English League Championship

FT Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Reading WDLLW 1
–
Birmingham City WDDWW 2
1st2ndT
REA011
BIR022
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park · 22,126 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
8
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
6
68.3
Possession
31.7
11
SHOTS
14
7
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
469
Accurate Passes
161
570
Passes
256
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
2
Accurate Crosses
6
20
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.3
83
Long Balls
68
44
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
10
19
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
16
29
Effective Clearances
23
29
Clearances
23

Head to Head

REA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BIR · 4-4-2

  1. 1Lee CampG
  2. 12Harlee DeanCD-L
  3. 28Michael MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Kristian PedersenLB
  5. 5Maxime ColinRB
  6. 6Maikel KieftenbeldCM-L
  7. 20Gary GardnerCM-R
  8. 19Jacques MaghomaLM
  9. 23JotaRM
  10. 10Lukas JutkiewiczCF-L
  11. 9Ché AdamsCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Connor MahoneySUB
  2. 22Viv Solomon-OtaborSUB
  3. 27Connal TruemanSUB
  4. 4Marc RobertsSUB
  5. 30Beryly LubulaSUB
  6. 31Charlie LakinSUB
  7. 45Wes HardingSUB

REA · 4-3-3

  1. 31Anssi JaakkolaG
  2. 6Liam MooreCD-L
  3. 20Tiago IloriCD-R
  4. 24Tyler BlackettLB
  5. 3Andy YiadomRB
  6. 7Leandro BacunaCM
  7. 10John SwiftLM
  8. 38Liam KellyRM
  9. 23Jón BödvarssonF
  10. 21Yakou MeiteLF
  11. 19Josh SimsRF

Substitutes

  1. 9Sam BaldockSUB
  2. 2Chris GunterSUB
  3. 35Andy RinomhotaSUB
  4. 14Sone AlukoSUB
  5. 28Sam WalkerSUB
  6. 12Garath McClearySUB
  7. 4John O'SheaSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Andy Yiadom (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 44' Substitution, Birmingham City. Connor Mahoney replaces Jacques Maghoma because of an injury.
  3. 49' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Reading 0. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michael Morrison following a corner.
  4. 63' Substitution, Reading. Sam Baldock replaces Jón Dadi Bödvarsson.
  5. 63' Substitution, Reading. Garath McCleary replaces Josh Sims.
  6. 64' John Swift (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 70' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Reading 0. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Che Adams with a cross.
  8. 79' Substitution, Birmingham City. Viv Solomon-Otabor replaces Jota.
  9. 79' Substitution, Reading. Sone Aluko replaces John Swift.
  10. 87' Substitution, Birmingham City. Beryly Lubala replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz.
  11. 90' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Reading 1. Yakou Meite (Reading) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Andy Yiadom with a through ball.
  12. 90'+3' Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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