English League Championship

FT Saturday, August 8, 2015
Reading LWWDL 1
–
Birmingham City WWDLL 2
1st2ndT
REA011
BIR112
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park · 19,171 att.

Match Report

Team Stats

16
Fouls
14
5
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
6
51.7
Possession
48.3
20
SHOTS
5
7
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
289
Accurate Passes
244
406
Passes
386
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.6
6
Accurate Crosses
2
18
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.1
95
Long Balls
105
31
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
21
12
Tackles
22
0.7
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
18
24
Clearances
22

Head to Head

BIR leads series 3-2

Lineups

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. 9Clayton DonaldsonF
  10. 7Demarai GrayAM-L
  11. 11David CotterillAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Adam LegzdinsSUB
  2. 4Paul RobinsonSUB
  3. 26David DavisSUB
  4. 22Andrew ShinnieSUB
  5. 19Jacques MaghomaSUB
  6. 21Lee NovakSUB
  7. 10Wes ThomasSUB

REA · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Jonathan BondG
  2. 8Michael HectorCD-L
  3. 5Paul McShaneCD-R
  4. 11Jordan ObitaLB
  5. 2Chris GunterRB
  6. 6Oliver NorwoodCM-L
  7. 18Aaron TshibolaCM-R
  8. 21Stephen QuinnLM
  9. 22Nick BlackmanRM
  10. 10Orlando SáF
  11. 23Daniel WilliamsRCF

Substitutes

  1. 26Ali Al-HabsiSUB
  2. 9Hal Robson-KanuSUB
  3. 31Simon CoxSUB
  4. 25Jake TaylorSUB
  5. 3Andrew TaylorSUB
  6. 15Anton FerdinandSUB
  7. 30Dominic SamuelSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Aaron Tshibola (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 39' Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 40' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Reading 0. David Cotterill (Birmingham City) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  4. 47' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Reading 0. Jon-Miquel Toral (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Clayton Donaldson with a cross.
  5. 49' Oliver Norwood (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 58' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Reading 1. Nick Blackman (Reading) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Chris Gunter with a cross.
  7. 61' Jordan Obita (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 63' Substitution, Birmingham City. David Davis replaces Maikel Kieftenbeld.
  9. 71' Substitution, Birmingham City. Andrew Shinnie replaces Jon-Miquel Toral.
  10. 79' Substitution, Reading. Hal Robson-Kanu replaces Nick Blackman.
  11. 81' Substitution, Birmingham City. Paul Robinson replaces David Cotterill.
  12. 83' Substitution, Reading. Simon Cox replaces Stephen Quinn.
  13. 86' Substitution, Reading. Dominic Samuel replaces Aaron Tshibola.
  14. 90' Simon Cox (Reading) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+3' Michael Hector (Reading) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+4' David Davis (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+7' Tomasz Kuszczak (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+8' Penalty saved! Orlando Sá (Reading) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  19. 90'+8' Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.

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