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Birmingham City vs Reading

Championship
Birmingham
4-8-2
2-1
Final
Reading
3-3-8
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park

Match pulse

BIRAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'REA
32%Possession68%
14Shots11
5On target7
7Corners8
6Saves3
11Fouls8
18'Andy YiadomREA64'John SwiftREA90'+3'Gary GardnerBIR
Team1H2HT
BIR022
REA011

Who won: Birmingham 2-1

Birmingham City beat Reading 2-1 on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park. Goals for Birmingham: Gary Gardner (49') and Lukas Jutkiewicz (70'). Goals for Reading: Yakou Meite (90').

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Birmingham City 2, Reading 1.
  2. Second Half ends, Birmingham City 2, Reading 1.
  3. 90'+4'

    Foul by Liam Kelly (Reading).

  4. 90'+4'

    Free kick won

    Connor Mahoney (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  5. 90'+4'

    Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Leandro Bacuna.

  6. 90'+3'

    Yellow card

    Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    G. Gardner

  7. 90'+3'

    Free kick won

    Leandro Bacuna (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  8. 90'+3'

    Foul by Gary Gardner (Birmingham City).

  9. 90'+2'

    Free kick won

    Leandro Bacuna (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  10. 90'+2'

    Foul by Che Adams (Birmingham City).

  11. GOAL90'

    Goal! Left footed shot

    Y. Meite · ast A. Yiadom

    Goal! Birmingham City 2, Reading 1. Yakou Meite (Reading) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Andy Yiadom with a through ball.

    BIR 2 - 1 REA
  12. 88'

    Attempt saved. Yakou Meite (Reading) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andy Yiadom with a cross.

  13. 87'
    Sub

    Subbed on for L. Jutkiewicz

    Substitution, Birmingham City. Beryly Lubala replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz.

    B. Lubula

  14. 85'

    Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Anssi Jaakkola.

  15. 85'

    Right footed shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Viv Solomon-Otabor (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Che Adams.

    V. Solomon-Otabor

  16. 83'

    Left footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Sone Aluko (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Sam Baldock.

    S. Aluko

  17. 82'BIR

    Shot off target

    Attempt missed. Che Adams (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.

  18. 82'

    Left footed shot saved

    Attempt saved. Connor Mahoney (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Che Adams.

    C. Mahoney

  19. 80'

    Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Liam Moore.

  20. 79'
    Sub

    Subbed on for J. Swift

    Substitution, Reading. Sone Aluko replaces John Swift.

    S. Aluko

  21. 79'
    Sub

    Subbed on for Jota

    Substitution, Birmingham City. Viv Solomon-Otabor replaces Jota.

    V. Solomon-Otabor

  22. 77'

    Attempt saved. Sam Baldock (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Garath McCleary.

  23. 74'

    Right footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Jota (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Lukas Jutkiewicz.

    Jota

  24. GOAL70'

    Goal! Header

    L. Jutkiewicz · ast C. Adams

    Goal! Birmingham City 2, Reading 0. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Che Adams with a cross.

    BIR 2 - 0 REA
  25. 69'

    Corner, Reading. Conceded by Lee Camp.

Leaders

BIRREA
Total Shots
Jota
3
Yakou Meite
4
Accurate Passes
Gary Gardner
31
Tiago Ilori
86
Saves
Lee Camp
6
Anssi Jaakkola
3

Season seriesREA leads series 3-1-1

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