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

34': Ilias Chair
64': Ilias Chair

FT
2 - 0

Introduction

Queens Park Rangers are hosting Birmingham City at MATRADE Loftus Road, London, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
34': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 1, Birmingham City 0. Ilias Chair (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Moses Odubajo with a cross.
45'+1': First Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 1, Birmingham City 0.
54': Andre Dozzell (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
56': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Troy Deeney.
63': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Luke Amos replaces Andre Dozzell.
64': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 2, Birmingham City 0. Ilias Chair (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lyndon Dykes with a through ball.
71': Substitution, Birmingham City. Chuks Aneke replaces Scott Hogan.
71': Substitution, Birmingham City. Riley McGree replaces Marc Roberts.
72': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Andre Gray replaces Charlie Austin.
72': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Albert Adomah replaces Lyndon Dykes.
86': Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: MATRADE Loftus Road
Location: London, England
Attendance: 12,257

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+20	Coventry City	9	19	0
+6	Middlesbrough	9	18	1
+5	Leicester City	9	16	1
+4	Preston North End	9	16	1

Full Table

Statistics

BIR		QPR
10	Fouls	9
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	2
4	Corner Kicks	1
3	Saves	0
47.8	Possession	52.2
13	SHOTS	12
0	ON GOAL	5
0.0	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
274	Accurate Passes	329
374	Passes	426
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
7	Accurate Crosses	4
32	Crosses	13
0.2	Cross %	0.3
74	Long Balls	64
32	Accurate Long Balls	26
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
4	Blocked Shots	2
9	Effective Tackles	8
13	Tackles	14
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
9	Interceptions	10
15	Effective Clearances	34
15	Clearances	34

Line-Ups

Queens Park Rangers (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Seny Dieng (GK)
20	Jimmy Dunne
6	Yoann Barbet
4	Robert Dickie
17	Andre Dozzell
12	Dominic Ball
10	Ilias Chair
21	Chris Willock
22	Moses Odubajo
11	Charlie Austin
9	Lyndon Dykes

Substitutes:

George Thomas, Osman Kakay, Albert Adomah, Luke Amos, Jordy de Wijs, Andre Gray, Joe Walsh.

Birmingham City (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
13	Matija Sarkic (GK)
12	Harlee Dean
21	Dion Sanderson
4	Marc Roberts
34	Ivan Sunjic
6	Ryan Woods
7	Tahith Chong
11	Jérémie Bela
2	Maxime Colin
36	Troy Deeney
9	Scott Hogan

Substitutes:

Connal Trueman, George Friend, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Riley McGree, Chukwuemeka Aneke, Alfie Chang, Jordan Graham.

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