English League Championship

FT Friday, March 3, 2017
Leeds United LLWDW 3
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Birmingham City WLLLW 1
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St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park · 20,321 att.

Match Report

Nick Potts/PA Wire

Chris Wood at the double as Leeds win at Birmingham

Chris Wood cemented his position as the Championship's leading scorer with two as fourth-placed Leeds won 3-1 at Birmingham.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
3
39.1
Possession
60.9
10
SHOTS
27
6
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
245
Accurate Passes
415
347
Passes
527
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
6
7
Crosses
23
0.1
Cross %
0.3
68
Long Balls
97
25
Accurate Long Balls
44
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
8
16
Effective Tackles
10
26
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
43
Effective Clearances
8
43
Clearances
8

Head to Head

BIR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BIR · 3-5-1-1

  1. 29Tomasz KuszczakG
  2. 5Ryan ShottonCD
  3. 4Paul RobinsonCD-L
  4. 25Josh CogleyCD-R
  5. 6Maikel KieftenbeldCM-L
  6. 26David DavisCM-R
  7. 7Robert TescheAM
  8. 33Cheick KeitaLM
  9. 2Emilio NsueRM
  10. 14Ché AdamsF
  11. 12Craig GardnerRCF

Substitutes

  1. 3Jonathan GroundsSUB
  2. 1Adam LegzdinsSUB
  3. 21Kerim FreiSUB
  4. 48Jerome SinclairSUB
  5. 8Stephen GleesonSUB
  6. 15Lukas JutkiewiczSUB
  7. 31Krystian BielikSUB

LEE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Robert GreenG
  2. 18Pontus JanssonCD-L
  3. 5Kyle BartleyCD-R
  4. 28Gaetano BerardiLB
  5. 2Luke AylingRB
  6. 19Pablo HernándezAM
  7. 14Eunan O'KaneLM
  8. 26Liam BridcuttRM
  9. 9Chris WoodF
  10. 11Souleymane DoukaraAM-L
  11. 15Stuart DallasAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Hadi SackoSUB
  2. 23Kalvin PhillipsSUB
  3. 7Kemar RoofeSUB
  4. 12Marco SilvestriSUB
  5. 29Alfonso PedrazaSUB
  6. 6Liam CooperSUB
  7. 27Modou BarrowSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Birmingham City 0, Leeds United 1. Chris Wood (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luke Ayling with a through ball.
  2. 59' Substitution, Leeds United. Kalvin Phillips replaces Eunan O'Kane.
  3. 62' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Maikel Kieftenbeld.
  4. 63' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Leeds United 1. Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  5. 67' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Leeds United 2. Chris Wood (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kalvin Phillips.
  6. 73' Substitution, Leeds United. Alfonso replaces Stuart Dallas.
  7. 78' David Davis (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 81' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Leeds United 3. Alfonso (Leeds United) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pablo Hernández following a fast break.
  9. 82' Substitution, Leeds United. Kemar Roofe replaces Pablo Hernández.
  10. 82' Substitution, Birmingham City. Kerim Frei replaces Cheick Keita.
  11. 89' Substitution, Birmingham City. Jerome Sinclair replaces Che Adams.
  12. 90'+3' Robert Tesche (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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