English League Championship

West Bromwich Albion vs Birmingham City, 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
West Bromwich Albion
  • 85': Andreas Weimann
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Birmingham City

    About

    West Bromwich Albion are hosting Birmingham City at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, 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': Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
    • 5': Conor Townsend (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 5': Foul by Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City).
    • 7': Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Tom Fellows is caught offside.
    • 10': Attempt saved. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Pritchard.
    • 12': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
    • 12': Okay Yokuslu (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Kyle Bartley (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Darnell Furlong.
    • 17': Foul by Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion).
    • 17': Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 18': Delay in match because of an injury Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City).
    • 19': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 23': Attempt saved. Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by John Swift.
    • 25': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Ethan Laird.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by John Swift with a cross following a corner.
    • 26': Attempt blocked. Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Mowatt.
    • 26': Attempt blocked. Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 27': Foul by Okay Yokuslu (West Bromwich Albion).
    • 27': Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 29': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Conor Townsend.
    • 30': Attempt saved. Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Siriki Dembélé.
    • 32': Conor Townsend (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 32': Foul by Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City).
    • 33': Foul by Lee Buchanan (Birmingham City).
    • 33': Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Lee Buchanan (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 34': Foul by Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion).
    • 34': Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 34': Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 36': Attempt saved. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Andre Dozzell.
    • 37': Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 37': Foul by Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City).
    • 40': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Cédric Kipré.
    • 41': Hand ball by Kevin Long (Birmingham City).
    • 42': Offside, Birmingham City. Jay Stansfield is caught offside.
    • 44': Offside, Birmingham City. Jay Stansfield is caught offside.
    • 44': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Ethan Laird.
    • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Andre Dozzell (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi.
    • 45'+3': Foul by Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion).
    • 45'+3': Lee Buchanan (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 0, Birmingham City 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins West Bromwich Albion 0, Birmingham City 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan James replaces Alex Pritchard.
    • 46': Foul by Ethan Laird (Birmingham City).
    • 46': John Swift (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 48': Attempt blocked. Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi.
    • 48': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
    • 48': Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Foul by Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City).
    • 50': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
    • 50': John Swift (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 53': Foul by Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion).
    • 53': Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Tom Fellows with a cross.
    • 55': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
    • 55': Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 55': Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 56': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Ivan Sunjic.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by John Swift with a cross following a corner.
    • 57': Substitution, Birmingham City. Juninho Bacuna replaces Lee Buchanan.
    • 58': Attempt saved. Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ethan Laird.
    • 58': Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 58': Foul by Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City).
    • 59': Delay in match because of an injury Ethan Laird (Birmingham City).
    • 60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 61': Foul by Kevin Long (Birmingham City).
    • 61': Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 62': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Mikey Johnston replaces John Swift.
    • 62': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Callum Marshall replaces Brandon Thomas-Asante.
    • 64': Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with a cross.
    • 64': Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Krystian Bielik.
    • 64': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Cédric Kipré.
    • 65': Foul by Andre Dozzell (Birmingham City).
    • 65': Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Andre Dozzell (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 66': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Foul by Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion).
    • 67': Substitution, Birmingham City. Paik Seung-Ho replaces Koji Miyoshi.
    • 68': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Ethan Laird.
    • 69': Foul by Mikey Johnston (West Bromwich Albion).
    • 69': Neil Etheridge (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Andreas Weimann replaces Jed Wallace.
    • 70': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Nathaniel Chalobah replaces Cédric Kipré.
    • 70': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Mikey Johnston.
    • 71': Kevin Long (Birmingham City) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Andre Dozzell with a cross following a corner.
    • 71': Foul by Callum Marshall (West Bromwich Albion).
    • 71': Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
    • 73': Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 75': Substitution, Birmingham City. Keshi Anderson replaces Ivan Sunjic.
    • 76': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Alex Mowatt.
    • 77': Attempt blocked. Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 77': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Alex Mowatt.
    • 78': Foul by Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion).
    • 78': Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 78': Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 80': Attempt blocked. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 80': Delay in match because of an injury Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion).
    • 81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 83': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Daryl Dike replaces Tom Fellows.
    • 85': Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Birmingham City 0. Andreas Weimann (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Darnell Furlong with a cross.
    • 87': Attempt saved. Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jay Stansfield.
    • 88': Foul by Callum Marshall (West Bromwich Albion).
    • 88': Jordan James (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Alex Mowatt.
    • 90'+2': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion).
    • 90'+6': Foul by Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion).
    • 90'+6': Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+8': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Alex Mowatt.
    • 90'+9': Attempt blocked. Callum Marshall (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is blocked. Assisted by Daryl Dike.
    • 90'+9': Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Daryl Dike is caught offside.
    • 90'+10': Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Birmingham City 0.
    • 90'+10': Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+10': Okay Yokuslu (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
    • 0': Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Birmingham City 0.

    Statistics

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    16 Fouls 12
    4 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 2
    8 Corner Kicks 4
    1 Saves 5
    50.1 Possession 49.9
    13 SHOTS 10
    5 ON GOAL 2
    0.4 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    304 Accurate Passes 309
    392 Passes 388
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 5
    17 Crosses 20
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    57 Long Balls 68
    19 Accurate Long Balls 28
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
    6 Blocked Shots 4
    15 Effective Tackles 8
    20 Tackles 14
    0.8 Tackle % 0.6
    7 Interceptions 12
    18 Effective Clearances 16
    18 Clearances 16

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: The Hawthorns
    Location: West Bromwich, England
    Attendance: 25,235

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    Line-Ups

    WBA West Bromwich Albion (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    24 Alex Palmer (GK)
    4 Cedric Kipre Yellow Card
    5 Kyle Bartley
    3 Conor Townsend
    2 Darnell Furlong Yellow Card
    19 John Swift
    27 Alex Mowatt
    35 Okay Yokuslu Yellow Card
    21 Brandon Thomas-Asante
    31 Tom Fellows
    7 Jed Wallace
    West Bromwich Albion Substitutes:
    Callum Marshall, Daryl Dike, Erik Pieters, Joshua Griffiths, Harry Whitwell, Michael Johnston, Nathaniel Chalobah, Andreas Weimann, Pipa.

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

    No. Name
    1 Neil Etheridge (GK)
    26 Kevin Long
    6 Krystian Bielik Yellow Card
    3 Lee Buchanan Yellow Card
    2 Ethan Laird
    29 Alex Pritchard
    34 Ivan Sunjic
    16 Andre Dozzell Yellow Card
    28 Jay Stansfield Yellow Card
    17 Siriki Dembele
    11 Koji Miyoshi
    Birmingham City Substitutes:
    Emanuel Aiwu, Jordan James, Tyler Roberts, Scott Hogan, Paik Seung-Ho, Keshi Anderson, Marc Roberts, Bradley Mayo, Juninho Bacuna.

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