English League Championship

Birmingham vs Watford 2022-23 English League Championship, Regular Season

  • 19': George Hall
FT
1 - 1
  • 63': Rey Manaj

Introduction

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

Match Commentary

  • 19': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Watford 0. George Hall (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Scott Hogan.
  • 45'+3': Hamza Choudhury (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 1, Watford 0.
  • 55': Substitution, Watford. Rey Manaj replaces Vakoun Issouf Bayo.
  • 63': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Watford 1. Rey Manaj (Watford) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ken Sema.
  • 76': Substitution, Watford. Dan Gosling replaces Yáser Asprilla.
  • 79': Substitution, Birmingham City. Alfie Chang replaces George Hall.
  • 81': Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Scott Hogan.
  • 85': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jonathan Leko replaces Troy Deeney.
  • 88': Substitution, Watford. Keinan Davis replaces Edo Kayembe.
  • 88': Substitution, Watford. Joseph Hungbo replaces Ken Sema.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Birmingham City. George Friend replaces Przemyslaw Placheta.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 1, Watford 1.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 16,811

English League Championship Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+47 Leicester City 44 94 10
+43 Leeds United 44 90 8
+32 Ipswich Town 43 89 6
+24 Southampton 44 84 10
Full Table

Statistics

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5 Fouls 12
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
5 Corner Kicks 3
3 Saves 0
70.9 Possession 29.1
15 SHOTS 7
2 ON GOAL 4
0.1 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
517 Accurate Passes 161
609 Passes 245
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
6 Accurate Crosses 2
11 Crosses 11
0.5 Cross % 0.2
38 Long Balls 62
16 Accurate Long Balls 18
0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
3 Blocked Shots 0
9 Effective Tackles 10
16 Tackles 17
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
8 Interceptions 11
14 Effective Clearances 14
14 Clearances 14

Line-Ups

BIR Birmingham City (3-5-2)

No. Name
21 John Ruddy (GK)
28 Dion Sanderson Yellow Card
5 Auston Trusty
2 Maxime Colin
35 George Hall
7 Juninho Bacuna
19 Jordan James
17 Przemyslaw Placheta
48 Joshua Williams
8 Troy Deeney
9 Scott Hogan

WAT Watford (3-4-1-2)

No. Name
1 Daniel Bachmann (GK)
31 Francisco Sierralta
15 Craig Cathcart
27 Christian Kabasele
4 Hamza Choudhury Yellow Card
39 Edo Kayembe
18 Yaser Asprilla
12 Ken Sema
3 Mario
10 João Pedro
19 Bayo Youssouf

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