Birmingham City vs West Bromwich Albion

Championship

Birmingham

5-3-3

3-1

Final

West Brom

4-4-3

St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park

Match pulse

BIRAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'WBA

40%Possession60%

11Shots10

3On target3

6Corners8

2Saves1

16Fouls6

25'Krystian BielikBIR86'Cedric KipreWBA90'+4'Emmanuel LongeloBIR

Team	1H	2H	T
BIR	2	1	3
WBA	1	0	1

Who won: Birmingham 3-1

Birmingham City beat West Bromwich Albion 3-1 on Friday, October 6, 2023 at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park. Goals for Birmingham: Juninho Bacuna (23' pen), Dion Sanderson (38') and Gary Gardner (87'). Goals for West Brom: John Swift (5').

Play by play

Match ends, Birmingham City 3, West Bromwich Albion 1.
Second Half ends, Birmingham City 3, West Bromwich Albion 1.
90'+6'
Foul
Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City).
90'+6'
Free kick won
Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5'
Foul
Foul by Cody Drameh (Birmingham City).
90'+5'BIR
Free kick won
Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+4'WBA
Corner awarded
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Scott Hogan.
90'+4'
Yellow card
Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
E. Longelo
90'+3'
Free kick won
Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+3'
Foul
Foul by Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City).
90'+3'
Free kick won
Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+3'
Foul
Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
90'+2'
Header just wide
Attempt missed. Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
N. Chalobah
90'+2'
Right footed shot blocked
Attempt blocked. Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Conor Townsend.
M. Phillips
88'
Free kick won
Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
GOAL87'
Goal! Right footed shot
G. Gardner
Goal! Birmingham City 3, West Bromwich Albion 1. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
BIR 3 - 1 WBA
86'
Yellow card
Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
C. Kipre
86'
Free kick won
Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
86'WBA
Foul
Foul by Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion).
82'
Sub
Subbed on for J. Stansfield
Substitution, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan replaces Jay Stansfield.
S. Hogan
82'
Sub
Subbed on for J. Bacuna
Substitution, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner replaces Juninho Bacuna.
G. Gardner
81'
Sub
Subbed on for D. Furlong
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Pipa replaces Darnell Furlong.
Pipa
81'
Header just wide
Attempt missed. Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alex Mowatt with a cross following a set piece situation.
C. Kipre
80'
Free kick won
Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
80'
Foul
Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).

Leaders

BIRWBA

Total Shots

Juninho Bacuna

Darnell Furlong

Saves

John Ruddy

Grady Diangana