English League Championship

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

· English League Championship
Birmingham City
  • 47': Troy Deeney
  • 82': Riley McGree
FT
2 - 1
Swansea City
  • 77': Michael Obafemi

About

Birmingham City are hosting Swansea 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': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Kristian Pedersen.
  • 1': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Jordan Graham.
  • 3': Foul by Matt Grimes (Swansea City).
  • 3': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Korey Smith (Swansea City).
  • 4': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 5': Offside, Birmingham City. Dion Sanderson tries a through ball, but Troy Deeney is caught offside.
  • 8': Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
  • 8': Ryan Manning (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
  • 9': Matt Grimes (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Foul by Olivier Ntcham (Swansea City).
  • 9': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Ben Hamer (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Foul by Troy Deeney (Birmingham City).
  • 10': Attempt missed. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
  • 11': Offside, Swansea City. Ryan Bennett tries a through ball, but Joël Piroe is caught offside.
  • 13': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ethan Laird.
  • 13': Attempt missed. George Friend (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Jordan Graham with a cross following a corner.
  • 13': Foul by Troy Deeney (Birmingham City).
  • 13': Ryan Manning (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Olivier Ntcham (Swansea City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ethan Laird.
  • 17': Offside, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner tries a through ball, but Scott Hogan is caught offside.
  • 20': Attempt saved. George Friend (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marc Roberts.
  • 21': Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
  • 21': Ryan Manning (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 21': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by George Friend.
  • 22': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Dion Sanderson.
  • 23': Foul by Troy Deeney (Birmingham City).
  • 23': Ryan Manning (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
  • 26': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
  • 26': Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
  • 26': Ryan Manning (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 32': Foul by Korey Smith (Swansea City).
  • 32': Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 33': Offside, Birmingham City. Tahith Chong tries a through ball, but Scott Hogan is caught offside.
  • 35': Offside, Birmingham City. Jordan Graham tries a through ball, but Scott Hogan is caught offside.
  • 35': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Jordan Graham.
  • 37': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Dion Sanderson.
  • 41': Ethan Laird (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 41': Foul by Gary Gardner (Birmingham City).
  • 43': Foul by Olivier Ntcham (Swansea City).
  • 43': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Swansea City 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 0, Swansea City 0.
  • 46': Foul by Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City).
  • 46': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 47': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Swansea City 0. Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tahith Chong with a cross.
  • 52': Foul by Jordan Graham (Birmingham City).
  • 52': Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Foul by Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City).
  • 52': Matt Grimes (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Foul by Ryan Bennett (Swansea City).
  • 52': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Ryan Bennett (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 53': Foul by Gary Gardner (Birmingham City).
  • 53': Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 53': Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 54': Attempt blocked. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 54': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ryan Bennett.
  • 54': Foul by Troy Deeney (Birmingham City).
  • 54': Ryan Bennett (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Attempt blocked. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tahith Chong.
  • 55': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Matt Grimes.
  • 56': Attempt saved. George Friend (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Troy Deeney with a headed pass.
  • 56': Attempt missed. Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City) header from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jordan Graham with a cross.
  • 57': Substitution, Swansea City. Michael Obafemi replaces Korey Smith.
  • 58': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Jordan Graham.
  • 59': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Dion Sanderson.
  • 59': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Troy Deeney.
  • 60': Attempt blocked. Ryan Manning (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 63': Substitution, Swansea City. Liam Walsh replaces Olivier Ntcham.
  • 63': Substitution, Birmingham City. Riley McGree replaces Scott Hogan.
  • 64': Attempt blocked. Riley McGree (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marc Roberts.
  • 65': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Kyle Naughton.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. George Friend (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Graham with a cross.
  • 66': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Jordan Graham.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Michael Obafemi (Swansea City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jamie Paterson with a through ball.
  • 69': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Matt Grimes.
  • 71': Substitution, Swansea City. Liam Cullen replaces Joël Piroe.
  • 74': Ethan Laird (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Foul by Riley McGree (Birmingham City).
  • 76': Attempt saved. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Graham.
  • 76': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ben Hamer.
  • 77': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Swansea City 1. Michael Obafemi (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Manning with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 80': Foul by Riley McGree (Birmingham City).
  • 80': Ryan Manning (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Attempt saved. Riley McGree (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 82': Goal! Birmingham City 2, Swansea City 1. Riley McGree (Birmingham City) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  • 86': Substitution, Birmingham City. Chuks Aneke replaces Troy Deeney.
  • 86': Ethan Laird (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 86': Foul by Chuks Aneke (Birmingham City).
  • 88': Foul by Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City).
  • 88': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Liam Walsh (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Joel Latibeaudiere.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City) header from very close range is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jamie Paterson.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Riley McGree (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+4': Matt Grimes (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+4': Riley McGree (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Ethan Laird (Swansea City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 2, Swansea City 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Birmingham City 2, Swansea City 1.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 16
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 4
12 Corner Kicks 6
4 Saves 0
71.8 Possession 28.2
7 SHOTS 15
1 ON GOAL 6
0.1 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
432 Accurate Passes 104
539 Passes 203
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.5
1 Accurate Crosses 6
12 Crosses 17
0.1 Cross % 0.4
59 Long Balls 62
23 Accurate Long Balls 18
0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
1 Blocked Shots 6
2 Effective Tackles 17
4 Tackles 21
0.5 Tackle % 0.8
4 Interceptions 12
13 Effective Clearances 17
13 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 16,132

EFL Championship Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Coventry City 38 +38 77
2 Middlesbrough 38 +22 70
3 Ipswich Town 37 +28 68
4 Millwall 38 +9 68
Full Table

Line-Ups

BIR Birmingham City (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
13 Matija Sarkic (GK)
4 Marc Roberts
5 George Friend
21 Dion Sanderson
34 Ivan Sunjic
20 Gary Gardner Yellow Card
3 Kristian Pedersen
24 Jordan Graham
36 Troy Deeney
7 Tahith Chong
9 Scott Hogan
Birmingham City Substitutes:
Iván Sánchez, Chukwuemeka Aneke, Neil Etheridge, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Riley McGree, Harlee Dean, Ryan Woods.

SWA Swansea City (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
18 Ben Hamer (GK)
26 Kyle Naughton
3 Ryan Manning
2 Ryan Bennett Yellow Card
7 Korey Smith
8 Matt Grimes
22 Joel Latibeaudiere
27 Ethan Laird
17 Joël Piroe
12 Jamie Paterson
10 Olivier Ntcham
Swansea City Substitutes:
Steven Benda, Liam Cullen, Liam Walsh, Rhys Williams, Michael Obafemi, Ben Cabango, Jay Fulton.

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