English League Championship

FT Friday, April 7, 2023
Birmingham City DWLWW 1
–
Reading LLLDD 1
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BIR101
REA101
Select Car Leasing Stadium · 16,084 att.

Team Stats

7
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
3
52
Possession
48
10
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
263
Accurate Passes
222
370
Passes
338
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
2
10
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.1
79
Long Balls
78
36
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
6
7
Effective Tackles
8
12
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
4
23
Effective Clearances
19
23
Clearances
19

Head to Head

BIR leads series 3-2

Lineups

REA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Joe LumleyG
  2. 3Thomas HolmesCD
  3. 24Naby SarrCD-L
  4. 27Amadou Salif MbengueCD-R
  5. 19Tyrese FornahCM-L
  6. 20Cesare CasadeiCM-R
  7. 8Jeff HendrickAM
  8. 17Andy YiadomLM
  9. 11Yakou MeiteRM
  10. 9Lucas JoãoCF-L
  11. 2Andy CarrollCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Scott DannSUB
  2. 30Kelvin AbrefaSUB
  3. 15Femi AzeezSUB
  4. 18Nesta Guinness-WalkerSUB
  5. 35Kelvin EhibhatiomhanSUB
  6. 21Dean BouzanisSUB
  7. 36Michael CraigSUB

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 21John RuddyG
  2. 26Kevin LongCD-L
  3. 4Marc RobertsCD-R
  4. 5Auston TrustyLB
  5. 2Maxime ColinRB
  6. 35George HallAM
  7. 42Alfie ChangLM
  8. 31Krystian BielikRM
  9. 10Lukas JutkiewiczF
  10. 17Reda KhadraAM-L
  11. 18Tahith ChongAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Jobe BellinghamSUB
  2. 12Harlee DeanSUB
  3. 7Juninho BacunaSUB
  4. 1Neil EtheridgeSUB
  5. 6Hannibal MejbriSUB
  6. 19Jordan JamesSUB
  7. 9Scott HoganSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Reading 1, Birmingham City 0. Andy Carroll (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas João.
  2. 29' Goal! Reading 1, Birmingham City 1. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Reda Khadra with a cross.
  3. 58' Tyrese Fornah (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 69' Substitution, Birmingham City. Jobe Bellingham replaces Reda Khadra.
  5. 70' Substitution, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz.
  6. 70' Substitution, Birmingham City. Hannibal Mejbri replaces George Hall.
  7. 70' Substitution, Reading. Femi Azeez replaces Tyrese Fornah.
  8. 72' Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 82' Substitution, Reading. Nesta Guinness-Walker replaces Yakou Meite.
  10. 90'+4' Substitution, Reading. Kelvin Abrefa replaces Amadou Salif Mbengue.

EFL Championship News

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