Birmingham City vs Aston Villa, 2017-18 English League Championship, Regular Season
· English League ChampionshipBirmingham City and Aston Villa in derby stalemate
With Villa chasing promotion and Birmingham battling to pull away from the relegation zone, there was a lot more than local pride at stake.
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 2': Attempt missed. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ahmed El Mohamady with a cross.
- 3': Attempt blocked. Jota (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maxime Colin.
- 4': Foul by Isaac Vassell (Birmingham City).
- 4': James Chester (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City).
- 6': Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Albert Adomah (Aston Villa).
- 7': Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Hand ball by Isaac Vassell (Birmingham City).
- 8': Attempt saved. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ahmed El Mohamady.
- 9': Foul by Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa).
- 9': Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 12': Attempt blocked. Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 13': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by David Davis.
- 14': Delay in match (Aston Villa).
- 14': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 14': Attempt saved. John Terry (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Robert Snodgrass with a cross.
- 16': Robert Snodgrass (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
- 16': Che Adams (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
- 18': Hand ball by David Davis (Birmingham City).
- 19': Attempt blocked. Jota (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cheikh Ndoye.
- 21': Offside, Birmingham City. Che Adams tries a through ball, but Cheikh Ndoye is caught offside.
- 22': Foul by Josh Onomah (Aston Villa).
- 22': Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by Isaac Vassell (Birmingham City).
- 23': John Terry (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City).
- 23': Robert Snodgrass (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Che Adams (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 27': Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
- 27': Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 28': Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa).
- 30': Attempt saved. Jota (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Isaac Vassell.
- 35': David Davis (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Josh Onomah (Aston Villa).
- 36': Delay in match Isaac Vassell (Birmingham City) because of an injury.
- 37': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 38': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Alan Hutton.
- 39': Attempt saved. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Roberts with a cross.
- 40': Attempt saved. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 41': Delay in match Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa) because of an injury.
- 41': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 43': Offside, Aston Villa. Alan Hutton tries a through ball, but Josh Onomah is caught offside.
- 45': Delay in match Isaac Vassell (Birmingham City) because of an injury.
- 45'+1': Substitution, Birmingham City. Sam Gallagher replaces Isaac Vassell because of an injury.
- 45'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'+3': Foul by Josh Onomah (Aston Villa).
- 45'+3': Jota (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+4': Attempt blocked. Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Aston Villa 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 0, Aston Villa 0.
- 46': Foul by Josh Onomah (Aston Villa).
- 46': Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 47': Delay in match (Birmingham City).
- 47': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 48': Attempt missed. Jota (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
- 51': Foul by Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City).
- 51': Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Delay in match Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa) because of an injury.
- 52': Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 54': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 54': Attempt missed. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
- 57': Foul by Robert Snodgrass (Aston Villa).
- 57': Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Che Adams (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 58': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Conor Hourihane.
- 58': Attempt missed. Marc Roberts (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jota with a cross following a corner.
- 58': Attempt missed. Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marc Roberts following a corner.
- 59': Foul by David Davis (Birmingham City).
- 59': Robert Snodgrass (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Substitution, Aston Villa. Mile Jedinak replaces Robert Snodgrass.
- 61': Attempt missed. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ahmed El Mohamady with a cross.
- 61': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by James Chester.
- 63': Attempt saved. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Albert Adomah with a cross.
- 63': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Tomasz Kuszczak.
- 64': Delay in match (Birmingham City).
- 64': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 64': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by David Davis.
- 65': Attempt missed. Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Conor Hourihane with a cross following a corner.
- 66': Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
- 66': Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 66': Attempt missed. John Terry (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Conor Hourihane with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 67': Ahmed El Mohamady (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City).
- 71': Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa).
- 74': Substitution, Aston Villa. Keinan Davis replaces Conor Hourihane.
- 74': Foul by Marc Roberts (Birmingham City).
- 74': Keinan Davis (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 74': Marc Roberts (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 75': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jota.
- 76': David Davis (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 76': Foul by Josh Onomah (Aston Villa).
- 76': Josh Onomah (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
- 78': Attempt saved. Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Keinan Davis with a through ball.
- 78': Keinan Davis (Aston Villa) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the box.
- 78': Attempt missed. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 79': Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Keinan Davis.
- 80': Delay in match Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) because of an injury.
- 81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 81': Substitution, Aston Villa. Scott Hogan replaces Jonathan Kodjia because of an injury.
- 82': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jeremie Boga replaces Jota.
- 82': Che Adams (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 82': Foul by James Chester (Aston Villa).
- 83': Attempt blocked. Che Adams (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marc Roberts.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 87': Foul by Scott Hogan (Aston Villa).
- 87': Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Foul by Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa).
- 88': Jeremie Boga (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 89': Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
- 89': Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by David Davis (Birmingham City).
- 90': Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Che Adams.
- 90'+3': Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
- 90'+3': Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Foul by Marc Roberts (Birmingham City).
- 90'+5': Keinan Davis (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Albert Adomah (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Aston Villa 0.
- 90'+6': Match ends, Birmingham City 0, Aston Villa 0.
Statistics
 AVL |
BIR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 16 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 3 | Saves | 4 |
| 45.8 | Possession | 54.2 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 163 | Accurate Passes | 214 |
| 270 | Passes | 329 |
| 0.6 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 7 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 20 | Crosses | 15 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 75 | Long Balls | 72 |
| 18 | Accurate Long Balls | 27 |
| 0.2 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 8 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 11 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.9 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 48 | Effective Clearances | 44 |
| 48 | Clearances | 44 |
Game Information
Competition: English League Championship
Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 24,408
Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 24,408
EFL Championship Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 6 | +3 | 13 |
| 2 | West Ham United | 6 | +5 | 11 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 6 | +4 | 11 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 6 | +3 | 11 |
Line-Ups
Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 29 | Tomasz Kuszczak (GK) |
| 4 | Marc Roberts  |
| 28 | Michael Morrison |
| 3 | Jonathan Grounds |
| 5 | Maxime Colin |
| 17 | Cheikh N'Doye |
| 6 | Maikel Kieftenbeld |
| 26 | David Davis |
| 11 | Isaac Vassell |
| 14 | Ché Adams |
| 27 | Jota |
Aston Villa (4-4-1-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Johnstone (GK) |
| 26 | John Terry |
| 5 | James Chester |
| 21 | Alan Hutton |
| 27 | Ahmed Elmohamady |
| 14 | Conor Hourihane |
| 6 | Glenn Whelan |
| 37 | Albert Adomah |
| 7 | Robert Snodgrass |
| 22 | Jonathan Kodjia |
| 18 | Josh Onomah |
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