English League Championship

FT Thursday, March 3, 2016
Hull City WDDWD 0
–
Birmingham City DLDWL 1
1st2ndT
HUL000
BIR101
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park · 18,105 att.

Match Report

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Hull City's promotion hopes hit as Birmingham win to close in on playoffs

Hull's title bid suffered a huge blow at Birmingham as the hosts closed in on the Championship playoffs.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
6
63.2
Possession
36.8
24
SHOTS
11
6
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
459
Accurate Passes
220
548
Passes
323
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
4
22
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.3
67
Long Balls
69
38
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
6
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
18
16
Tackles
22
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
35
20
Clearances
41

Head to Head

HUL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 29Tomasz KuszczakG
  2. 4Paul RobinsonCD-L
  3. 28Michael MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Jonathan GroundsLB
  5. 31Paul CaddisRB
  6. 20Jon ToralAM
  7. 6Maikel KieftenbeldLM
  8. 8Stephen GleesonRM
  9. 9Clayton DonaldsonF
  10. 19Jacques MaghomaAM-L
  11. 11David CotterillAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Jonathan SpectorSUB
  2. 30William BuckleySUB
  3. 26David DavisSUB
  4. 32Ryan ShottonSUB
  5. 1Adam LegzdinsSUB
  6. 17Viv Solomon-OtaborSUB
  7. 7Diego FabbriniSUB

HUL · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Allan McGregorG
  2. 6Curtis DaviesCD-L
  3. 21Michael DawsonCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 2Moses OdubajoRB
  6. 8Tom HuddlestoneCM-L
  7. 14Jake LivermoreCM-R
  8. 11Sam ClucasLM
  9. 10Robert SnodgrassRM
  10. 9Abel HernándezF
  11. 17Mohamed DiaméRCF

Substitutes

  1. 12Harry MaguireSUB
  2. 16Eldin JakupovicSUB
  3. 15Shaun MaloneySUB
  4. 20Isaac HaydenSUB
  5. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB
  6. 25Adama DiomandéSUB
  7. 22Nick PowellSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Hull City 0. Jon-Miquel Toral (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Cotterill.
  2. 59' Substitution, Hull City. Adama Diomande replaces Mohamed Diamé.
  3. 59' Substitution, Hull City. Nick Powell replaces Tom Huddlestone.
  4. 76' Substitution, Birmingham City. David Davis replaces David Cotterill.
  5. 76' Substitution, Hull City. Ahmed Elmohamady replaces Moses Odubajo.

EFL Championship News

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