English League Championship

FT Monday, December 4, 2017
Wolverhampton Wanderers WWWWW 1
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Birmingham City LLWLD 0
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WOL101
BIR000
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park · 19,641 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

Nick Potts/PA Wire

Wolves win at Birmingham to restore four-point lead at top

Leo Bonatini reopened Wolves' four-point lead at the top of the Championship by scoring the only goal of a 1-0 derby win at 10-man Birmingham.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
4
56.2
Possession
43.8
9
SHOTS
6
5
ON GOAL
0
0.6
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
446
Accurate Passes
321
545
Passes
415
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
6
10
Crosses
20
0.0
Cross %
0.3
58
Long Balls
79
31
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
8
20
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
16
16
Clearances
16

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

BIR · 3-4-3

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 28Michael MorrisonCD
  3. 12Harlee DeanCD-L
  4. 4Marc RobertsCD-R
  5. 17Cheikh N'DoyeCM-L
  6. 6Maikel KieftenbeldCM-R
  7. 3Jonathan GroundsLM
  8. 2Emilio NsueRM
  9. 10Lukas JutkiewiczF
  10. 27JotaCF-L
  11. 20Jérémie BogaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Ché AdamsSUB
  2. 19Jacques MaghomaSUB
  3. 50Stephen GleesonSUB
  4. 39Connal TruemanSUB
  5. 23David CotterillSUB
  6. 26David DavisSUB
  7. 18Sam GallagherSUB

WOL · 3-4-3

  1. 21John RuddyG
  2. 16Conor CoadyCD
  3. 15Willy BolyCD-L
  4. 5Ryan BennettCD-R
  5. 4Alfred N'DiayeCM-L
  6. 27Romain SaïssCM-R
  7. 3Barry DouglasLM
  8. 2Matt DohertyRM
  9. 33Léo BonatiniF
  10. 18Diogo JotaCF-L
  11. 7Ivan CavaleiroCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Danny BatthSUB
  2. 17Hélder CostaSUB
  3. 19Jack PriceSUB
  4. 31Will NorrisSUB
  5. 29Ruben VinagreSUB
  6. 26Bright EnobakhareSUB
  7. 25Roderick MirandaSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Birmingham City 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Léo Bonatini (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 12' Marc Roberts (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Birmingham City. Stephen Gleeson replaces Jota.
  4. 61' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hélder Costa replaces Ivan Cavaleiro.
  5. 67' Alfred N'Diaye (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 68' Substitution, Birmingham City. Che Adams replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz.
  7. 75' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jack Price replaces Léo Bonatini.
  8. 77' Harlee Dean (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 80' Substitution, Birmingham City. David Davis replaces Cheikh Ndoye.
  10. 80' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Bright Enobakhare replaces Romain Saiss because of an injury.
  11. 83' Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 83' Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 83' Second yellow card to Harlee Dean (Birmingham City).

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