English League Championship

FT Saturday, August 26, 2017
Reading WDWLW 2
–
Birmingham City WWDLL 0
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St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park · 19,993 att.

Match Report

Team Stats

5
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
3
59.6
Possession
40.4
13
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
395
Accurate Passes
226
480
Passes
311
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
5
8
Crosses
22
0.4
Cross %
0.2
90
Long Balls
58
57
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
7
9
Effective Tackles
7
16
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
33
Effective Clearances
11
33
Clearances
11

Head to Head

BIR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BIR · 3-5-2

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 4Marc RobertsCD
  3. 3Jonathan GroundsCD-L
  4. 28Michael MorrisonCD-R
  5. 6Maikel KieftenbeldCM-L
  6. 17Cheikh N'DoyeCM-R
  7. 50Stephen GleesonAM
  8. 15Cohen BramallLM
  9. 22Carl JenkinsonRM
  10. 19Jacques MaghomaCF-L
  11. 18Sam GallagherCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Craig GardnerSUB
  2. 5Ryan ShottonSUB
  3. 10Lukas JutkiewiczSUB
  4. 29Tomasz KuszczakSUB
  5. 26David DavisSUB
  6. 2Emilio NsueSUB
  7. 45Wes HardingSUB

REA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Vito MannoneG
  2. 6Liam MooreCD
  3. 20Tiago IloriCD-L
  4. 5Paul McShaneCD-R
  5. 4Joey van den BergCM-L
  6. 19Leandro BacunaCM-R
  7. 38Liam KellyAM
  8. 24Tyler BlackettLM
  9. 2Chris GunterRM
  10. 23Jón BödvarssonCF-L
  11. 17Modou BarrowCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 37Axel AndrerssonSUB
  2. 12Garath McClearySUB
  3. 31Anssi JaakkolaSUB
  4. 8George EvansSUB
  5. 25Adrian PopaSUB
  6. 55Sam SmithSUB
  7. 22Pelle ClementSUB

Timeline

  1. 32' Substitution, Birmingham City. Nsue replaces Carl Jenkinson because of an injury.
  2. 45' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Cheikh Ndoye because of an injury.
  3. 60' Goal! Birmingham City 0, Reading 1. Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Reading) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Tyler Blackett with a cross.
  4. 70' Substitution, Reading. George Evans replaces Joey van den Berg.
  5. 76' Substitution, Reading. Garath McCleary replaces Modou Barrow.
  6. 78' Substitution, Birmingham City. David Davis replaces Jonathan Grounds.
  7. 85' Goal! Birmingham City 0, Reading 2. George Evans (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Garath McCleary.
  8. 88' Substitution, Reading. Sam Smith replaces Jón Dadi Bödvarsson.

EFL Championship News

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