Birmingham vs Nottm Forest 2021-22 English League Championship, Regular Season

FT
0 - 3

11': Lewis Grabban
29': Ryan Yates
53': Djed Spence

Introduction

Birmingham City are hosting Nottingham Forest at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

11': Goal! Birmingham City 0, Nottingham Forest 1. Lewis Grabban (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jack Colback.
29': Goal! Birmingham City 0, Nottingham Forest 2. Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Philip Zinckernagel with a cross following a corner.
32': Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
36': Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+3': First Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Nottingham Forest 2.
45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 0, Nottingham Forest 2.
53': Goal! Birmingham City 0, Nottingham Forest 3. Djed Spence (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Philip Zinckernagel.
58': Substitution, Birmingham City. Riley McGree replaces Jérémie Bela.
58': Substitution, Birmingham City. Chuks Aneke replaces Scott Hogan.
59': Max Lowe (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
67': Lewis Grabban (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
70': Substitution, Birmingham City. Troy Deeney replaces Ivan Sunjic.
71': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. James Garner replaces Philip Zinckernagel.
77': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Lyle Taylor replaces Lewis Grabban.
84': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Alex Mighten replaces Brennan Johnson.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Nottingham Forest 3.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 15,148

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+34	Coventry City	35	71	6
+19	Middlesbrough	35	66	7
+26	Ipswich Town	34	63	7
+7	Millwall	35	62	9

Full Table

Statistics

NFO		BIR
11	Fouls	15
3	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
4	Offsides	2
4	Corner Kicks	6
8	Saves	4
47	Possession	53
12	SHOTS	18
7	ON GOAL	9
0.6	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
220	Accurate Passes	239
320	Passes	338
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.7
2	Accurate Crosses	7
5	Crosses	27
0.4	Cross %	0.3
79	Long Balls	74
33	Accurate Long Balls	33
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
2	Blocked Shots	3
8	Effective Tackles	9
19	Tackles	16
0.4	Tackle %	0.6
11	Interceptions	8
27	Effective Clearances	7
27	Clearances	7

Line-Ups

Birmingham City (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
13	Matija Sarkic (GK)
12	Harlee Dean
3	Kristian Pedersen
4	Marc Roberts
34	Ivan Sunjic
6	Ryan Woods
7	Tahith Chong
11	Jérémie Bela
2	Maxime Colin
10	Lukas Jutkiewicz
9	Scott Hogan

Substitutes:

Connal Trueman, Troy Deeney, Chukwuemeka Aneke, Dion Sanderson, Riley McGree, George Friend, Jordan Graham.

Nottingham Forest (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
30	Brice Samba (GK)
3	Tobias Figueiredo
26	Scott McKenna
4	Joe Worrall
8	Jack Colback
22	Ryan Yates
15	Max Lowe
2	Djed Spence
7	Lewis Grabban
11	Philip Zinckernagel
20	Brennan Johnson

Substitutes:

Ethan Horvath, João Carvalho, Joe Lolley, Gaëtan Bong, Lyle Taylor, Alex Mighten, James Garner.

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