BIRMINGHAM. Birmingham City annihilates Huddersfield Town 4-1 with goals of Siriki Dembélé (3′), Koji Miyoshi (23′), Siriki Dembélé (64′) and Jordan James (90′). On the other side, Huddersfield Town scored with Michał Helik (90′). Birmingham City was decisively better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the St. Andrew’s Stadium stadium in Birmingham on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Samuel Allison assisted by Black Antrobus and Andrew Dallison. The 4th official was Oliver Yates. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 14.85 degrees Celsius or 58.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 12 Total 17
- 6 On Target 5
- 3 Off Target 8
- 3 Shots blocked 5
- 84 Attack 92
- 45 Dangerous attack 31
- 88 Ball safe 70
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 5
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 15 Total 11
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Birmingham City was in firm control of the ball 61% while Huddersfield Town was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Birmingham City was putting more pressure with 45 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Birmingham City won the match.
Birmingham City shot 12 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Huddersfield Town shot 17 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards (Jay Stansfield, Kevin Long and Juninho Bacuna). On the other side, Huddersfield Town received 1 yellow card (Matthew Pearson).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Birmingham City will have 15 points to hold in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Huddersfield Town will stay with 10 points like Stoke City and Blackburn Rovers to hold in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Birmingham City will host Cardiff City on the 10th of April with a 12-4 head to head statistic in favor of Cardiff City (9 draws).
Huddersfield Town will play away agasint Preston North End on the 9th of April with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of Preston North End (2 draws).
Birmingham City – Formation
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Birmingham City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager John Eustace decided to play with the following team: John Ruddy
, Cody Drameh , Dion Sanderson , Kevin Long , Emmanuel Longelo , Ivan Šunjić , Krystian Bielik , Koji Miyoshi , Jay Stansfield , Juninho Bacuna and Siriki Dembélé .The home team had on the bench: Scott Hogan
, Neil Etheridge, Marc Roberts, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Jordan James , Gary Gardner, Brandon Khela , Emanuel Aiwu and Oliver Burke .Substitutions
Birmingham City made 5 changes: Siriki Dembélé for Jordan James (76′), Koji Miyoshi for Oliver Burke (76′), Jay Stansfield for Scott Hogan (76′), Juninho Bacuna for Brandon Khela (88′) and Cody Drameh for Emanuel Aiwu (88′).
Best player: Siriki Dembélé
The player that probably impressed the most for Birmingham City was Siriki Dembélé.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 22 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 19. He performed 1 cross.Huddersfield Town – Formation
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Huddersfield Town started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Darren Moore played with: Jonathan Hogg, Lee Nicholls
, Matthew Pearson , Michał Helik , Tom Lees , Ben Jackson , Jack Rudoni , Yuta Nakayama , Ben Wiles , Josh Ruffels and Sorba Thomas , Delano Burgzorg .They had on the bench: Josh Koroma
, Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Brahima Diarra , Chris Maxwell, Jaheim Headley , Tom Edwards , Kian Harratt , Patrick Jones and Kyle Hudlin.Substitutions
Huddersfield Town made 5 changes: Delano Burgzorg for Josh Koroma (46′), Josh Ruffels for Jaheim Headley (46′), Ben Jackson for Tom Edwards (61′), Tom Lees for Kian Harratt (71′) and Ben Wiles for Brahima Diarra (46′).
Best player: Sorba Thomas
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was Sorba Thomas.
His rating is
with 36 passes (86% accurate) and 7 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 5. He performed 10 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- West Bromwich Albion – Sheffield Wednesday – 1-0
- Stoke City – Southampton – 0-1
- Plymouth Argyle – Millwall – 0-2
- Middlesbrough – Cardiff City – 2-0
- Ipswich Town – Hull City – 3-0
- Birmingham City – Huddersfield Town – 4-1