English League Championship

FT Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Reading LWWWD 1
–
Birmingham City LWDLL 2
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REA101
BIR112
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Team Stats

12
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
2
66.5
Possession
33.5
8
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
412
Accurate Passes
152
528
Passes
261
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
2
Accurate Crosses
4
17
Crosses
15
0.1
Cross %
0.3
77
Long Balls
72
24
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
9
13
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
4
Interceptions
17
19
Effective Clearances
26
19
Clearances
26

Head to Head

BIR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BIR · 4-4-2

  1. 30Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 12Harlee DeanCD-L
  3. 4Marc RobertsCD-R
  4. 3Kristian PedersenLB
  5. 2Maxime ColinRB
  6. 24Rekeem HarperCM-L
  7. 20Gary GardnerCM-R
  8. 11Jérémie BelaLM
  9. 35Alen HalilovicRM
  10. 9Scott HoganCF-L
  11. 10Lukas JutkiewiczCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Iván SánchezSUB
  2. 42Steve SeddonSUB
  3. 18Riley McGreeSUB
  4. 14Jonathan LekoSUB
  5. 16Sam CosgroveSUB
  6. 19Mikel San JoséSUB
  7. 5George FriendSUB
  8. 34Ivan SunjicSUB
  9. 1Andrés PrietoSUB

REA · 4-3-1-2

  1. 33RafaelG
  2. 6Liam MooreCD-L
  3. 29Thomas HolmesCD-R
  4. 3Omar RichardsLB
  5. 17Andy YiadomRB
  6. 18Lucas JoãoM
  7. 5Tom McintyreCM
  8. 7Michael OliseAM
  9. 28Josh LaurentLM
  10. 30Alfa SemedoRM
  11. 11Yakou MeiteCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Andy Rinomhota
  2. 34Dejan Tetek
  3. 14Ovie Ejaria
  4. 2Tomás Esteves
  5. 24Sone Aluko
  6. 22Luke Southwood
  7. 47George Puscas
  8. 9Sam Baldock
  9. 15Lewis Gibson

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Reading 0. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jérémie Bela with a cross.
  2. 22' Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 28' Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 35' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Reading 1. Yakou Meite (Reading) header from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michael Olise with a cross following a corner.
  5. 63' Substitution, Birmingham City. Jonathan Leko replaces Jérémie Bela.
  6. 63' Substitution, Birmingham City. Ivan Sunjic replaces Gary Gardner.
  7. 70' Substitution, Reading. George Puscas replaces Yakou Meite.
  8. 71' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Reading 1. Harlee Dean (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  9. 72' Substitution, Birmingham City. Sam Cosgrove replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz because of an injury.
  10. 73' Substitution, Reading. Ovie Ejaria replaces Josh Laurent.
  11. 77' Substitution, Reading. Andy Rinomhota replaces Alfa Semedo.
  12. 87' Substitution, Birmingham City. Steve Seddon replaces Alen Halilovic.

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