English League Championship

Sunderland vs Birmingham City, 2022-23 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Sunderland
  • 45'+3': Trai Hume
  • 75': Amad
  • Red Card 78': Dennis Cirkin
FT
2 - 1
Birmingham City
  • 29': George Hall

About

Sunderland are hosting Birmingham City at Stadium of Light, Sunderland, 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.
  • 3': Attempt saved. Patrick Roberts (Sunderland) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Amad Diallo.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
  • 4': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
  • 6': Foul by Jack Clarke (Sunderland).
  • 6': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Amad Diallo.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Édouard Michut (Sunderland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Clarke.
  • 11': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Amad Diallo.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with a cross following a corner.
  • 12': Foul by George Hall (Birmingham City).
  • 12': Édouard Michut (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Daniel Neil (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
  • 16': Foul by Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland).
  • 16': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 19': Attempt saved. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by George Hall.
  • 19': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
  • 19': Jack Clarke (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
  • 22': Danny Batth (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
  • 29': Goal! Sunderland 0, Birmingham City 1. George Hall (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tahith Chong.
  • 32': Offside, Sunderland. Alex Pritchard tries a through ball, but Lynden Gooch is caught offside.
  • 33': Amad Diallo (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Auston Trusty (Birmingham City).
  • 33': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Auston Trusty.
  • 34': Daniel Neil (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
  • 34': Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 36': Delay in match because of an injury Auston Trusty (Birmingham City).
  • 37': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 39': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by George Hall.
  • 40': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Maxime Colin.
  • 40': Delay in match because of an injury George Hall (Birmingham City).
  • 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 42': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jobe Bellingham replaces George Hall because of an injury.
  • 42': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Krystian Bielik.
  • 43': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Jobe Bellingham.
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Daniel Neil (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 43': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Auston Trusty.
  • 44': Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 44': Foul by Marc Roberts (Birmingham City).
  • 45': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
  • 45': Patrick Roberts (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Kevin Long.
  • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Amad Diallo (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Pritchard.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Auston Trusty.
  • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Danny Batth (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alex Pritchard with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+3': Goal! Sunderland 1, Birmingham City 1. Trai Hume (Sunderland) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Patrick Roberts with a headed pass following a corner.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Sunderland 1, Birmingham City 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Sunderland 1, Birmingham City 1.
  • 46': Attempt saved. Jobe Bellingham (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tahith Chong.
  • 49': Amad Diallo (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
  • 53': Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
  • 56': Attempt missed. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Auston Trusty with a headed pass.
  • 59': Offside, Birmingham City. Juninho Bacuna tries a through ball, but Lukas Jutkiewicz is caught offside.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Roberts.
  • 63': Substitution, Sunderland. Joe Gelhardt replaces Édouard Michut.
  • 63': Substitution, Sunderland. Luke O'Nien replaces Lynden Gooch.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Patrick Roberts (Sunderland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Joe Gelhardt with a through ball.
  • 65': Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
  • 65': Luke O'Nien (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Attempt saved. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 68': Attempt saved. Jack Clarke (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Alex Pritchard.
  • 68': Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
  • 69': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
  • 69': Patrick Roberts (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 70': Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 71': Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 71': Foul by Tahith Chong (Birmingham City).
  • 72': Offside, Sunderland. Amad Diallo tries a through ball, but Patrick Roberts is caught offside.
  • 72': Substitution, Birmingham City. Hannibal Mejbri replaces Reda Khadra.
  • 72': Substitution, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz.
  • 73': Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Hannibal Mejbri.
  • 74': Attempt missed. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Tahith Chong.
  • 75': Goal! Sunderland 2, Birmingham City 1. Amad Diallo (Sunderland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Clarke.
  • 77': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan James replaces Krystian Bielik.
  • 78': Foul by Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland).
  • 78': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 78': Second yellow card to Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland) for a bad foul.
  • 79': Delay in match because of an injury Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland).
  • 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 80': Substitution, Sunderland. Joseph Anderson replaces Patrick Roberts.
  • 81': Daniel Neil (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 81': Foul by Jordan James (Birmingham City).
  • 85': Attempt missed. Jordan James (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with a cross.
  • 85': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Luke O'Nien.
  • 85': Anthony Patterson (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Foul by Jobe Bellingham (Birmingham City).
  • 86': Foul by Auston Trusty (Birmingham City).
  • 86': Trai Hume (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90': Attempt blocked. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maxime Colin.
  • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Jobe Bellingham (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Long.
  • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Kevin Long (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 90'+1': Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Sunderland. Pierre Ekwah replaces Amad Diallo.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Sunderland 2, Birmingham City 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Sunderland 2, Birmingham City 1.

Statistics

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19 Fouls 3
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 1
1 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 9
2 Saves 4
31.9 Possession 68.1
14 SHOTS 13
5 ON GOAL 5
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
211 Accurate Passes 548
284 Passes 624
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 1
14 Crosses 9
0.1 Cross % 0.1
49 Long Balls 50
20 Accurate Long Balls 26
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 5
9 Effective Tackles 13
15 Tackles 13
0.6 Tackle % 1.0
13 Interceptions 6
10 Effective Clearances 21
10 Clearances 21

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Stadium of Light
Location: Sunderland, England
Attendance: 37,673

EFL Championship Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Leeds United 46 +65 100
2 Burnley 46 +53 100
3 Sheffield United 46 +27 90
4 Sunderland 46 +14 76
Full Table

Line-Ups

SUN Sunderland (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Anthony Patterson (GK)
6 Danny Batth
32 Trai Hume
3 Dennis Cirkin Yellow Card
11 Lynden Gooch
24 Daniel Neil
25 Edouard Michut
10 Patrick Roberts
21 Alex Pritchard
20 Jack Clarke
16 Amad
Sunderland Substitutes:
Isaac Lihadji, Joseph Anderson, Luke O'Nien, Abdoullah Ba, Alex Bass, Joe Gelhardt, Pierre Ekwah.

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

No. Name
21 John Ruddy (GK)
26 Kevin Long
4 Marc Roberts
5 Auston Trusty
2 Maxime Colin Yellow Card
35 George Hall
31 Krystian Bielik Yellow Card
7 Juninho Bacuna
10 Lukas Jutkiewicz
17 Reda Khadra
18 Tahith Chong
Birmingham City Substitutes:
Harlee Dean, Jordan James, Jobe Bellingham, Hannibal Mejbri, Scott Hogan, Alfie Chang, Neil Etheridge.

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