English League Championship

FT Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Reading LLLWW 1
–
Birmingham City DDLDL 0
1st2ndT
REA011
BIR000
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park · 16,672 att.

Match Report

Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
1
58.8
Possession
41.2
7
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
361
Accurate Passes
219
470
Passes
318
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
7
8
Crosses
18
0.1
Cross %
0.4
110
Long Balls
61
48
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
6
13
Effective Tackles
10
16
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
10
21
Clearances
10

Head to Head

BIR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BIR · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tomasz KuszczakG
  2. 4Paul RobinsonCD-L
  3. 5Ryan ShottonCD-R
  4. 3Jonathan GroundsLB
  5. 25Josh CogleyRB
  6. 8Stephen GleesonCM
  7. 12Craig GardnerLM
  8. 26David DavisRM
  9. 15Lukas JutkiewiczF
  10. 21Kerim FreiLF
  11. 14Ché AdamsRF

Substitutes

  1. 20Greg StewartSUB
  2. 1Adam LegzdinsSUB
  3. 28Michael MorrisonSUB
  4. 33Cheick KeitaSUB
  5. 6Maikel KieftenbeldSUB
  6. 7Robert TescheSUB
  7. 2Emilio NsueSUB

REA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 26Ali Al-HabsiG
  2. 16Liam MooreCD
  3. 24Tyler BlackettCD-L
  4. 2Chris GunterCD-R
  5. 6George EvansCM-L
  6. 38Liam KellyCM-R
  7. 8John SwiftAM
  8. 11Jordan ObitaLM
  9. 23Daniel WilliamsRM
  10. 7Roy BeerensCF-L
  11. 12Garath McClearyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Sandro WieserSUB
  2. 25Adrian PopaSUB
  3. 9Joseph MendesSUB
  4. 31Anssi JaakkolaSUB
  5. 30Tennai WatsonSUB
  6. 19Yakou MeiteSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Birmingham City. Michael Morrison replaces Ryan Shotton.
  2. 56' Stephen Gleeson (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 56' Garath McCleary (Reading) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 71' Substitution, Reading. Yakou Meite replaces Garath McCleary.
  5. 77' Goal! Birmingham City 0, Reading 1. John Swift (Reading) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Obita.
  6. 83' Substitution, Birmingham City. Greg Stewart replaces David Davis.
  7. 84' Substitution, Reading. Joseph Mendes replaces Roy Beerens.
  8. 90'+2' Yakou Meite (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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