English League Championship

Fulham vs Birmingham 2021-22 English League Championship, Regular Season

  • 10': Marc Roberts (OG)
  • 35': Neeskens Kebano
  • 38': Fábio Carvalho
  • 43': Tom Cairney
  • 75': Fábio Carvalho
  • 90'+3': Antonee Robinson
FT
6 - 2
  • 45': Ivan Sunjic
  • 74': Gary Gardner

Rampant Fulham score six goals again, equal 88-year record

Fulham became the first English side to score six goals or more in three successive matches for 88 years as they thumped Birmingham 6-2 on Tuesday.

Match Commentary

  • 10': Own Goal by Marc Roberts, Birmingham City. Fulham 1, Birmingham City 0.
  • 35': Goal! Fulham 2, Birmingham City 0. Neeskens Kebano (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Denis Odoi with a cross.
  • 38': Goal! Fulham 3, Birmingham City 0. Fabio Carvalho (Fulham) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Antonee Robinson with a cross.
  • 43': Goal! Fulham 4, Birmingham City 0. Tom Cairney (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fabio Carvalho.
  • 45': Goal! Fulham 4, Birmingham City 1. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jérémie Bela.
  • 45': Second Half begins Fulham 4, Birmingham City 1.
  • 52': Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Substitution, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz.
  • 64': Substitution, Birmingham City. George Friend replaces Marc Roberts.
  • 67': Harrison Reed (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 68': Substitution, Fulham. Bobby De Cordova-Reid replaces Neeskens Kebano.
  • 69': Substitution, Fulham. Nathaniel Chalobah replaces Tom Cairney.
  • 74': Goal! Fulham 4, Birmingham City 2. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kristian Pedersen.
  • 75': Goal! Fulham 5, Birmingham City 2. Fabio Carvalho (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
  • 81': Substitution, Fulham. Josh Onomah replaces Harrison Reed.
  • 82': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan James replaces Onel Hernández.
  • 90'+3': Goal! Fulham 6, Birmingham City 2. Antonee Robinson (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josh Onomah.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Craven Cottage
Location: London, England
Attendance: 16,491

English League Championship Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+32 Coventry City 18 43 1
+5 Middlesbrough 18 33 3
-3 Millwall 18 31 5
+12 Stoke City 18 30 6
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 7
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
5 Corner Kicks 6
6 Saves 4
38.2 Possession 61.8
14 SHOTS 15
6 ON GOAL 11
0.4 On Target % 0.7
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
242 Accurate Passes 442
330 Passes 531
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
0 Accurate Crosses 4
11 Crosses 20
0.0 Cross % 0.2
73 Long Balls 51
35 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
5 Blocked Shots 3
4 Effective Tackles 8
16 Tackles 17
0.3 Tackle % 0.5
11 Interceptions 5
19 Effective Clearances 13
19 Clearances 13

Line-Ups

FUL Fulham (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Marek Rodák (GK)
13 Tim Ream
16 Tosin Adarabioyo
33 Antonee Robinson
4 Denis Odoi
28 Fábio Carvalho
6 Harrison Reed Yellow Card
10 Tom Cairney
9 Aleksandar Mitrovic
7 Neeskens Kebano
8 Harry Wilson

BIR Birmingham City (5-3-2)

No. Name
1 Neil Etheridge (GK)
4 Marc Roberts
3 Kristian Pedersen Yellow Card
18 Teden Mengi
11 Jérémie Bela
2 Maxime Colin
6 Ryan Woods
34 Ivan Sunjic
20 Gary Gardner
25 Onel Hernández
10 Lukas Jutkiewicz

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