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

· English League Championship

Birmingham City

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

FT
3 - 2

Reading

82': Lucas João
90'+4': Tom Ince

About

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 Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
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.
7': Attempt blocked. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Troy Deeney.
8': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Auston Trusty.
8': Attempt saved. Andy Yiadom (Reading) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Naby Sarr.
9': Corner, Reading. Conceded by John Ruddy.
9': Attempt missed. Mamadou Loum (Reading) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tom Ince with a cross following a corner.
19': Attempt saved. Yakou Meite (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom McIntyre with a headed pass.
21': Penalty Birmingham City. Troy Deeney draws a foul in the penalty area.
21': Penalty conceded by Naby Sarr (Reading) after a foul in the penalty area.
23': Goal! Birmingham City 2, Reading 0. Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
24': Foul by Naby Sarr (Reading).
24': Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
29': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
29': Yakou Meite (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Andy Yiadom (Reading) wins a free kick on the right wing.
30': Foul by Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City).
31': Foul by Marc Roberts (Birmingham City).
31': Shane Long (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34': Foul by Shane Long (Reading).
34': Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
35': Tom McIntyre (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Attempt blocked. Yakou Meite (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Yiadom with a cross.
35': Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
36': Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
36': Foul by Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading).
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.
39': Attempt blocked. Mamadou Loum (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
40': Foul by Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City).
40': Yakou Meite (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
41': Attempt missed. Jeff Hendrick (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
41': Foul by Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City).
41': Yakou Meite (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
42': Attempt blocked. Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Ince with a cross.
43': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
43': Yakou Meite (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
43': Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+1': Foul by Mamadou Loum (Reading).
45'+1': Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45'+2': First Half ends, Birmingham City 3, Reading 0.
45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 3, Reading 0.
46': Foul by Auston Trusty (Birmingham City).
46': Yakou Meite (Reading) wins a free kick on the right wing.
47': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Emmanuel Longelo.
47': Attempt blocked. Andy Yiadom (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom McIntyre.
47': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
48': Attempt saved. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emmanuel Longelo with a through ball.
48': Attempt blocked. Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
50': Foul by Tahith Chong (Birmingham City).
50': Tom Ince (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
51': Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
52': Foul by Shane Long (Reading).
52': Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54': Offside, Reading. Tom Ince tries a through ball, but Shane Long is caught offside.
56': Foul by Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City).
56': Yakou Meite (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
57': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Emmanuel Longelo.
59': Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Amadou Salif Mbengue.
59': Substitution, Reading. Lucas João replaces Shane Long.
60': Substitution, Reading. Junior Hoilett replaces Amadou Salif Mbengue.
60': Attempt saved. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hannibal Mejbri.
60': Foul by Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City).
60': Yakou Meite (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Attempt saved. Tom McIntyre (Reading) left footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
63': Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Foul by Junior Hoilett (Reading).
64': Andy Yiadom (Reading) wins a free kick on the right wing.
64': Foul by Hannibal Mejbri (Birmingham City).
64': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Krystian Bielik.
66': Attempt blocked. Yakou Meite (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas João.
68': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan James replaces Juninho Bacuna.
70': Foul by Mamadou Loum (Reading).
70': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
70': Attempt blocked. Hannibal Mejbri (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
71': Attempt missed. Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marc Roberts.
72': Attempt missed. Yakou Meite (Reading) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Junior Hoilett with a cross.
74': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Emmanuel Longelo.
76': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jobe Bellingham replaces Hannibal Mejbri.
77': Attempt blocked. Tom Ince (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Junior Hoilett.
79': Substitution, Reading. Andy Carroll replaces Yakou Meite.
79': Substitution, Reading. Nesta Guinness-Walker replaces Abdul Rahman Baba.
81': Foul by Junior Hoilett (Reading).
81': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Attempt blocked. Andy Carroll (Reading) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Ince with a cross.
82': Attempt saved. Jeff Hendrick (Reading) with an attempt from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner.
82': Attempt blocked. Jeff Hendrick (Reading) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
82': Goal! Birmingham City 3, Reading 1. Lucas João (Reading) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Jeff Hendrick.
83': Foul by Troy Deeney (Birmingham City).
83': Naby Sarr (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Foul by Andy Yiadom (Reading).
85': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Foul by Naby Sarr (Reading).
86': Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Andy Carroll (Reading).
90'+1': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan Graham replaces Emmanuel Longelo because of an injury.
90'+3': Foul by Andy Yiadom (Reading).
90'+3': Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+4': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
90'+4': Nesta Guinness-Walker (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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'+6': Foul by Andy Yiadom (Reading).
90'+6': Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+7': Andy Yiadom (Reading) is shown the yellow card.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 3, Reading 2.
0': Match ends, Birmingham City 3, Reading 2.

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

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

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

EFL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Sunderland	14	+14	30
2	Sheffield United	14	+11	28
3	Leeds United	14	+13	26
4	Burnley	14	+11	24

Full Table

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

Birmingham City 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

Reading Substitutes:

Andy Carroll, Femi Azeez, Lucas João, Dean Bouzanis, Tyrese Fornah, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Junior Hoilett.

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