English League Championship

FT Sunday, April 15, 2018
Birmingham City WWWDL 0
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Wolverhampton Wanderers WWDWW 2
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Molineux Stadium · 29,536 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Wolves celebrate Premier League promotion with win over Birmingham

Wolves celebrated their promotion to the Premier League in style with a 2-0 Sky Bet Championship win against 10-man Birmingham at Molineux.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
4
23.1
Possession
76.9
9
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
167
Accurate Passes
766
244
Passes
849
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
0
15
Crosses
9
0.1
Cross %
0.0
54
Long Balls
80
24
Accurate Long Balls
58
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
9
14
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
9
Effective Clearances
19
9
Clearances
19

Head to Head

WOL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WOL · 3-4-3

  1. 21John RuddyG
  2. 16Conor CoadyCD
  3. 15Willy BolyCD-L
  4. 5Ryan BennettCD-R
  5. 8Rúben NevesCM-L
  6. 27Romain SaïssCM-R
  7. 3Barry DouglasLM
  8. 2Matt DohertyRM
  9. 18Diogo JotaF
  10. 7Ivan CavaleiroCF-L
  11. 17Hélder CostaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Morgan Gibbs-WhiteSUB
  2. 33Léo BonatiniSUB
  3. 19Benik AfobeSUB
  4. 31Will NorrisSUB
  5. 4Alfred N'DiayeSUB
  6. 6Danny BatthSUB
  7. 30Kortney HauseSUB

BIR · 4-4-1-1

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 12Harlee DeanCD-L
  3. 28Michael MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Jonathan GroundsLB
  5. 45Wes HardingRB
  6. 6Maikel KieftenbeldCM-L
  7. 17Cheikh N'DoyeCM-R
  8. 27JotaLM
  9. 5Maxime ColinRM
  10. 10Lukas JutkiewiczF
  11. 26David DavisRCF

Substitutes

  1. 29Tomasz KuszczakSUB
  2. 8Craig GardnerSUB
  3. 25Joshua Dacres-CogleySUB
  4. 49Beryly LubulaSUB
  5. 21Jason LoweSUB
  6. 4Marc RobertsSUB
  7. 19Jacques MaghomaSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Léo Bonatini replaces Ivan Cavaleiro because of an injury.
  2. 21' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Birmingham City 0. Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matt Doherty.
  3. 33' Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 43' Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 52' Harlee Dean (Birmingham City) is shown the red card.
  6. 54' Substitution, Birmingham City. Marc Roberts replaces Maikel Kieftenbeld.
  7. 62' Substitution, Birmingham City. Jacques Maghoma replaces Jonathan Grounds.
  8. 70' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Alfred N'Diaye replaces Rúben Neves.
  9. 74' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Benik Afobe replaces Diogo Jota.
  10. 78' Substitution, Birmingham City. Craig Gardner replaces Cheikh Ndoye.
  11. 87' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Birmingham City 0. Benik Afobe (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Alfred N'Diaye with a through ball.

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