5. 12Alan McCormackRB
  6. 20Toumani DiagouragaCM
  7. 17Konstantin KerschbaumerLM
  8. 15Ryan WoodsRM
  9. 8Marco DjuricF
  10. 18Alan JudgeLF
  11. 21Lasse VibeRF

Substitutes

  1. 35Jermaine UdumagaSUB
  2. 36Josh ClarkeSUB
  3. 16Jack BonhamSUB
  4. 47Sergi CanósSUB
  5. 29Yoann BarbetSUB
  6. 28Li KeSUB
  7. 24Akaki GogiaSUB

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 29Tomasz KuszczakG
  2. 4Paul RobinsonCD-L
  3. 28Michael MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Jonathan GroundsLB
  5. 31Paul CaddisRB
  6. 26David DavisAM
  7. 6Maikel KieftenbeldLM
  8. 8Stephen GleesonRM
  9. 9Clayton DonaldsonF
  10. 7Demarai GrayAM-L
  11. 11David CotterillAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Viv Solomon-OtaborSUB
  2. 18Reece BrownSUB
  3. 44Nicolai Brock-MadsenSUB
  4. 1Adam LegzdinsSUB
  5. 19Jacques MaghomaSUB
  6. 23Jonathan SpectorSUB
  7. 20Jon ToralSUB

Timeline

  1. 67' Substitution, Birmingham City. Jacques Maghoma replaces David Davis.
  2. 69' Substitution, Brentford. Sergi Canos replaces Konstantin Kerschbaumer.
  3. 71' Goal! Brentford 0, Birmingham City 1. Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Cotterill with a cross following a corner.
  4. 75' Alan McCormack (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 78' Harlee Dean (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 80' Paul Caddis (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 88' Substitution, Brentford. Akaki Gogia replaces Ryan Woods.
  8. 90'+4' Goal! Brentford 0, Birmingham City 2. Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stephen Gleeson.

EFL Championship News

All news
News PA Nuno Espírito Santo on West Ham loss: We played with 'hesitation' Nuno Espírito Santo admitted West Ham United's painfully slow start cost them after they crashed to a 3-2 home defeat by Southampton. ESPN PA Andri Gudjohnsen brace extends Wrexham's winless run on the road Andri Gudjohnsen's second brace in a week earned Blackburn a clinical 2-0 win over Wrexham. News ESPN News Services Kyle Walker: 'No intention' of removing Man City tattoos after radio comments Kyle Walker has said he has "never had any intention" of removing his Manchester City tattoos, in the wake of comments the full-back made on Wednesday. News PA Wrexham boss Parkinson gets fans' backing as big win eases pressure Phil Parkinson was delighted with the reaction of his players as a 4-1 win over Championship strugglers Preston eased the pressure on the Wrexham boss.