Birmingham City vs Watford, 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship

Birmingham City

FT
0 - 1

Watford

44': Emmanuel Dennis

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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 Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
2': Attempt missed. Jordan James (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho with a headed pass.
5': Offside, Watford. Ismaël Koné is caught offside.
6': Foul by Ryan Andrews (Watford).
6': Jordan James (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Attempt missed. Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
10': Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi.
10': Foul by Ethan Laird (Birmingham City).
10': Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Attempt blocked. Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) right footed shot from long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Yáser Asprilla.
13': Foul by Emanuel Aiwu (Birmingham City).
13': Ismaël Koné (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Foul by Yáser Asprilla (Watford).
14': Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
14': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
14': Mattie Pollock (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ryan Andrews.
20': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ismaël Koné.
20': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) hits the bar with a header from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with a cross following a corner.
21': Foul by Edo Kayembe (Watford).
21': Lee Buchanan (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Ethan Laird.
24': Attempt blocked. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan James.
25': Attempt missed. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
26': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by James Morris.
27': Offside, Birmingham City. Lee Buchanan is caught offside.
28': Delay in match because of an injury Emanuel Aiwu (Birmingham City).
28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
29': Attempt blocked. Yáser Asprilla (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ismaël Koné.
30': Attempt blocked. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jay Stansfield.
31': Attempt missed. Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ismaël Koné.
32': Attempt missed. Yáser Asprilla (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Andrews with a cross.
34': Foul by James Morris (Watford).
34': Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Offside, Watford. Emmanuel Dennis is caught offside.
36': Attempt missed. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jordan James.
38': Attempt missed. Yáser Asprilla (Watford) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
39': Offside, Watford. Emmanuel Dennis is caught offside.
40': Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
40': Ismaël Koné (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
41': Attempt saved. Emanuel Aiwu (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi with a cross.
42': Attempt blocked. Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
42': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Ethan Laird.
44': Goal! Birmingham City 0, Watford 1. Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
45'+1': Attempt saved. Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yáser Asprilla.
45'+1': Corner, Watford. Conceded by John Ruddy.
45'+1': Attempt missed. Yáser Asprilla (Watford) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
45'+2': First Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Watford 1.
45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 0, Watford 1.
47': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Ivan Sunjic.
47': Attempt blocked. Mattie Pollock (Watford) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Yáser Asprilla with a cross.
47': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Lee Buchanan.
48': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48': Foul by Ismaël Koné (Watford).
49': Cody Drameh (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
49': Foul by Yáser Asprilla (Watford).
52': Attempt missed. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
53': Foul by Emmanuel Dennis (Watford).
53': Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
53': Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
55': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Lee Buchanan.
56': Attempt blocked. Jordan James (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna.
56': Offside, Birmingham City. Paik Seung-Ho is caught offside.
57': Attempt saved. Yáser Asprilla (Watford) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
57': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
57': Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Attempt missed. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lee Buchanan.
60': Foul by Ryan Andrews (Watford).
60': Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
61': Attempt blocked. Emanuel Aiwu (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna.
61': Attempt saved. Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
62': Attempt missed. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
63': Substitution, Watford. Vakoun Bayo replaces Emmanuel Dennis.
64': Offside, Watford. Vakoun Bayo is caught offside.
65': Attempt missed. Vakoun Bayo (Watford) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
67': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
67': Foul by Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford).
67': Delay in match because of an injury Ethan Laird (Birmingham City).
68': Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
70': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
70': Ryan Porteous (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Attempt missed. Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jordan James with a through ball.
72': Substitution, Birmingham City. Tyler Roberts replaces Koji Miyoshi.
72': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Jordan James.
74': Attempt blocked. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna.
74': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ismaël Koné.
74': Attempt missed. Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with a cross following a corner.
75': Attempt missed. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with a cross.
75': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ryan Porteous.
76': Attempt missed. Emanuel Aiwu (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with a cross following a corner.
79': Substitution, Watford. Tom Ince replaces Giorgi Chakvetadze.
79': Substitution, Watford. Matheus Martins replaces Ismaël Koné.
79': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
79': Yáser Asprilla (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
81': Offside, Watford. Tom Ince is caught offside.
81': Attempt missed. Edo Kayembe (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matheus Martins.
81': Attempt missed. Vakoun Bayo (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
82': Foul by Yáser Asprilla (Watford).
82': Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
82': Foul by James Morris (Watford).
82': Tyler Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
83': Substitution, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner replaces Ivan Sunjic.
83': Substitution, Birmingham City. George Hall replaces Ethan Laird.
85': Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
85': Mattie Pollock (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
87': Ryan Andrews (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Yáser Asprilla (Watford).
88': George Hall (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Yáser Asprilla (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
89': Substitution, Watford. Francisco Sierralta replaces Yáser Asprilla.
90': Attempt saved. Tyler Roberts (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna.
90'+2': Attempt saved. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with a cross.
90'+3': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Francisco Sierralta.
90'+3': Attempt missed. Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
90'+4': Daniel Bachmann (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
90'+5': Attempt missed. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna.
90'+5': Delay in match because of an injury Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
90'+5': Delay in match because of an injury Mattie Pollock (Watford).
90'+7': Substitution, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz because of an injury.
90'+7': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+9': Foul by Tyler Roberts (Birmingham City).
90'+9': Matheus Martins (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+10': Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
90'+10': Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+10': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Watford 1.
0': Match ends, Birmingham City 0, Watford 1.
0': Match ends, Birmingham City 0, Watford 1.

Statistics

WAT		BIR
12	Fouls	11
3	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
5	Offsides	2
6	Corner Kicks	7
4	Saves	2
48.4	Possession	51.6
14	SHOTS	26
4	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
293	Accurate Passes	328
401	Passes	427
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
6	Accurate Crosses	6
17	Crosses	26
0.4	Cross %	0.2
82	Long Balls	73
33	Accurate Long Balls	36
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
3	Blocked Shots	8
11	Effective Tackles	17
23	Tackles	21
0.5	Tackle %	0.8
3	Interceptions	7
36	Effective Clearances	22
36	Clearances	22

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 21,266

EFL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Leeds United	26	+29	53
2	Burnley	26	+22	52
3	Sheffield United	26	+19	52
4	Sunderland	26	+17	50

Full Table

Line-Ups

Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
21	John Ruddy (GK)
3	Lee Buchanan
44	Emanuel Aiwu
12	Cody Drameh
2	Ethan Laird
11	Koji Miyoshi
34	Ivan Sunjic
13	Paik Seung-Ho
28	Jay Stansfield
19	Jordan James
7	Juninho Bacuna

Birmingham City Substitutes:

Andre Dozzell, Neil Etheridge, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Emmanuel Longelo, George Hall, Tyler Roberts, Gary Gardner, Dion Sanderson, Scott Hogan.

Watford (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Daniel Bachmann (GK)
15	Matthew Pollock
5	Ryan Porteous
42	James Morris
45	Ryan Andrews
11	Ismaël Koné
24	Tom Dele-Bashiru
39	Edo Kayembe
25	Emmanuel Dennis
16	Giorgi Chakvetadze
18	Yáser Asprilla

Watford Substitutes:

Bayo Youssouf, Jake Livermore, Jack Grieves, Francisco Sierralta, Ben Hamer, Albert Eames, Tom Ince, Mileta Rajovic, Matheus Martins.

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