English League Championship

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

· English League Championship
Birmingham City
  • 38': Iván Sánchez
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1 - 3
Norwich City
  • 26': Teemu Pukki
  • 76': Teemu Pukki
  • 90'+5': Oliver Skipp

About

Birmingham City are hosting Norwich City at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham, 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 Oliver Skipp (Norwich City).
  • 1': Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 3': Christoph Zimmermann (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Foul by Gary Gardner (Birmingham City).
  • 4': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
  • 4': Grant Hanley (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Iván Sánchez.
  • 8': Attempt saved. Kenny McLean (Norwich City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía.
  • 9': Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 9': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
  • 11': Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Foul by Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City).
  • 12': Offside, Norwich City. Oliver Skipp tries a through ball, but Max Aarons is caught offside.
  • 18': Offside, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner tries a through ball, but Scott Hogan is caught offside.
  • 18': Foul by Christoph Zimmermann (Norwich City).
  • 18': Jérémie Bela (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 19': Christoph Zimmermann (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 20': Foul by Todd Cantwell (Norwich City).
  • 20': Jérémie Bela (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 20': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Max Aarons.
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Iván Sánchez with a cross.
  • 21': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Christoph Zimmermann.
  • 22': Foul by Rekeem Harper (Birmingham City).
  • 22': Mario Vrancic (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Dimitrios Giannoulis (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 24': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
  • 26': Goal! Birmingham City 0, Norwich City 1. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kenny McLean.
  • 28': Attempt saved. Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 28': Attempt saved. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 30': Attempt saved. Jérémie Bela (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 30': Foul by Jake Clarke-Salter (Birmingham City).
  • 30': Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 32': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Max Aarons.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Harlee Dean (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jérémie Bela with a cross following a corner.
  • 35': Penalty Norwich City. Todd Cantwell draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 35': Penalty conceded by Neil Etheridge (Birmingham City) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 35': Penalty saved! Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Iván Sánchez (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gary Gardner.
  • 38': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Norwich City 1. Iván Sánchez (Birmingham City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Gary Gardner with a through ball.
  • 43': Foul by Teemu Pukki (Norwich City).
  • 43': Harlee Dean (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Kristian Pedersen.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
  • 45'+2': Grant Hanley (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Birmingham City 1, Norwich City 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 1, Norwich City 1.
  • 46': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
  • 46': Todd Cantwell (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Mario Vrancic (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 50': Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
  • 50': Max Aarons (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Attempt blocked. Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gary Gardner.
  • 56': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Dimitrios Giannoulis.
  • 57': Attempt saved. Jérémie Bela (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic.
  • 59': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Jake Clarke-Salter.
  • 60': Attempt saved. Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) header from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Teemu Pukki.
  • 62': Foul by Mario Vrancic (Norwich City).
  • 62': Jérémie Bela (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Mario Vrancic (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Kristian Pedersen with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  • 64': Substitution, Norwich City. Onel Hernández replaces Mario Vrancic.
  • 65': Foul by Grant Hanley (Norwich City).
  • 65': Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Iván Sánchez (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maxime Colin.
  • 68': Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
  • 68': Oliver Skipp (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 69': Foul by Gary Gardner (Birmingham City).
  • 69': Onel Hernández (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 70': Substitution, Birmingham City. Mikel San José replaces Rekeem Harper.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 75': Substitution, Birmingham City. Yan Valery replaces Iván Sánchez.
  • 76': Attempt blocked. Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Onel Hernández.
  • 76': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Norwich City 2. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 79': Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 79': Foul by Mikel San José (Birmingham City).
  • 80': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Gary Gardner.
  • 81': Foul by Jérémie Bela (Birmingham City).
  • 81': Max Aarons (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Foul by Todd Cantwell (Norwich City).
  • 83': Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 83': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Gary Gardner.
  • 83': Substitution, Birmingham City. Marc Roberts replaces Jérémie Bela.
  • 84': Foul by Jake Clarke-Salter (Birmingham City).
  • 84': Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 84': Jake Clarke-Salter (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Attempt blocked. Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 85': Attempt blocked. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 89': Substitution, Norwich City. Adam Idah replaces Teemu Pukki.
  • 89': Substitution, Norwich City. Lukas Rupp replaces Todd Cantwell.
  • 89': Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Foul by Mikel San José (Birmingham City).
  • 90': Dimitrios Giannoulis (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90': Foul by Yan Valery (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Onel Hernández (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía.
  • 90'+2': Offside, Norwich City. Onel Hernández tries a through ball, but Adam Idah is caught offside.
  • 90'+2': Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+3': Hand ball by Adam Idah (Norwich City).
  • 90'+4': Substitution, Norwich City. Jordan Hugill replaces Onel Hernández.
  • 90'+4': Substitution, Norwich City. Jacob Sørensen replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  • 90'+5': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Norwich City 3. Oliver Skipp (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lukas Rupp following a fast break.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 1, Norwich City 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Birmingham City 1, Norwich City 3.

Statistics

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7 Fouls 19
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
10 Corner Kicks 3
1 Saves 0
63 Possession 36
11 SHOTS 14
5 ON GOAL 6
0.5 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
0 Accurate Passes 0
0 Passes 0
0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
0 Accurate Crosses 0
0 Crosses 0
0.0 Cross % 0.0
0 Long Balls 0
0 Accurate Long Balls 0
0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
0 Blocked Shots 0
0 Effective Tackles 0
0 Tackles 0
0.0 Tackle % 0.0
0 Interceptions 0
0 Effective Clearances 0
0 Clearances 0

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Location: Birmingham, 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

BIR Birmingham City

No. Name
30 Neil Etheridge (GK)
15 Jake Clark-Salter Yellow Card
12 Harlee Dean
24 Rekeem Harper
3 Kristian Pedersen
2 Maxime Colin
34 Ivan Sunjic
20 Gary Gardner
11 Jérémie Bela
17 Iván Sánchez
9 Scott Hogan Yellow Card
Birmingham City Substitutes:
Lukas Jutkiewicz, Marc Roberts, George Friend, Mikel San José, Andrés Prieto, Alen Halilovic, Jonathan Leko, Yan Valery, Riley McGree.

NOR Norwich City

No. Name
1 Tim Krul (GK)
5 Grant Hanley
6 Christoph Zimmerman Yellow Card
30 Dimitris Giannoulis
2 Max Aarons
8 Mario Vrancic Yellow Card
23 Kenny McLean
20 Oliver Skipp
22 Teemu Pukki
14 Todd Cantwell
17 Emiliano Buendía
Norwich City Substitutes:
Xavier Quintillá, Adam Idah, Jordan Hugill, Jacob Sørensen, Onel Hernández, Daniel Barden, Kieran Dowell, Lukas Rupp, Alexander Tettey.

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