Birmingham City vs Brentford, 2016-17 English League Championship, 2016/2017 English League Championship
· English League Championship
FT
1 - 3
1 - 3
Brentford fightback leaves Gianfranco Zola with the Blues
Brentford fightback leaves Gianfranco Zola with the Blues
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 1': Che Adams (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 1': Foul by John Egan (Brentford).
- 2': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by John Egan.
- 2': Attempt missed. Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by David Cotterill with a cross following a corner.
- 5': Offside, Birmingham City. Robert Tesche tries a through ball, but David Cotterill is caught offside.
- 7': Offside, Birmingham City. Jonathan Spector tries a through ball, but Lukas Jutkiewicz is caught offside.
- 10': Attempt saved. Scott Hogan (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lasse Vibe.
- 13': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Jonathan Spector.
- 14': David Cotterill (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Josh McEachran (Brentford).
- 15': Attempt missed. David Cotterill (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 16': David Cotterill (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 16': Foul by Andreas Bjelland (Brentford).
- 16': Andreas Bjelland (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 18': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Ryan Shotton.
- 19': Attempt missed. Che Adams (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lukas Jutkiewicz with a through ball.
- 19': Foul by Che Adams (Birmingham City).
- 19': Ryan Woods (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Attempt missed. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers.
- 21': Attempt missed. Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
- 23': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Brentford 0. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Che Adams with a through ball.
- 26': Attempt saved. Che Adams (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Cotterill with a cross.
- 28': Andreas Bjelland (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
- 28': Attempt blocked. Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lasse Vibe.
- 28': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by David Davis.
- 28': Attempt missed. Yoann Barbet (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 29': Attempt blocked. Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lukas Jutkiewicz.
- 30': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Yoann Barbet.
- 32': Attempt blocked. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 32': Attempt saved. Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lukas Jutkiewicz.
- 32': Foul by Robert Tesche (Birmingham City).
- 32': Maxime Colin (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Robert Tesche (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 33': Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yoann Barbet.
- 33': Attempt missed. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
- 36': Attempt missed. Ryan Woods (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 38': Foul by Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City).
- 38': Maxime Colin (Brentford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 41': Daniel Bentley (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
- 43': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds.
- 45': Che Adams (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Andreas Bjelland (Brentford).
- 45'+1': Foul by Harlee Dean (Brentford).
- 45'+1': Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Birmingham City 1, Brentford 0.
- 0': Match ends, Birmingham City 1, Brentford 3.
- 45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 1, Brentford 0.
- 47': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Robert Tesche.
- 49': Offside, Brentford. Romaine Sawyers tries a through ball, but Scott Hogan is caught offside.
- 50': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Tomasz Kuszczak.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Yoann Barbet (Brentford) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lasse Vibe.
- 54': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Brentford 1. Scott Hogan (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner.
- 55': Foul by Andreas Bjelland (Brentford).
- 55': Robert Tesche (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 56': Attempt saved. David Cotterill (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 56': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Daniel Bentley.
- 57': Penalty Brentford. Lasse Vibe draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 57': Penalty conceded by Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 57': Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 58': Penalty saved! Scott Hogan (Brentford) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
- 58': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Tomasz Kuszczak.
- 62': Foul by John Egan (Brentford).
- 62': Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 62': Substitution, Birmingham City. Maikel Kieftenbeld replaces Jacques Maghoma.
- 63': Foul by David Davis (Birmingham City).
- 63': Ryan Woods (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 64': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by John Egan.
- 65': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Josh McEachran.
- 67': John Egan (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 67': Substitution, Brentford. Nico Yennaris replaces Josh McEachran.
- 72': Foul by Jonathan Spector (Birmingham City).
- 72': Lasse Vibe (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 73': Attempt missed. Andreas Bjelland (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Woods with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 73': Own Goal by David Davis, Birmingham City. Birmingham City 1, Brentford 2.
- 74': Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
- 74': John Egan (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Substitution, Birmingham City. Greg Stewart replaces Robert Tesche.
- 77': Attempt missed. Greg Stewart (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Maikel Kieftenbeld.
- 83': Substitution, Birmingham City. Viv Solomon-Otabor replaces David Cotterill.
- 83': Substitution, Brentford. Konstantin Kerschbaumer replaces Lasse Vibe.
- 85': Attempt blocked. Viv Solomon-Otabor (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Che Adams.
- 85': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ryan Woods.
- 85': Attempt missed. Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Greg Stewart with a cross following a corner.
- 86': Foul by Scott Hogan (Brentford).
- 86': Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Brentford 3. Nico Yennaris (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Andreas Bjelland.
- 90': Attempt blocked. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Che Adams.
- 90': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Andreas Bjelland.
- 90': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Harlee Dean.
- 90': Attempt missed. Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Greg Stewart with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+3': Substitution, Brentford. Philipp Hofmann replaces Scott Hogan.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Jonathan Spector (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Greg Stewart.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 1, Brentford 3.
Statistics
 BRE |
BIR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 9 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 3 | Saves | 2 |
| 48.1 | Possession | 51.9 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 262 | Accurate Passes | 290 |
| 396 | Passes | 420 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 12 | Crosses | 22 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 85 | Long Balls | 75 |
| 29 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 16 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 22 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 28 | Effective Clearances | 20 |
| 28 | Clearances | 20 |
Game Information
Competition: English League Championship
Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 18,030
Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 18,030
EFL Championship Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Ham United | 7 | +11 | 14 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 7 | +6 | 14 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 7 | +3 | 14 |
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 6 | +4 | 13 |
Line-Ups
Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 29 | Tomasz Kuszczak (GK) |
| 5 | Ryan Shotton  |
| 28 | Michael Morrison |
| 3 | Jonathan Grounds |
| 23 | Jonathan Spector |
| 14 | Ché Adams |
| 26 | David Davis |
| 7 | Robert Tesche |
| 15 | Lukas Jutkiewicz |
| 19 | Jacques Maghoma |
| 11 | David Cotterill |
Brentford (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Bentley (GK) |
| 6 | Harlee Dean |
| 5 | Andreas Bjelland |
| 14 | John Egan |
| 10 | Josh McEachran |
| 15 | Ryan Woods |
| 19 | Romaine Sawyers |
| 29 | Yoann Barbet |
| 2 | Maxime Colin |
| 9 | Scott Hogan |
| 21 | Lasse Vibe |
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