Brentford vs Birmingham City, 2020-21 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship

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Brentford are hosting Birmingham City at Gtech Community Stadium, London, 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': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Pontus Jansson.
3': Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
5': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Harlee Dean.
6': Attempt missed. Mathias Jensen (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Pontus Jansson following a corner.
8': Foul by Pontus Jansson (Brentford).
8': Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Attempt missed. Harlee Dean (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Kristian Pedersen.
10': Attempt missed. Ivan Toney (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sergi Canós with a cross.
11': Foul by Vitaly Janelt (Brentford).
11': Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
13': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Kristian Pedersen.
14': Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alen Halilovic.
14': Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Scott Hogan.
15': Foul by Harlee Dean (Birmingham City).
15': Ivan Toney (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
18': Ivan Toney (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
20': Attempt blocked. Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
25': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
25': Ivan Toney (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Attempt missed. Sergi Canós (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a fast break.
31': Attempt missed. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Maxime Colin with a cross.
33': Foul by Sergi Canós (Brentford).
33': Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Attempt saved. Ivan Toney (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Christian Nørgaard.
35': Attempt saved. Mathias Jensen (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Vitaly Janelt.
36': Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
36': Pontus Jansson (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by David Raya Martin.
39': Foul by Marc Roberts (Birmingham City).
39': Pontus Jansson (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Foul by Ivan Toney (Brentford).
39': Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
43': Foul by Ivan Toney (Brentford).
43': Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': First Half ends, Brentford 0, Birmingham City 0.
45': Second Half begins Brentford 0, Birmingham City 0.
47': Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
47': Mads Rasmussen (Brentford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
48': Foul by Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City).
48': Sergi Canós (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Attempt blocked. Alen Halilovic (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gary Gardner.
50': Foul by Riley McGree (Birmingham City).
50': Sergi Canós (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Gary Gardner (Birmingham City).
51': Mads Bech Sørensen (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
55': Offside, Birmingham City. Harlee Dean tries a through ball, but Scott Hogan is caught offside.
56': Attempt saved. Ivan Toney (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Sergi Canós.
57': Attempt missed. Alen Halilovic (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Neil Etheridge.
58': Foul by Christian Nørgaard (Brentford).
58': Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
59': Sergi Canós (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jonathan Leko replaces Scott Hogan.
60': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jon Toral replaces Alen Halilovic.
60': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
65': Foul by Mads Bech Sørensen (Brentford).
65': Jon Toral (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ethan Pinnock.
69': Foul by Christian Nørgaard (Brentford).
69': Jonathan Leko (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
69': Offside, Birmingham City. Jon Toral tries a through ball, but Jonathan Leko is caught offside.
71': Substitution, Brentford. Emiliano Marcondes replaces Mathias Jensen.
71': Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Vitaly Janelt.
72': Substitution, Birmingham City. Rekeem Harper replaces Jon Toral because of an injury.
73': Foul by Sergi Canós (Brentford).
73': Riley McGree (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Offside, Birmingham City. Maxime Colin tries a through ball, but Jonathan Leko is caught offside.
74': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
74': Ivan Toney (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
76': Attempt blocked. Saman Ghoddos (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
77': Attempt saved. Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emiliano Marcondes.
77': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Neil Etheridge.
78': Substitution, Brentford. Tariqe Fosu-Henry replaces Bryan Mbeumo.
81': Foul by Emiliano Marcondes (Brentford).
81': Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Foul by Christian Nørgaard (Brentford).
83': Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Substitution, Brentford. Marcus Forss replaces Sergi Canós.
90': Substitution, Birmingham City. Sam Cosgrove replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz.
90': Foul by Riley McGree (Birmingham City).
90': Marcus Forss (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+3': Foul by Ivan Toney (Brentford).
90'+3': Marc Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Leko (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gary Gardner.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Brentford 0, Birmingham City 0.
0': Match ends, Brentford 0, Birmingham City 0.

Statistics

BIR		BRE
13	Fouls	12
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	5
4	Saves	0
37.7	Possession	62.3
7	SHOTS	9
0	ON GOAL	4
0.0	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
168	Accurate Passes	332
265	Passes	431
0.6	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	6
16	Crosses	26
0.1	Cross %	0.2
76	Long Balls	55
31	Accurate Long Balls	27
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
2	Blocked Shots	2
9	Effective Tackles	10
16	Tackles	18
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
17	Interceptions	11
31	Effective Clearances	33
31	Clearances	33

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Gtech Community Stadium
Location: London, England

EFL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Birmingham City	0	0	0
2	Blackburn Rovers	0	0	0
3	Bolton Wanderers	0	0	0
4	Bristol City	0	0	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

Brentford (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	David Raya (GK)
5	Ethan Pinnock
18	Pontus Jansson
29	Mads Bech Sørensen
30	Mads Roerslev
6	Christian Nørgaard
27	Vitaly Janelt
8	Mathias Jensen
17	Ivan Toney
19	Bryan Mbeumo
7	Sergi Canós

Brentford Substitutes:

Emiliano Marcondes, Winston Reid, Mads Bidstrup, Saman Ghoddos, Tarique Fosu-Henry, Luke Daniels, Fin Stevens, Marcus Forss, Charlie Goode.

Birmingham City (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
30	Neil Etheridge (GK)
4	Marc Roberts
3	Kristian Pedersen
12	Harlee Dean
34	Ivan Sunjic
20	Gary Gardner
35	Alen Halilovic
18	Riley McGree
2	Maxime Colin
10	Lukas Jutkiewicz
9	Scott Hogan

Birmingham City Substitutes:

Jérémie Bela, George Friend, Mikel San José, Andrés Prieto, Steve Seddon, Jonathan Leko, Sam Cosgrove, Rekeem Harper, Jon Toral.

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