match

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1X2
37% 30% 39%
Reading 4-2-3-1
Birmingham City 4-3-3

Match Timeline

31'
Kristian Pedersen- Yellow
51'
Jérémie Bela- Yellow
Lucas João(goal)J. Swift
67'
69'
Lukas Jutkiewicz- sub ->J. James
72'
Onel Hernández- Yellow
John Swift(penalty)
73'
Y. Meïté- sub ->J. Hoilett
74'
82'
Tom McIntyre(own-goal)
T. Dele-Bashiru- sub ->T. Ince
89'

Commentary

75'
Fouled by Tom Ince - Reading

40'
Fouled by Tom Ince - Reading

39'
John Swift - Reading - won a free kick in defence.

36'
Corner - Birmingham City. Conceded by Thomas Holmes.

31'
Fouled by Kristian Pedersen - Birmingham City

26'
Fouled by Ryan Woods - Birmingham City

25'
Jordan Graham - Birmingham City - won a free kick in defence.

23'
Tom Ince - Reading - won a free kick in defence.

10'
Junior Hoilett - Reading - won a free kick in attack.
  
Fouled by Maxime Colin - Birmingham City

5'
Corner - Birmingham City. Conceded by Thomas Holmes.

3'
Andy Yiadom - Reading - won a free kick in defence.

90'
Second Half ended - Reading 2, Birmingham City 1.
  
New attacking attempt. Lukas Jutkiewicz - Birmingham City - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Gary Gardner with a head.
  
Missed chance. Gary Gardner - Birmingham City - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed to the left. Assist - Ryan Woods with a cross.
  
New attacking attempt. Jérémie Bela - Birmingham City - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the right corner.

89'
Substitution - Reading. Tom Dele-Bashiru for Tom Ince.

85'
Missed chance. Lyle Taylor - Birmingham City - shot with right foot from the centre of the box missed to the left. Assist - Lukas Jutkiewicz with a through ball.

84'
Fouled by Tom Ince - Reading
  
Jordan Graham - Birmingham City - won a free kick in defence.

85'
Missed chance. Onel Hernández - Birmingham City - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but missed. Assist - Juninho Bacuna.

82'
New attacking attempt. Onel Hernández - Birmingham City - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Jérémie Bela.
  
Own Goal by Tom McIntyre, Reading. Reading 2, Birmingham City 1.

79'
Shot blocked. Gary Gardner - Birmingham City - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Ryan Woods.
  
Corner - Birmingham City. Conceded by Thomas Holmes.
  
Fouled by Juninho Bacuna - Birmingham City
  
Tom Ince - Reading - won a free kick in defence.

77'
Shot blocked. Yakou Meite - Reading - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked.

75'
Jordan Graham - Birmingham City - won a free kick on the right wing.

74'
Substitution - Reading. Yakou Meite for Junior Hoilett.

72'
Onel Hernández - Birmingham City - receive yellow card for a foul.

73'
Goal! Reading 2, Birmingham City 0. John Swift - Reading - converts the penalty with a shot with right foot to the right corner.

72'
Penalty Reading. Andy Yiadom draws a foul in the penalty area.
  
Penalty conceded by Onel Hernández - Birmingham City - after a foul in the penalty area.

70'
Offside - Reading. Tom McIntyre with a pass, however Junior Hoilett is in offside.

68'
Fouled by Gary Gardner - Birmingham City
  
John Swift - Reading - won a free kick in defence.
  
Missed chance. Lucas João - Reading - shot with right foot from few metres missed.

69'
Substitution - Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz for Jordan James.

67'
Goal! Reading 1, Birmingham City 0. Lucas João - Reading - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the right corner. Assist - John Swift.

63'
Missed chance. Lucas João - Reading - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Andy Yiadom with a cross.

60'
New attacking attempt. Tom Ince - Reading - shot with left foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - John Swift.

58'
Offside - Reading. Danny Drinkwater with a pass, however John Swift is in offside.

56'
Fouled by Kristian Pedersen - Birmingham City
  
Lucas João - Reading - won a free kick in attack.

54'
New attacking attempt. Jordan James - Birmingham City - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Jérémie Bela.
  
Fouled by Tom McIntyre - Reading
  
Lyle Taylor - Birmingham City - won a free kick on the right wing.

55'
Missed chance. Lyle Taylor - Birmingham City - shot with right foot from a diffucult position on the right missed to the left. Assist - Jordan Graham .

51'
Corner - Birmingham City. Conceded by Andy Yiadom.
  
Jérémie Bela - Birmingham City - receive yellow card for a foul.

49'
Corner - Birmingham City. Conceded by Tom McIntyre.

45'
Second Half starts Reading 0, Birmingham City 0.

44'
Hand ball by Lyle Taylor - Birmingham City

45'
Offside - Reading. John Swift with a pass, however Lucas João is in offside.
  
Missed chance. Danny Drinkwater - Reading - shot with right foot from outside the box goes high. Assist - Junior Hoilett.
  
First Half ended - Reading 0, Birmingham City 0.

43'
Tom McIntyre - Reading - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by Lyle Taylor - Birmingham City

40'
Jordan James - Birmingham City - won a free kick in attack.

39'
Fouled by Ryan Woods - Birmingham City

38'
Missed chance. Tom Ince - Reading - shot with right foot from the right side of the six yard box goes high. Assist - Junior Hoilett with a cross.

37'
Missed chance. Jérémie Bela - Birmingham City - shot with right foot from outside the box is very close to the goal. Assist - Kristian Pedersen.

32'
Missed chance. John Swift - Reading - shot with right foot from outside the box is very close to the goal from a free kick.

31'
Junior Hoilett - Reading - won a free kick in attack.
  
Kristian Pedersen - Birmingham City - receive yellow card for a foul.

30'
Shot blocked. Gary Gardner - Birmingham City - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.

29'
New attacking attempt. Juninho Bacuna - Birmingham City - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Gary Gardner.

28'
Offside - Reading. Lucas João with a pass, however Junior Hoilett is in offside.

26'
John Swift - Reading - won a free kick on the left wing.
  
New attacking attempt. Lyle Taylor - Birmingham City - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Jordan James.

25'
Fouled by Junior Hoilett - Reading

22'
Corner - Birmingham City. Conceded by Andy Rinomhota.

23'
Fouled by Maxime Colin - Birmingham City

22'
Shot blocked. Juninho Bacuna - Birmingham City - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Lyle Taylor.

17'
New attacking attempt. Jordan James - Birmingham City - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the left corner.

11'
Fouled by Thomas Holmes - Reading
  
Lyle Taylor - Birmingham City - won a free kick in defence.

12'
Shot blocked. Lyle Taylor - Birmingham City - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Neil Etheridge.

11'
Fouled by Jérémie Bela - Birmingham City
  
Tom Ince - Reading - won a free kick on the right wing.

7'
Andy Yiadom - Reading - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by Onel Hernández - Birmingham City

6'
Fouled by Michael Morrison - Reading
  
Onel Hernández - Birmingham City - won a free kick on the left wing.

3'
Fouled by Jordan James - Birmingham City

2'
Offside - Reading. Thomas Holmes with a pass, however Tom Ince is in offside.
Birmingham City
G
N. Etheridge 1.Philippines
6.4
D
Maxime Colin 2.France
6.6
D
Kristian Pedersen 3.Denmark
7.2
31'
D
Jérémie Bela 11.Angola
7.0
51'
D
Jordan Graham 24.England
6.8
M
G. Gardner 20.England
7.4
M
Ryan Woods 6.England
6.8
M
J. James 19.Wales
6.2
69'
F
Onel Hernández 25.Cuba
7.0
72'
F
J. Bacuna 21.Netherlands
7.4
F
Lyle Taylor 33.Montserrat
6.6
Substitutes
G
Connal Trueman 27.England
D
R. Masampu 45.England
D
M. Oakley 52.England
M
Ivan Šunjić 34.Croatia
M
Tate Campbell 53.England
F
Jobe Bellingham 39.England
F
Lukas Jutkiewicz 10.England
7.3
69'
Reading
G
Karl Hein 26.Estonia
7.7
D
Michael Morrison 4.England
6.3
D
A. Yiadom 17.Ghana
7.2
D
Tom McIntyre 5.Scotland
6.1
D
Tom Holmes 3.England
6.9
M
D. Drinkwater 15.England
6.4
M
Tom Ince 9.England
7.1
89'
M
John Swift 10.England
7.7
Goals73'
M
Andy Rinomhota 8.Zimbabwe
6.8
M
Junior Hoilett 23.Canada
7.3
74'
F
Lucas João 18.Angola
7.0
Goals67'
Substitutes
G
Luke Southwood 22.England
D
K. Abrefa 49.Ghana
M
T. Dele-Bashiru 19.Nigeria
89'
M
Kian Leavy 37.England
F
Brandon Barker 33.England
F
Y. Meïté 11.Ivory Coast
6.1
74'
  • 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
  • 9 Total 17
  • 2 On Target 8
  • 7 Off Target 9
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 0 corners 6
Fouls
  • 7 Total 14
  • 0 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0

Standings

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
90
46
  • W
  • D
  • L
  • W
  • L
88
46
  • D
  • D
  • W
  • W
  • W
82
46
  • W
  • W
  • D
  • W
  • L
80
46
  • L
  • D
  • W
  • W
  • W
75
46
  • W
  • W
  • W
  • L
  • L
75
46
  • D
  • L
  • W
  • D
  • L
70
46
  • L
  • D
  • W
  • W
  • L
69
46
  • L
  • L
  • W
  • L
  • W
69
46
  • D
  • W
  • D
  • W
  • L
67
46
  • W
  • L
  • D
  • W
  • W
66
46
  • D
  • W
  • L
  • L
  • W
64
46
  • W
  • L
  • D
  • L
  • D
64
46
  • D
  • L
  • L
  • W
  • W
62
46
  • L
  • W
  • W
  • L
  • D
61
46
  • D
  • D
  • D
  • L
  • L
60
46
  • W
  • D
  • W
  • L
  • L
55
46
  • W
  • D
  • W
  • W
  • L
53
46
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • D
  • W
51
46
  • W
  • L
  • W
  • L
  • D
47
46
  • L
  • L
  • D
  • D
  • L
41
46
  • W
  • D
  • L
  • L
  • L
37
46
  • W
  • W
  • L
  • L
  • W
34
46
  • W
  • L
  • L
  • W
  • L
30
46
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • L