Swansea City vs Birmingham City, 2021-22 English League Championship, Regular Season

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Swansea City are hosting Birmingham City at Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea, Wales, 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': Foul by Hannes Wolf (Swansea City).
2': Jordan Graham (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
3': Attempt missed. Nico Gordon (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tahith Chong with a cross following a set piece situation.
8': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
8': Matt Grimes (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Attempt missed. Kyle Naughton (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Matt Grimes.
10': Foul by Gary Gardner (Birmingham City).
10': Joël Piroe (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Attempt blocked. Korey Smith (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kyle Naughton.
13': Attempt missed. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Tahith Chong.
14': Attempt saved. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Tahith Chong.
16': Attempt missed. Cyrus Christie (Swansea City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Michael Obafemi.
17': Attempt missed. Onel Hernández (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic.
18': Foul by Ben Cabango (Swansea City).
18': Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
19': Attempt saved. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Onel Hernández.
20': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
21': Attempt blocked. Joël Piroe (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cyrus Christie with a cross.
22': Attempt saved. Joël Piroe (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cyrus Christie.
24': Foul by Tahith Chong (Birmingham City).
24': Olivier Ntcham (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Hannes Wolf (Swansea City).
31': Jordan Graham (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Finley Burns (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Foul by Tahith Chong (Birmingham City).
33': Cyrus Christie (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
33': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
35': Foul by Hannes Wolf (Swansea City).
35': Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
40': Attempt missed. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from very close range is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Onel Hernández.
41': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Cyrus Christie.
42': Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with a cross.
43': Attempt missed. Olivier Ntcham (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Joël Piroe.
44': Attempt saved. Michael Obafemi (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Fisher.
45'+1': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
45'+1': Kyle Naughton (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': First Half ends, Swansea City 0, Birmingham City 0.
45': Second Half begins Swansea City 0, Birmingham City 0.
45': Substitution, Swansea City. Joel Latibeaudiere replaces Finley Burns.
46': Foul by Joël Piroe (Swansea City).
46': Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46': Foul by Cyrus Christie (Swansea City).
46': Onel Hernández (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
51': Attempt saved. Hannes Wolf (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
55': Attempt saved. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna.
57': Foul by Ben Cabango (Swansea City).
57': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
58': Ben Cabango (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
59': Attempt blocked. Onel Hernández (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gary Gardner.
59': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ben Cabango.
60': Attempt blocked. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
60': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Kyle Naughton.
61': Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Jordan Graham with a cross.
61': Attempt missed. Onel Hernández (Birmingham City) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Jordan Graham with a cross.
61': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Joël Piroe.
62': Attempt missed. Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with a cross following a corner.
63': Substitution, Swansea City. Nathanael Ogbeta replaces Korey Smith.
64': Foul by Olivier Ntcham (Swansea City).
64': Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
65': Attempt missed. Nico Gordon (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with a cross following a set piece situation.
72': Foul by Matt Grimes (Swansea City).
72': Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
73': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ben Cabango.
74': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Joël Piroe.
75': Substitution, Birmingham City. Taylor Richards replaces Juninho Bacuna.
76': Attempt saved. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) header from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jordan Graham with a cross.
80': Attempt blocked. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
81': Substitution, Swansea City. Kyle Joseph replaces Hannes Wolf.
84': Michael Obafemi (Swansea City).
84': Neil Etheridge (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Cyrus Christie (Swansea City).
88': Onel Hernández (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Joël Piroe (Swansea City).
88': Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90': Attempt saved. Joël Piroe (Swansea City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michael Obafemi.
90': Ben Cabango (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
90'+2': Foul by Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City).
90'+2': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Swansea City 0, Birmingham City 0.
0': Match ends, Swansea City 0, Birmingham City 0.

Statistics

BIR		SWA
8	Fouls	13
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	1
4	Saves	4
34.7	Possession	65.3
16	SHOTS	9
4	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
166	Accurate Passes	407
239	Passes	484
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
10	Accurate Crosses	2
24	Crosses	11
0.4	Cross %	0.2
62	Long Balls	42
27	Accurate Long Balls	15
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
3	Blocked Shots	2
9	Effective Tackles	8
17	Tackles	15
0.5	Tackle %	0.5
8	Interceptions	7
8	Effective Clearances	20
8	Clearances	20

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Swansea.com Stadium
Location: Swansea, Wales
Attendance: 18,620

EFL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Middlesbrough	4	+6	12
2	West Bromwich Albion	4	+3	10
3	Stoke City	4	+5	9
4	Leicester City	4	+3	9

Full Table

Line-Ups

Swansea City (3-1-4-2)

No.	Name
33	Andrew Fisher (GK)
26	Kyle Naughton
5	Ben Cabango
30	Finley Burns
8	Matt Grimes
7	Korey Smith
10	Olivier Ntcham
13	Hannes Wolf
23	Cyrus Christie
17	Joël Piroe
9	Michael Obafemi

Swansea City Substitutes:

Jay Fulton, Joel Latibeaudiere, Ben Hamer, Cameron Congreve, Kyle Joseph, Nathanael Ogbeta.

Birmingham City (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Neil Etheridge (GK)
4	Marc Roberts
2	Maxime Colin
50	Nico Gordon
34	Ivan Sunjic
20	Gary Gardner
21	Juninho Bacuna
25	Onel Hernández
24	Jordan Graham
7	Tahith Chong
9	Scott Hogan

Birmingham City Substitutes:

Jérémie Bela, Taylor Richards, Jordan James, Marcel Oakley, Ryan Woods, Zach Jeacock, Lukas Jutkiewicz.

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