English League Championship

FT Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Birmingham City DLLWD 1
–
Reading LLLDW 2
1st2ndT
BIR011
REA022
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Team Stats

14
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
6
Corner Kicks
0
1
Saves
7
54.3
Possession
45.7
16
SHOTS
9
7
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
347
Accurate Passes
292
443
Passes
388
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
2
31
Crosses
8
0.0
Cross %
0.3
77
Long Balls
75
38
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
7
15
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
10
Interceptions
12
10
Effective Clearances
27
10
Clearances
27

Head to Head

BIR leads series 3-2

Lineups

REA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Karl HeinG
  2. 3Thomas HolmesCD-L
  3. 4Michael MorrisonCD-R
  4. 5Tom McintyreLB
  5. 17Andy YiadomRB
  6. 10John SwiftAM
  7. 8Andy RinomhotaLM
  8. 15Danny DrinkwaterRM
  9. 18Lucas JoãoF
  10. 23Junior HoilettAM-L
  11. 9Tom InceAM-R

BIR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 3Kristian PedersenCD-L
  3. 2Maxime ColinCD-R
  4. 11Jérémie BelaLB
  5. 24Jordan GrahamRB
  6. 20Gary GardnerCM
  7. 19Jordan JamesLM
  8. 6Ryan WoodsRM
  9. 33Lyle TaylorF
  10. 25Onel HernándezLF
  11. 21Juninho BacunaRF

Timeline

  1. 31' Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 51' Jérémie Bela (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 67' Goal! Reading 1, Birmingham City 0. Lucas João (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by John Swift.
  4. 69' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Jordan James.
  5. 72' Onel Hernández (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 73' Goal! Reading 2, Birmingham City 0. John Swift (Reading) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  7. 74' Substitution, Reading. Yakou Meite replaces Junior Hoilett.
  8. 82' Own Goal by Tom McIntyre, Reading. Reading 2, Birmingham City 1.
  9. 89' Substitution, Reading. Tom Dele-Bashiru replaces Tom Ince.

EFL Championship News

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