English League Championship

FT Friday, February 24, 2017
Birmingham City LWLLL 2
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Wolverhampton Wanderers WLLLL 1
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WOL011
Molineux Stadium · 27,541 att.

Match Report

Birmingham ease pressure on boss Gianfranco Zola with win at struggling Wolves

Birmingham ease pressure on boss Gianfranco Zola with win at struggling Wolves

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
13
5
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
10
1
Saves
1
39.3
Possession
60.7
8
SHOTS
19
3
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
136
Accurate Passes
248
246
Passes
347
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
14
13
Crosses
48
0.2
Cross %
0.3
75
Long Balls
77
13
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.2
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
7
14
Effective Tackles
6
26
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
62
Effective Clearances
37
62
Clearances
37

Head to Head

WOL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

WOL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Carl IkemeG
  2. 5Richard StearmanCD-L
  3. 6Danny BatthCD-R
  4. 2Matt DohertyLB
  5. 16Conor CoadyRB
  6. 4David EdwardsAM
  7. 8George SavilleLM
  8. 19Jack PriceRM
  9. 22Jón BödvarssonF
  10. 63Andreas WeimannAM-L
  11. 17Hélder CostaAM-R

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

Timeline

  1. 27' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Birmingham City 1. Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 31' Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 32' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Birmingham City 2. David Davis (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner.
  4. 41' Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 43' Josh Cogley (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nouha Dicko replaces George Saville.
  7. 50' Cheick Keita (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 53' Paul Robinson (Birmingham City) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  9. 55' Substitution, Birmingham City. Krystian Bielik replaces Craig Gardner.
  10. 73' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Birmingham City 2. Nouha Dicko (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hélder Costa with a cross.
  11. 77' Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 78' Substitution, Birmingham City. Greg Stewart replaces Nsue.
  13. 79' Greg Stewart (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 88' Tomasz Kuszczak (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.

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