English League Championship

FT Friday, December 16, 2022
Reading DLLWW 2
–
Birmingham City DWDLD 3
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REA022
BIR303
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Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
0
2
Saves
5
64.1
Possession
35.9
20
SHOTS
9
7
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
419
Accurate Passes
198
501
Passes
292
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
1
37
Crosses
9
0.2
Cross %
0.1
72
Long Balls
69
42
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
8
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
12
22
Tackles
26
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
8
14
Effective Clearances
36
14
Clearances
36

Head to Head

REA leads series 3-2

Lineups

BIR · 3-1-4-2

  1. 21John RuddyG
  2. 4Marc RobertsCD
  3. 5Auston TrustyCD-L
  4. 28Dion SandersonCD-R
  5. 31Krystian BielikSW
  6. 6Hannibal MejbriCM-L
  7. 7Juninho BacunaCM-R
  8. 23Emmanuel LongeloLM
  9. 2Maxime ColinRM
  10. 18Tahith ChongCF-L
  11. 8Troy DeeneyCF-R

REA · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Joe LumleyG
  2. 24Naby SarrCD
  3. 5Tom McintyreCD-L
  4. 27Amadou Salif MbengueCD-R
  5. 22Mamadou LoumSW
  6. 8Jeff HendrickCM-L
  7. 10Tom InceCM-R
  8. 12Baba RahmanLM
  9. 17Andy YiadomRM
  10. 11Yakou MeiteCF-L
  11. 7Shane LongCF-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Reading 0. Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 23' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Reading 0. Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 36' Goal! Birmingham City 3, Reading 0. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hannibal Mejbri following a set piece situation.
  4. 43' Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Substitution, Reading. Lucas João replaces Shane Long.
  6. 60' Substitution, Reading. Junior Hoilett replaces Amadou Salif Mbengue.
  7. 68' Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan James replaces Juninho Bacuna.
  8. 76' Substitution, Birmingham City. Jobe Bellingham replaces Hannibal Mejbri.
  9. 79' Substitution, Reading. Andy Carroll replaces Yakou Meite.
  10. 79' Substitution, Reading. Nesta Guinness-Walker replaces Abdul Rahman Baba.
  11. 82' Goal! Birmingham City 3, Reading 1. Lucas João (Reading) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Jeff Hendrick.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan Graham replaces Emmanuel Longelo because of an injury.
  13. 90'+4' Goal! Birmingham City 3, Reading 2. Tom Ince (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andy Yiadom.
  14. 90'+7' Andy Yiadom (Reading) is shown the yellow card.

EFL Championship News

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