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

Birmingham City

2': Troy Deeney
23': Troy Deeney (P)
36': Tahith Chong

FT
3 - 2

Reading

82': Lucas João
90'+4': Tom Ince

Introduction

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

Match Commentary

2': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Reading 0. Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
23': Goal! Birmingham City 2, Reading 0. Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
36': Goal! Birmingham City 3, Reading 0. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hannibal Mejbri following a set piece situation.
43': Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
59': Substitution, Reading. Lucas João replaces Shane Long.
60': Substitution, Reading. Junior Hoilett replaces Amadou Salif Mbengue.
68': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan James replaces Juninho Bacuna.
76': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jobe Bellingham replaces Hannibal Mejbri.
79': Substitution, Reading. Andy Carroll replaces Yakou Meite.
79': Substitution, Reading. Nesta Guinness-Walker replaces Abdul Rahman Baba.
82': Goal! Birmingham City 3, Reading 1. Lucas João (Reading) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Jeff Hendrick.
90'+1': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan Graham replaces Emmanuel Longelo because of an injury.
90'+4': Goal! Birmingham City 3, Reading 2. Tom Ince (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andy Yiadom.
90'+7': Andy Yiadom (Reading) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 14,647

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+50	Leicester City	45	97	10
+33	Ipswich Town	45	93	6
+39	Leeds United	45	90	9
+23	Southampton	45	84	11

Full Table

Statistics

REA		BIR
14	Fouls	14
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
7	Corner Kicks	0
2	Saves	5
64.1	Possession	35.9
20	SHOTS	9
7	ON GOAL	6
0.4	On Target %	0.7
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
419	Accurate Passes	198
501	Passes	292
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
8	Accurate Crosses	1
37	Crosses	9
0.2	Cross %	0.1
72	Long Balls	69
42	Accurate Long Balls	25
0.6	Long Balls %	0.4
8	Blocked Shots	2
13	Effective Tackles	12
22	Tackles	26
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
9	Interceptions	8
14	Effective Clearances	36
14	Clearances	36

Line-Ups

Birmingham City (3-1-4-2)

No.	Name
21	John Ruddy (GK)
4	Marc Roberts
5	Auston Trusty
28	Dion Sanderson
31	Krystian Bielik
6	Hannibal Mejbri
7	Juninho Bacuna
23	Emmanuel Longelo
2	Maxime Colin
18	Tahith Chong
8	Troy Deeney

Substitutes:

Jobe Bellingham, Jonathan Leko, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Jordan James, Neil Etheridge, Alfie Chang, Jordan Graham.

Reading (3-1-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Joe Lumley (GK)
24	Naby Sarr
5	Tom Mcintyre
27	Amadou Salif Mbengue
22	Mamadou Loum
8	Jeff Hendrick
10	Tom Ince
12	Abdul Rahman Baba
17	Andy Yiadom
11	Yakou Meite
7	Shane Long