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

· English League Championship

Leeds United

17': Samu Sáiz
90'+2': Stuart Dallas

FT
2 - 0

Birmingham City

Leeds United 2-0 Birmingham City

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
2': Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
2': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
3': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Vurnon Anita.
5': Attempt blocked. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Gallagher.
8': Foul by Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City).
8': Samuel Sáiz (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
8': Attempt missed. Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
9': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Michael Morrison.
10': Attempt missed. Samuel Sáiz (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
11': Hand ball by Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City).
13': Foul by Vurnon Anita (Leeds United).
13': Jota (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Luke Ayling.
14': Attempt missed. Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) header from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jota with a cross following a corner.
15': Attempt blocked. Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nsue with a cross.
15': Attempt blocked. Samuel Sáiz (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kalvin Phillips.
16': Attempt missed. Pablo Hernández (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Eunan O'Kane with a headed pass.
16': Attempt missed. Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
16': Foul by Eunan O'Kane (Leeds United).
16': Jason Lowe (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Attempt saved. Pierre-Michel Lasogga (Leeds United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eunan O'Kane.
17': Goal! Leeds United 1, Birmingham City 0. Samuel Sáiz (Leeds United) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
19': Attempt missed. Pierre-Michel Lasogga (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Samuel Sáiz with a cross.
20': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
20': Samuel Sáiz (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Attempt missed. Jeremie Boga (Birmingham City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the left. Assisted by Maxime Colin.
23': Attempt missed. Pablo Hernández (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Samuel Sáiz with a cross.
25': Foul by Pierre-Michel Lasogga (Leeds United).
25': Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Foul by Jota (Birmingham City).
28': Vurnon Anita (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Vurnon Anita.
31': Attempt blocked. Pablo Hernández (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuel Sáiz.
32': Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Foul by Jason Lowe (Birmingham City).
35': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
35': Luke Ayling (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Attempt missed. David Davis (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nsue.
41': Foul by Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City).
41': Liam Cooper (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
43': Attempt blocked. Jota (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nsue.
43': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Liam Cooper.
44': Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Gallagher with a headed pass.
45'+1': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Luke Ayling.
45'+1': Attempt saved. Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jota with a cross.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Pierre-Michel Lasogga (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pablo Hernández.
45'+2': First Half ends, Leeds United 1, Birmingham City 0.
45': Second Half begins Leeds United 1, Birmingham City 0.
47': Attempt missed. Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jeremie Boga with a cross.
47': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Eunan O'Kane.
48': Offside, Birmingham City. Harlee Dean tries a through ball, but Sam Gallagher is caught offside.
49': Eunan O'Kane (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Foul by David Davis (Birmingham City).
51': Attempt blocked. Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuel Sáiz.
53': Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
53': Foul by Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City).
53': Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
55': Attempt blocked. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nsue with a cross.
56': Offside, Leeds United. Pablo Hernández tries a through ball, but Pierre-Michel Lasogga is caught offside.
60': Substitution, Leeds United. Kemar Roofe replaces Ezgjan Alioski.
61': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Eunan O'Kane.
61': Attempt saved. Nsue (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
63': David Davis (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
63': Foul by Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United).
63': Attempt missed. Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by David Davis with a through ball following a set piece situation.
63': Delay in match Liam Cooper (Leeds United) because of an injury.
65': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
66': Foul by Samuel Sáiz (Leeds United).
66': Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Attempt saved. Samuel Sáiz (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eunan O'Kane.
68': Delay in match Liam Cooper (Leeds United) because of an injury.
69': Substitution, Birmingham City. Che Adams replaces Sam Gallagher.
69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
69': Substitution, Leeds United. Gaetano Berardi replaces Liam Cooper because of an injury.
71': Attempt saved. Che Adams (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cheikh Ndoye.
72': Attempt blocked. Pablo Hernández (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eunan O'Kane.
73': Foul by Jason Lowe (Birmingham City).
73': Samuel Sáiz (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
73': Jason Lowe (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
73': Offside, Birmingham City. Cheikh Ndoye tries a through ball, but Che Adams is caught offside.
77': Attempt saved. Samuel Sáiz (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eunan O'Kane.
79': Foul by Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United).
79': Jeremie Boga (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
79': Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jacques Maghoma replaces David Davis.
80': Substitution, Birmingham City. Liam Walsh replaces Jota.
80': Substitution, Leeds United. Stuart Dallas replaces Pablo Hernández.
83': Attempt saved. Liam Walsh (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeremie Boga.
85': Foul by Samuel Sáiz (Leeds United).
85': Jason Lowe (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Offside, Birmingham City. Cheikh Ndoye tries a through ball, but Che Adams is caught offside.
88': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
88': Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
89': Foul by Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City).
89': Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Foul by Pierre-Michel Lasogga (Leeds United).
90'+1': Harlee Dean (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+1': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Pontus Jansson.
90'+2': Goal! Leeds United 2, Birmingham City 0. Stuart Dallas (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pierre-Michel Lasogga.
90'+3': Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5': Attempt blocked. Vurnon Anita (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pierre-Michel Lasogga.
90'+5': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Michael Morrison.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Leeds United 2, Birmingham City 0.
90'+6': Match ends, Leeds United 2, Birmingham City 0.

Statistics

BIR		LEE
14	Fouls	8
3	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	1
8	Corner Kicks	2
3	Saves	5
52	Possession	48
14	SHOTS	17
5	ON GOAL	5
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
298	Accurate Passes	286
423	Passes	392
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.7
6	Accurate Crosses	3
26	Crosses	14
0.2	Cross %	0.2
78	Long Balls	82
34	Accurate Long Balls	37
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
4	Blocked Shots	6
8	Effective Tackles	19
12	Tackles	25
0.7	Tackle %	0.8
0	Interceptions	0
27	Effective Clearances	41
27	Clearances	41

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Elland Road
Location: Leeds, England
Attendance: 31,507

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

Full Table

Line-Ups

Leeds United (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
13	Felix Wiedwald (GK)
6	Liam Cooper
18	Pontus Jansson
8	Vurnon Anita
2	Luke Ayling
21	Samu Sáiz
14	Eunan O'Kane
23	Kalvin Phillips
9	Pierre-Michel Lasogga
19	Pablo Hernández
10	Ezgjan Alioski

Leeds United Substitutes:

Kemar Roofe, Pawel Cibicki, Stuart Dallas, Gaetano Berardi, Ronaldo Vieira, Jay-Roy Grot, Andy Lonergan.

Birmingham City (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
13	David Stockdale (GK)
28	Michael Morrison
12	Harlee Dean
21	Jason Lowe
5	Maxime Colin
2	Emilio Nsue
26	David Davis
17	Cheikh N'Doye
20	Jérémie Boga
27	Jota
18	Sam Gallagher

Birmingham City Substitutes:

Liam Walsh, Tomasz Kuszczak, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Jacques Maghoma, Marc Roberts, Jonathan Grounds, Ché Adams.

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