Sunderland vs Birmingham City, 2017-18 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship

Sunderland

21': Lewis Grabban

FT
1 - 1

Birmingham City

16': Sam Gallagher
67': Sam Gallagher

Sunderland and Birmingham play out draw

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
1': Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
1': Foul by George Honeyman (Sunderland).
3': Foul by Craig Gardner (Birmingham City).
3': George Honeyman (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
4': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Michael Morrison.
5': Attempt missed. James Vaughan (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Donald Love.
5': Attempt blocked. Darron Gibson (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Vaughan.
6': Foul by Lynden Gooch (Sunderland).
6': Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
6': Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Attempt missed. Jeremie Boga (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Craig Gardner.
8': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Tyias Browning.
8': Attempt saved. Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Craig Gardner with a cross.
10': Attempt missed. Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
10': Attempt missed. Lewis Grabban (Sunderland) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Donald Love.
11': Foul by Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City).
11': Tyias Browning (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Offside, Sunderland. George Honeyman tries a through ball, but Lewis Grabban is caught offside.
13': Donald Love (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
13': Foul by Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City).
14': Foul by Craig Gardner (Birmingham City).
14': James Vaughan (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
16': Attempt blocked. Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Craig Gardner.
16': Goal! Sunderland 0, Birmingham City 1. Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
18': Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
18': Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Attempt missed. Lewis Grabban (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Donald Love.
21': Attempt missed. Donald Love (Sunderland) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lewis Grabban.
21': Goal! Sunderland 1, Birmingham City 1. Lewis Grabban (Sunderland) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Donald Love.
25': Attempt missed. James Vaughan (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
26': Foul by George Honeyman (Sunderland).
26': Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Attempt blocked. Jota (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Craig Gardner.
28': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Marc Wilson.
30': Foul by Michael Morrison (Birmingham City).
30': James Vaughan (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
31': Attempt blocked. Darron Gibson (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
31': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Craig Gardner.
33': Attempt saved. Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jota.
33': Attempt saved. Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Maxime Colin with a cross.
34': Attempt blocked. Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Matthews.
34': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Craig Gardner.
36': Offside, Birmingham City. Jonathan Grounds tries a through ball, but Jeremie Boga is caught offside.
37': Attempt blocked. Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jota.
38': Attempt blocked. Jeremie Boga (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jota.
39': Attempt missed. Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Maxime Colin with a cross.
40': Attempt missed. Lewis Grabban (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by George Honeyman.
42': Attempt saved. Jota (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Maxime Colin.
45': Foul by Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City).
45': Marc Wilson (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Foul by James Vaughan (Sunderland).
45'+1': Harlee Dean (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Gallagher.
45'+2': First Half ends, Sunderland 1, Birmingham City 1.
45': Second Half begins Sunderland 1, Birmingham City 1.
46': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Michael Morrison.
46': Attempt blocked. Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
50': Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
50': Foul by Marc Wilson (Sunderland).
51': Attempt missed. Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
52': Foul by Darron Gibson (Sunderland).
52': Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54': Attempt missed. James Vaughan (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lewis Grabban.
55': Attempt blocked. Jeremie Boga (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonathan Grounds.
56': Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) has gone down, but that's a dive.
56': Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
57': Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Foul by James Vaughan (Sunderland).
57': Attempt missed. Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Craig Gardner.
58': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by David Stockdale.
59': Offside, Sunderland. Lewis Grabban tries a through ball, but George Honeyman is caught offside.
60': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds.
61': Attempt saved. Marc Wilson (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by George Honeyman with a cross.
62': Adam Matthews (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Foul by Jota (Birmingham City).
63': Foul by George Honeyman (Sunderland).
63': Jota (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
64': Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
64': Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
64': Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
65': Foul by Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City).
65': Marc Wilson (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
66': Attempt saved. Darron Gibson (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
67': Foul by Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City).
67': James Vaughan (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Second yellow card to Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) for a bad foul.
71': Attempt missed. George Honeyman (Sunderland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lewis Grabban with a through ball.
73': Attempt missed. Lewis Grabban (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by George Honeyman with a headed pass.
74': Substitution, Sunderland. Didier Ndong replaces Darron Gibson.
74': Substitution, Sunderland. Josh Maja replaces Lewis Grabban.
75': Substitution, Sunderland. Joel Asoro replaces James Vaughan.
79': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jacques Maghoma replaces Jeremie Boga.
80': Substitution, Birmingham City. David Davis replaces Jota.
80': Foul by Harlee Dean (Birmingham City).
80': Josh Maja (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
80': Harlee Dean (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
81': Attempt saved. Adam Matthews (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
82': Hand ball by Josh Maja (Sunderland).
84': Foul by Joel Asoro (Sunderland).
84': Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Attempt blocked. Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by George Honeyman.
86': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Cheikh Ndoye.
88': Attempt blocked. Adam Matthews (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lynden Gooch.
88': Foul by Marc Wilson (Sunderland).
88': Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+1': Foul by Donald Love (Sunderland).
90'+1': Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Foul by Joel Asoro (Sunderland).
90'+2': Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
90'+4': Foul by Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City).
90'+4': Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Sunderland 1, Birmingham City 1.
90'+5': Match ends, Sunderland 1, Birmingham City 1.

Statistics

BIR		SUN
15	Fouls	13
3	Yellow Cards	0
1	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
2	Corner Kicks	6
3	Saves	4
47.2	Possession	52.8
16	SHOTS	19
5	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
288	Accurate Passes	307
370	Passes	409
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	4
15	Crosses	21
0.3	Cross %	0.2
76	Long Balls	77
41	Accurate Long Balls	27
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
6	Blocked Shots	6
6	Effective Tackles	14
8	Tackles	20
0.8	Tackle %	0.7
0	Interceptions	0
31	Effective Clearances	20
31	Clearances	20

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Stadium of Light
Location: Sunderland, England
Attendance: 29,312

EFL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	West Ham United	6	+5	11
2	Swansea City	6	+4	11
3	Middlesbrough	5	+3	10
4	Queens Park Rangers	5	+3	10

Full Table

Line-Ups

Sunderland (5-3-2)

No.	Name
25	Robbin Ruiter (GK)
16	John O'Shea
36	Marc Wilson
18	Jiang Guangtai
21	Adam Matthews
22	Donald Love
24	Darron Gibson
26	George Honeyman
27	Lynden Gooch
9	James Vaughan
11	Lewis Grabban

Sunderland Substitutes:

Callum McManaman, Didier N'Dong, Aiden McGeady, Joel Asoro, Jason Steele, Josh Maja, Bryan Oviedo.

Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
13	David Stockdale (GK)
12	Harlee Dean
28	Michael Morrison
3	Jonathan Grounds
5	Maxime Colin
17	Cheikh N'Doye
6	Maikel Kieftenbeld
8	Craig Gardner
18	Sam Gallagher
20	Jérémie Boga
27	Jota

Birmingham City Substitutes:

Connal Trueman, Jacques Maghoma, David Davis, Cohen Bramall, Stephen Gleeson, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Emilio Nsue.

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