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Birmingham City vs Reading

Championship
Birmingham
1-0-0
2-1
Final
Reading
0-0-1
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park

Match pulse

BIRAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'REA
48%Possession52%
5Shots20
3On target7
2Corners5
6Saves1
14Fouls16
17'Aaron TshibolaREA39'Maikel KieftenbeldBIR49'Oliver NorwoodREA61'Jordan ObitaREA90'Simon CoxREA90'+3'Michael HectorREA90'+4'David DavisBIR90'+7'Tomasz KuszczakBIR90'+8'Clayton DonaldsonBIR
Team1H2HT
BIR112
REA011

Who won: Birmingham 2-1

Birmingham City beat Reading 2-1 on Saturday, August 8, 2015 at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park. Goals for Birmingham: David Cotterill (40') and Jon Toral (47'). Goals for Reading: Nick Blackman (58').

Play by play

  1. Second Half ends, Birmingham City 2, Reading 1.
  2. 90'+8'

    Yellow card

    Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.

    C. Donaldson

  3. 90'+8'

    Right footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Simon Cox (Reading) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left following a set piece situation.

    S. Cox

  4. 90'+8'

    Penalty - saved

    Penalty saved! Orlando Sá (Reading) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.

    O. Sá

  5. 90'+7'

    Yellow card

    Tomasz Kuszczak (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.

    T. Kuszczak

  6. 90'+7'

    Foul

    Penalty conceded by David Davis (Birmingham City) after a foul in the penalty area.

  7. 90'+7'BIR

    Foul

    Penalty Reading. Simon Cox draws a foul in the penalty area.

  8. 90'+5'

    Free kick won

    Stephen Gleeson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  9. 90'+5'

    Foul

    Foul by Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading).

  10. 90'+4'

    Free kick won

    Michael Hector (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  11. 90'+4'

    Foul

    Foul by Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City).

  12. 90'+4'

    Yellow card

    David Davis (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.

    D. Davis

  13. 90'+3'

    Yellow card

    Michael Hector (Reading) is shown the yellow card.

    M. Hector

  14. 90'+3'

    Foul

    Foul by Michael Hector (Reading).

  15. 90'+3'

    Free kick won

    Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  16. 90'

    Yellow card

    Simon Cox (Reading) is shown the yellow card.

    S. Cox

  17. 90'

    Free kick won

    Tomasz Kuszczak (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  18. 90'

    Foul

    Simon Cox (Reading).

  19. 88'

    Right footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Paul Caddis.

    D. Gray

  20. 86'
    Sub

    Subbed on for A. Tshibola

    Substitution, Reading. Dominic Samuel replaces Aaron Tshibola.

    D. Samuel

  21. 86'

    Foul

    Foul by Michael Hector (Reading).

  22. 86'

    Free kick won

    Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  23. 83'

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Reading. Conceded by Tomasz Kuszczak.

  24. 83'

    Left footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

    H. Robson-Kanu

  25. 83'
    Sub

    Subbed on for S. Quinn

    Substitution, Reading. Simon Cox replaces Stephen Quinn.

    S. Cox

Leaders

BIRREA
Total Shots
Demarai Gray
2
Daniel Williams
4
Accurate Passes
Jonathan Grounds
35
Oliver Norwood
45
Saves
Tomasz Kuszczak
5
Jonathan Bond
1

Season seriesBIR leads series 3-2

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