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Birmingham City vs Reading

Championship
Birmingham
12-11-14
1-3
Final
Reading
13-9-15
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park

Match pulse

BIRAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'REA
51%Possession49%
18Shots9
3On target4
4Corners2
1Saves2
14Fouls7
55'Gary GardnerBIR69'John SwiftREA72'Maxime ColinBIR
Team1H2HT
BIR101
REA033

Who won: Reading 3-1

Reading beat Birmingham City 3-1 on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park. Goals for Birmingham: Scott Hogan (6'). Goals for Reading: Matt Miazga (51'), Yakou Meite (56') and Pelé (87').

Play by play

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

    Left footed shot saved

    Attempt saved. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kristian Pedersen.

    L. Jutkiewicz

  4. 90'+4'

    Left footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Yakou Meite (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Garath McCleary following a fast break.

    Y. Meite

  5. 90'+1'

    Shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Kerim Mrabti with a headed pass.

  6. 89'Maikel Kieftenbeld

    Left footed shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

    M. Kieftenbeld

  7. 89'

    Header blocked

    Attempt blocked. Harlee Dean (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marc Roberts.

    H. Dean

  8. GOAL87'

    Goal! Right footed shot

    Pelé · ast G. McCleary

    Goal! Birmingham City 1, Reading 3. Pelé (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Garath McCleary following a fast break.

    BIR 1 - 3 REA
  9. 87'

    Right footed shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maxime Colin.

    G. Gardner

  10. 84'Maikel Kieftenbeld
    Sub

    Subbed on for I. Sunjic

    Substitution, Birmingham City. Maikel Kieftenbeld replaces Ivan Sunjic.

    M. Kieftenbeld

  11. 81'
    Sub

    Subbed on for J. Swift

    Substitution, Reading. Liam Moore replaces John Swift.

    L. Moore

  12. 79'

    Header saved

    Attempt saved. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic with a cross.

    G. Gardner

  13. 78'

    Free kick won

    Lee Camp (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  14. 78'

    Foul

    Foul by John Swift (Reading).

  15. 76'

    Header blocked

    Attempt blocked. Harlee Dean (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kristian Pedersen with a cross.

    H. Dean

  16. 74'BIR

    Free kick won

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

  17. 74'

    Foul

    Foul by Kerim Mrabti (Birmingham City).

  18. 73'
    Sub

    Subbed on for M. Olise

    Substitution, Reading. Garath McCleary replaces Michael Olise.

    G. McCleary

  19. 72'
    Sub

    Subbed on for O. Ejaria

    Substitution, Reading. Pelé replaces Ovie Ejaria.

    Pelé

  20. 72'
    Sub

    Subbed on for J. Bellingham

    Substitution, Birmingham City. Kerim Mrabti replaces Jude Bellingham.

    K. Mrabti

  21. 72'

    Yellow card

    Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    M. Colin

  22. 71'

    Free kick won

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

  23. 71'

    Foul

    Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).

  24. 69'

    Yellow card

    John Swift (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    J. Swift

  25. 69'

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Rafael Cabral.

Leaders

BIRREA
Total Shots
Lukas Jutkiewicz
5
Yakou Meite
4
Accurate Passes
Daniel Crowley
36
Michael Morrison
37
Saves
Lee Camp
1
Rafael
2

Season seriesBIR leads series 3-1-1

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