Brentford vs Birmingham City, 2016-17 English League Championship, 2016/2017 English League Championship

· English League Championship

Brentford

77': Scott Hogan

FT
1 - 2

Birmingham City

14': Clayton Donaldson (P)
63': Ryan Shotton

Clayton Donaldson haunts former club as Birmingham win at Brentford

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
1': Foul by Romaine Sawyers (Brentford).
1': Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': David Cotterill (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
4': Foul by Maxime Colin (Brentford).
7': Attempt missed. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by David Cotterill with a cross.
9': Foul by Josh Cogley (Birmingham City).
9': Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
10': Attempt missed. Yoann Barbet (Brentford) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Woods following a set piece situation.
10': Attempt blocked. Nico Yennaris (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Woods.
11': Attempt missed. Maxime Colin (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yoann Barbet with a cross.
13': Penalty Birmingham City. Clayton Donaldson draws a foul in the penalty area.
13': Penalty conceded by Daniel Bentley (Brentford) after a foul in the penalty area.
13': Daniel Bentley (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
14': Goal! Brentford 0, Birmingham City 1. Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
18': Offside, Brentford. Yoann Barbet tries a through ball, but Scott Hogan is caught offside.
20': Attempt saved. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yoann Barbet.
20': David Cotterill (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
20': Foul by John Egan (Brentford).
20': John Egan (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
21': Attempt saved. David Cotterill (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
22': Attempt blocked. Scott Hogan (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nico Yennaris.
22': Attempt missed. Nico Yennaris (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Maxime Colin.
23': Attempt saved. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nico Yennaris.
23': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Tomasz Kuszczak.
26': Offside, Birmingham City. David Davis tries a through ball, but Clayton Donaldson is caught offside.
26': Attempt blocked. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yoann Barbet.
26': Foul by Lasse Vibe (Brentford).
26': Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds.
29': Attempt blocked. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Scott Hogan.
29': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Maikel Kieftenbeld.
30': Attempt missed. Robert Tesche (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
31': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds.
31': Attempt blocked. Yoann Barbet (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Woods.
31': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Josh Cogley.
32': Foul by Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City).
32': John Egan (Brentford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
33': Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
33': John Egan (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
35': Attempt blocked. Ryan Woods (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers.
43': Attempt missed. Ryan Woods (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yoann Barbet.
43': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Ryan Shotton.
45'+3': First Half ends, Brentford 0, Birmingham City 1.
0': Match ends, Brentford 1, Birmingham City 2.
45': Second Half begins Brentford 0, Birmingham City 1.
47': Attempt missed. Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Maikel Kieftenbeld.
47': Foul by David Cotterill (Birmingham City).
47': Yoann Barbet (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
48': David Cotterill (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
50': Hand ball by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
50': Attempt blocked. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Woods.
52': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Ryan Shotton.
53': Attempt saved. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Maxime Colin.
53': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Tomasz Kuszczak.
55': Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Foul by John Egan (Brentford).
56': Andreas Bjelland (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
56': Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
57': Attempt missed. David Davis (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
57': Attempt saved. Maxime Colin (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
57': Attempt saved. Scott Hogan (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
58': Attempt missed. Nico Yennaris (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
59': Attempt missed. Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
61': Foul by Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City).
61': Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
62': Substitution, Brentford. Sullay Kaikai replaces Romaine Sawyers.
62': Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
62': Foul by John Egan (Brentford).
63': Goal! Brentford 0, Birmingham City 2. Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Clayton Donaldson with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
64': Substitution, Birmingham City. Reece Brown replaces David Cotterill.
64': Substitution, Birmingham City. Che Adams replaces Robert Tesche.
67': Foul by Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City).
67': Ryan Woods (Brentford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
68': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by John Egan.
69': Attempt missed. Reece Brown (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jonathan Grounds following a corner.
69': Attempt saved. Sullay Kaikai (Brentford) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Scott Hogan with a cross.
71': Attempt saved. Scott Hogan (Brentford) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Woods with a cross.
71': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Tomasz Kuszczak.
71': Substitution, Brentford. Josh McEachran replaces Yoann Barbet.
71': Substitution, Brentford. Josh Clarke replaces Lasse Vibe.
73': Foul by Nico Yennaris (Brentford).
73': Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Foul by Che Adams (Birmingham City).
73': Josh Clarke (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
75': Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Foul by Maxime Colin (Brentford).
77': Goal! Brentford 1, Birmingham City 2. Scott Hogan (Brentford) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Clarke.
80': Foul by David Davis (Birmingham City).
80': Josh McEachran (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': David Davis (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83': Substitution, Birmingham City. Paul Robinson replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz.
86': Attempt saved. Che Adams (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Davis.
87': Attempt saved. Josh Clarke (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh McEachran.
87': Offside, Brentford. Andreas Bjelland tries a through ball, but Scott Hogan is caught offside.
88': Foul by Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City).
88': Harlee Dean (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Attempt missed. Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
90': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Andreas Bjelland.
90'+2': Attempt saved. Sullay Kaikai (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josh McEachran.
90'+3': Attempt blocked. Che Adams (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Shotton.
90'+5': Foul by Maxime Colin (Brentford).
90'+5': Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Brentford 1, Birmingham City 2.

Statistics

BIR		BRE
11	Fouls	10
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
2	Corner Kicks	9
10	Saves	3
36.4	Possession	63.6
12	SHOTS	22
5	ON GOAL	11
0.4	On Target %	0.5
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
200	Accurate Passes	418
308	Passes	534
0.6	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	6
14	Crosses	26
0.3	Cross %	0.2
82	Long Balls	96
30	Accurate Long Balls	49
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
0	Blocked Shots	6
12	Effective Tackles	12
19	Tackles	20
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
0	Interceptions	0
39	Effective Clearances	12
39	Clearances	12

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Griffin Park
Location: Brentford, England
Attendance: 10,925

EFL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	West Ham United	7	+11	14
2	Swansea City	7	+6	14
3	Middlesbrough	7	+4	14
4	West Bromwich Albion	7	+3	14

Full Table

Line-Ups

Brentford (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Daniel Bentley (GK)
6	Harlee Dean
5	Andreas Bjelland
14	John Egan
8	Li Ke
15	Ryan Woods
19	Romaine Sawyers
29	Yoann Barbet
2	Maxime Colin
9	Scott Hogan
21	Lasse Vibe

Brentford Substitutes:

Tom Field, Jack Bonham, Philipp Hofmann, Konstantin Kerschbaumer, Sullay Kaikai, Josh Clarke, Josh McEachran.

Birmingham City (4-4-2)

No.	Name
29	Tomasz Kuszczak (GK)
5	Ryan Shotton
28	Michael Morrison
3	Jonathan Grounds
25	Josh Cogley
6	Maikel Kieftenbeld
7	Robert Tesche
11	David Cotterill
26	David Davis
9	Clayton Donaldson
15	Lukas Jutkiewicz

Birmingham City Substitutes:

Reece Brown, Ché Adams, Greg Stewart, Adam Legzdins, Jacques Maghoma, Paul Robinson, Diego Fabbrini.

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