English League Championship

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

· English League Championship
Birmingham City
  • Red Card 84': Kristian Pedersen
FT
0 - 1
Watford
  • 85': Troy Deeney (P)

About

Birmingham City are hosting Watford 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.
  • 2': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Kiko Femenía.
  • 3': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Kiko Femenía.
  • 7': Offside, Watford. Nathaniel Chalobah tries a through ball, but Ken Sema is caught offside.
  • 14': Attempt blocked. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic with a cross.
  • 15': Domingos Quina (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
  • 15': Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 16': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Josh Dacres-Cogley.
  • 20': Foul by Troy Deeney (Watford).
  • 20': Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 21': Hand ball by Jake Clarke-Salter (Birmingham City).
  • 25': Foul by Ben Wilmot (Watford).
  • 25': Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikel San José.
  • 26': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
  • 26': Tom Cleverley (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
  • 27': Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Foul by Troy Deeney (Watford).
  • 27': Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Foul by Jonathan Leko (Birmingham City).
  • 29': Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by William Troost-Ekong.
  • 36': Mikel San José (Birmingham City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Gary Gardner with a cross following a corner.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic with a headed pass.
  • 38': Foul by Domingos Quina (Watford).
  • 38': Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford).
  • 40': Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Marc Roberts (Birmingham City) header from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mikel San José following a set piece situation.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Watford 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 0, Watford 0.
  • 50': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
  • 50': Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 57': Foul by Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City).
  • 57': Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 59': Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
  • 59': James Garner (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 62': Substitution, Birmingham City. Adam Clayton replaces Maikel Kieftenbeld.
  • 64': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
  • 64': Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by William Troost-Ekong.
  • 68': Attempt saved. Troy Deeney (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ben Wilmot with a through ball.
  • 69': Substitution, Watford. Stipe Perica replaces Domingos Quina.
  • 70': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Jake Clarke-Salter.
  • 72': Attempt saved. James Garner (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Stipe Perica with a headed pass.
  • 73': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Gary Gardner.
  • 74': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Kristian Pedersen.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Troy Deeney (Watford) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ken Sema with a cross.
  • 78': Foul by Kiko Femenía (Watford).
  • 78': Jonathan Leko (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 79': Attempt missed. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
  • 79': Substitution, Birmingham City. Alen Halilovic replaces Jonathan Leko.
  • 79': Substitution, Birmingham City. Iván Sánchez replaces Jake Clarke-Salter.
  • 79': Substitution, Birmingham City. Maxime Colin replaces Josh Dacres-Cogley.
  • 80': Foul by Troy Deeney (Watford).
  • 80': Marc Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 81': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
  • 81': Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 82': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Adam Clayton.
  • 84': Penalty Watford. Stipe Perica draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 84': Penalty conceded by Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 84': Second yellow card to Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City) for a bad foul.
  • 85': Goal! Birmingham City 0, Watford 1. Troy Deeney (Watford) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  • 87': Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
  • 87': William Troost-Ekong (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Foul by Stipe Perica (Watford).
  • 88': Marc Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Foul by Marc Roberts (Birmingham City).
  • 88': Troy Deeney (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Foul by Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford).
  • 89': Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90': Substitution, Watford. Etienne Capoue replaces James Garner.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Maxime Colin with a cross.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Etienne Capoue (Watford).
  • 90'+1': Iván Sánchez (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+1': Etienne Capoue (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 90'+3': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ben Foster.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Alen Halilovic (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 90'+4': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Iván Sánchez.
  • 90'+4': Offside, Watford. Stipe Perica tries a through ball, but Troy Deeney is caught offside.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Watford 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Birmingham City 0, Watford 1.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 13
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
2 Offsides 0
6 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 2
54.7 Possession 45.3
4 SHOTS 9
3 ON GOAL 2
0.8 On Target % 0.2
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
263 Accurate Passes 194
387 Passes 317
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.6
2 Accurate Crosses 4
20 Crosses 20
0.1 Cross % 0.2
89 Long Balls 80
36 Accurate Long Balls 33
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
0 Blocked Shots 2
7 Effective Tackles 11
15 Tackles 18
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
7 Interceptions 18
20 Effective Clearances 28
20 Clearances 28

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

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

EFL Championship Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Coventry City 41 +42 84
2 Ipswich Town 39 +29 72
3 Middlesbrough 41 +21 72
4 Millwall 41 +9 72
Full Table

Line-Ups

BIR Birmingham City (3-5-2)

No. Name
30 Neil Etheridge (GK)
19 Mikel San José
15 Jake Clark-Salter
4 Marc Roberts
34 Ivan Sunjic
20 Gary Gardner
6 Maikel Kieftenbeld Yellow Card
3 Kristian Pedersen Yellow Card
25 Joshua Dacres-Cogley
14 Jonathan Leko
10 Lukas Jutkiewicz
Birmingham City Substitutes:
Daniel Crowley, Maxime Colin, Andrés Prieto, Adam Clayton, Scott Hogan, Jon Toral, Alen Halilovic, Riley McGree, Iván Sánchez.

WAT Watford (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
1 Ben Foster (GK)
6 Ben Wilmot
5 William Troost-Ekong
14 Nathaniel Chalobah
21 Kiko Femenía
3 Jeremy Ngakia
8 Tom Cleverley
16 James Garner
12 Ken Sema
20 Domingos Quina
9 Troy Deeney
Watford Substitutes:
Daniel Bachmann, Daniel Philips, Kane Crichlow, Andre Gray, Adam Parkes, Stipe Perica, João Pedro, Marc Navarro, Étienne Capoue.

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