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Championship
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Birmingham
U T U U T
0–1
Full-time
Reading
S S T T S

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Team trends

Birmingham Reading
Last 6 — all competitions · 6/6 matches
Win Ø 34%
0%
67%
Points per game
0,5
2,0
Over 2.5 Ø 58%
33%
83%
Both score Ø 67%
50%
83%
Average goals
2,2
3,8
Scored
0,7
2,2
Conceded
1,5
1,7
Goal diff per game
-0,8
+0,5
This season — Championship · 28/26 matches
Win Ø 45%
32%
58%
Points per game
1,3
1,9
Over 2.5 Ø 54%
50%
58%
Both score Ø 58%
57%
58%
Average goals
2,5
2,8
Scored
1,1
1,5
Conceded
1,4
1,2
Goal diff per game
-0,3
+0,3
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Match stats

Half-time score: 0–0

41% Possession 59%
18 Shots 7
3 Shots on target 2
6 Blocked shots 2
1 Goalkeeper saves 3
2 Corners 3
14 Free kicks against 13
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
The table before the match Birmingham 12. · Reading 4.
# Team K V U T +/− P
1 Brighton 27 18 6 3 +25 60
2 Newcastle 27 19 1 7 +33 58
3 Leeds 28 16 3 9 +12 51
4 Reading 26 15 4 7 +8 49
5 Huddersfield 25 15 4 6 +5 49
6 Barnsley 28 13 5 10 +6 44
7 Norwich 28 13 4 11 +7 43
8 Derby 27 12 7 8 +6 43
9 Preston 28 11 8 9 +3 41
10 Sheffield Weds 25 11 6 8 +2 39
11 Fulham 25 9 10 6 +8 37
12 Birmingham 28 9 10 9 -7 37
13 Aston Villa 27 8 12 7 +1 36
14 Ipswich 28 9 8 11 -5 35
15 Brentford 27 9 6 12 -1 33
16 Cardiff 28 9 6 13 -11 33
17 QPR 28 9 6 13 -12 33
18 Wolves 27 8 8 11 -3 32
19 Nott'm Forest 28 8 6 14 -9 30
20 Burton Albion 28 7 7 14 -10 28
21 Bristol City 27 8 3 16 -4 27
22 Wigan 27 6 7 14 -8 25
23 Blackburn 27 6 7 14 -12 25
24 Rotherham 28 4 4 20 -34 16

Calculated from our results data. “xG +/−” is expected goal difference — a positive number with a low league position suggests an undervalued team. Ties on points are sorted by goal difference; some leagues use other rules.

Match report

Birmingham Reading
Half-time 0–0
M. Morrison 🔁
↦ R. Shotton
46′
Stephen Gleeson 🟨
56′
56′
🟨 Garath McCleary
71′
🔁 Y. Meïté
↦ G. McCleary
77′
J. Swift 0–1
J. Obita
G. Stewart 🔁
↦ D. Davis
83′
84′
🔁 J. Mendes
↦ R. Beerens
90′
🟨 Yakou Meite
Full-time 0–1

Line-ups

Birmingham

4-3-3
29 T. Kuszczak G
4 P. Robinson D
3 J. Grounds D
5 R. Shotton D
25 J. Cogley M
12 C. Gardner M
8 S. Gleeson M
26 D. Davis M
21 K. Frei M
14 Che Adams F
15 L. Jutkiewicz F
Bench (7)
28 M. Morrison
20 G. Stewart
33 C. Keita
2 Nsue
1 A. Legzdins
6 M. Kieftenbeld
7 R. Tesche

Coach: G. Zola

Reading

3-4-1-2
26 Ali Al Habsi G
2 C. Gunter D
16 L. Moore D
24 T. Blackett D
7 R. Beerens F
23 D. Williams M
11 J. Obita D
6 G. Evans M
8 J. Swift M
38 L. Kelly M
12 G. McCleary M
Bench (6)
19 Y. Meïté
9 J. Mendes
25 Adrian Popa I
17 S. Wieser
30 T. Watson
31 A. Jaakkola

Coach: J. Stam

Odds comparison

Green columns are the outcomes that came in.

Over/under goals
U1,5 ✓
U2,5 ✓
U3,5 ✓
Both teams to score
BLS ja
BLS nei ✓

Referee

Jeremy Simpson · 104 kamper i vår database

🟨 Yellow cards
3,9 / match
Above average
⚽ Free kicks
21,2 / match
Average

🟥 Red cards: 0,20 per match

The analysis is a statistical estimate based on the teams' results and underlying performances (xG) — not a guarantee. See the model's results.