English League Championship

FT Saturday, April 9, 2016
Birmingham City LDDLL 2
–
Reading LLDWW 0
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Match Report

Team Stats

8
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
1
29.5
Possession
70.5
7
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
184
Accurate Passes
567
282
Passes
663
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
8
10
Crosses
40
0.1
Cross %
0.2
82
Long Balls
67
21
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
6
15
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
16
35
Clearances
19

Head to Head

BIR leads series 3-2

Lineups

REA · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 26Ali Al-HabsiG
  2. 35Jake CooperCD-L
  3. 5Paul McShaneCD-R
  4. 6Oliver NorwoodDM
  5. 11Jordan ObitaLB
  6. 2Chris GunterRB
  7. 17Lucas PiazonAM
  8. 21Stephen QuinnLM
  9. 23Daniel WilliamsRM
  10. 31Simon CoxCF-L
  11. 29Yann KermorgantCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Deniss RakelsSUB
  2. 1Jonathan BondSUB
  3. 8Michael HectorSUB
  4. 7Matej VydraSUB
  5. 20Ola JohnSUB
  6. 12Garath McClearySUB
  7. 3Andrew TaylorSUB

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Adam LegzdinsG
  2. 32Ryan ShottonCD-L
  3. 28Michael MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Jonathan GroundsLB
  5. 31Paul CaddisRB
  6. 26David DavisAM
  7. 6Maikel KieftenbeldLM
  8. 8Stephen GleesonRM
  9. 25Kyle LaffertyF
  10. 9Clayton DonaldsonAM-L
  11. 11David CotterillAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15James VaughanSUB
  2. 7Diego FabbriniSUB
  3. 20Jon ToralSUB
  4. 17Viv Solomon-OtaborSUB
  5. 19Jacques MaghomaSUB
  6. 23Jonathan SpectorSUB
  7. 29Tomasz KuszczakSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Reading 0, Birmingham City 1. Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by David Cotterill with a cross.
  2. 27' Goal! Reading 0, Birmingham City 2. Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  3. 42' Yann Kermorgant (Reading) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45' Substitution, Reading. Matej Vydra replaces Lucas Piazon.
  5. 57' Jake Cooper (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 63' Substitution, Reading. Garath McCleary replaces Chris Gunter.
  7. 72' Substitution, Birmingham City. Viv Solomon-Otabor replaces David Cotterill.
  8. 72' Substitution, Birmingham City. Jacques Maghoma replaces Kyle Lafferty.
  9. 72' Substitution, Reading. Ola John replaces Simon Cox.
  10. 83' Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 84' Paul McShane (Reading) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 90'+5' Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.

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