Sheffield Wednesday vs Birmingham City, 2019-20 English League Championship, Regular Season
· English League ChampionshipAbout
Sheffield Wednesday are hosting Birmingham City
at Hillsborough, Sheffield, England, starting on
. The match is a part of the English League Championship.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Kieran Lee (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 1': Fran Villalba (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 2': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Jake Clarke-Salter.
- 3': Attempt blocked. Massimo Luongo (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Börner.
- 3': Attempt missed. Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 5': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
- 5': Massimo Luongo (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 8': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Maxime Colin.
- 9': Attempt blocked. Massimo Luongo (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominic Iorfa.
- 9': Attempt missed. Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 11': Foul by Kieran Lee (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 11': Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Foul by Julian Börner (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 12': Jérémie Bela (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 12': Julian Börner (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 14': Attempt missed. Jérémie Bela (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Daniel Crowley.
- 14': Attempt missed. Jérémie Bela (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jude Bellingham.
- 20': Foul by Dominic Iorfa (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 20': Álvaro Giménez (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Jake Clarke-Salter.
- 25': Foul by Massimo Luongo (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 25': Álvaro Giménez (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Kristian Pedersen.
- 28': Attempt saved. Fran Villalba (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 33': Attempt saved. Kieran Lee (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Morgan Fox.
- 33': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Connal Trueman.
- 34': Attempt missed. Julian Börner (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Barry Bannan with a cross following a corner.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Massimo Luongo (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kadeem Harris.
- 35': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Jude Bellingham.
- 35': Attempt missed. Julian Börner (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Barry Bannan with a cross following a corner.
- 37': Offside, Birmingham City. Daniel Crowley tries a through ball, but Jérémie Bela is caught offside.
- 39': Hand ball by Álvaro Giménez (Birmingham City).
- 41': Foul by Jake Clarke-Salter (Birmingham City).
- 41': Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Moses Odubajo (Sheffield Wednesday) hits the bar with a left footed shot from long range on the right. Assisted by Massimo Luongo.
- 44': Foul by Fran Villalba (Birmingham City).
- 44': Moses Odubajo (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45': Foul by Moses Odubajo (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 45': Jude Bellingham (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Sheffield Wednesday 0, Birmingham City 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Sheffield Wednesday 0, Birmingham City 0.
- 45': Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Tom Lees replaces Julian Börner.
- 48': Goal! Sheffield Wednesday 0, Birmingham City 1. Álvaro Giménez (Birmingham City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jérémie Bela with a cross.
- 50': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
- 54': Attempt missed. Kadeem Harris (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kieran Lee.
- 55': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
- 55': Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 56': Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Fernando Forestieri replaces Kieran Lee.
- 57': Attempt missed. Jude Bellingham (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Álvaro Giménez.
- 58': Attempt missed. Fran Villalba (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Daniel Crowley.
- 59': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Adam Reach.
- 60': Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 60': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
- 62': Attempt blocked. Daniel Crowley (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maxime Colin.
- 62': Attempt missed. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Adam Reach.
- 63': Daniel Crowley (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Foul by Massimo Luongo (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 63': Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 63': Foul by Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City).
- 65': Attempt blocked. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven Fletcher.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 65': Attempt missed. Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
- 66': Álvaro Giménez (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 66': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Álvaro Giménez.
- 67': Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Atdhe Nuhiu replaces Adam Reach.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Kadeem Harris (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernando Forestieri.
- 69': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Kristian Pedersen.
- 70': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jefferson Montero replaces Jérémie Bela.
- 72': Offside, Sheffield Wednesday. Morgan Fox tries a through ball, but Fernando Forestieri is caught offside.
- 73': Attempt missed. Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Morgan Fox with a cross.
- 75': Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
- 78': Dominic Iorfa (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Foul by Marc Roberts (Birmingham City).
- 78': Marc Roberts (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
- 81': Attempt missed. Kadeem Harris (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Fernando Forestieri.
- 81': Goal! Sheffield Wednesday 1, Birmingham City 1. Kadeem Harris (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dominic Iorfa.
- 82': Substitution, Birmingham City. David Davis replaces Jude Bellingham.
- 84': Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 84': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
- 84': Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 85': Attempt saved. Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Barry Bannan.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Kadeem Harris (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernando Forestieri.
- 86': Attempt saved. Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Morgan Fox with a cross.
- 87': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kadeem Harris.
- 90'+2': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Morgan Fox (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernando Forestieri with a cross.
- 90'+2': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Kristian Pedersen.
- 90'+3': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Lukas Jutkiewicz.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Dominic Iorfa (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fernando Forestieri with a cross.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Massimo Luongo (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Birmingham City 1.
- 0': Match ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Birmingham City 1.
Statistics
 BIR |
SHW |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 7 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 12 |
| 4 | Saves | 1 |
| 41.7 | Possession | 58.3 |
| 7 | SHOTS | 25 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 288 | Accurate Passes | 418 |
| 375 | Passes | 505 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 8 |
| 14 | Crosses | 41 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 64 | Long Balls | 53 |
| 22 | Accurate Long Balls | 27 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 9 |
| 15 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 19 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 13 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 35 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 35 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: English League Championship
Venue: Hillsborough
Location: Sheffield, England
Attendance: 22,059
Venue: Hillsborough
Location: Sheffield, England
Attendance: 22,059
EFL Championship Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 2 | Millwall | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | +1 | 3 |
Line-Ups
Sheffield Wednesday (4-5-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | Cameron Dawson (GK) |
| 13 | Julian Borner  |
| 27 | Dominic Iorfa |
| 3 | Morgan Fox |
| 22 | Moses Odubajo |
| 21 | Massimo Luongo |
| 5 | Kieran Lee |
| 10 | Barry Bannan |
| 7 | Kadeem Harris |
| 20 | Adam Reach |
| 9 | Steven Fletcher |
Birmingham City (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 27 | Connal Trueman (GK) |
| 14 | Jake Clark-Salter |
| 4 | Marc Roberts |
| 3 | Kristian Pedersen |
| 5 | Maxime Colin |
| 22 | Jude Bellingham |
| 34 | Ivan Sunjic |
| 17 | Francisco Villalba |
| 7 | Daniel Crowley |
| 24 | Álvaro Giménez |
| 11 | Jérémie Bela |
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