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Birmingham City vs Reading

Championship
Birmingham
8-8-7
3-2
Final
Reading
10-2-11
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park

Match pulse

BIRAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'REA
36%Possession64%
9Shots20
6On target7
0Corners7
5Saves2
14Fouls14
43'Krystian BielikBIR90'+7'Andy YiadomREA
Team1H2HT
BIR303
REA022

Who won: Birmingham 3-2

Birmingham City beat Reading 3-2 on Friday, December 16, 2022 at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park. Goals for Birmingham: Troy Deeney (2', 23' pen) and Tahith Chong (36'). Goals for Reading: Lucas João (82') and Tom Ince (90'+4').

What it means

  • Birmingham has dropped 4 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

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ESPN · Apr 12
Tom Brady teases Ryan Reynolds, Rob Mac after Birmingham beat Wrexham

Lineups

Reading6th in English League One
Lineup (3-1-4-2)
  1. 1Joe LumleyG
  2. 2Naby SarrCD
  3. 3Tom McintyreCD-L
  4. 4Amadou Salif MbengueCD-R
  5. 5Mamadou LoumSW
  6. 6Jeff HendrickCM-L
  7. 7Tom InceCM-R
  8. 8Baba RahmanLM
  9. 9Andy YiadomRM
  10. 10Yakou MeiteCF-L
  11. 11Shane LongCF-R
Birmingham7th in English League Championship
Lineup (3-1-4-2)
  1. 1John RuddyG
  2. 2Marc RobertsCD
  3. 3Auston TrustyCD-L
  4. 4Dion SandersonCD-R
  5. 5Krystian BielikSW
  6. 6Hannibal MejbriCM-L
  7. 7Juninho BacunaCM-R
  8. 8Emmanuel LongeloLM
  9. 9Maxime ColinRM
  10. 10Tahith ChongCF-L
  11. 11Troy DeeneyCF-R

Head to head

REA leads series 3-2
Last meeting: Reading 3, Birmingham 1 (Mar 7)

Last 5

REA
  • Wvs COV1-0
  • W@ HUL2-1
  • L@ WAT0-2
  • Lvs PNE1-2
  • T@ LTN0-0
BIR
  • T@ BLP0-0
  • Lvs SUN1-2
  • Tvs SWA2-2
  • W@ STK2-1
  • Tvs MIL0-0

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Game info

Venue
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham, England · Attendance 14,647
Officials
Tim Robinson

Injuries, starters, headlines and game info from ESPN. Headlines open on ESPN.

Season seriesREA leads series 3-2