BIRMINGHAM. Huddersfield Town had a surprising win over Birmingham City with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Colwill (27′) and a goal from L. O’Brien (44′). Birmingham City lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the St. Andrew’s Stadium stadium in Birmingham on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was David Webb who was helped by Mark Pottage and Adam Crysell. The 4th official was Gavin Ward. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.9 degrees Celsius or 42.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Birmingham City had a superior ball possession 60% while Huddersfield Town was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Birmingham City had a more offensive attitude with 50 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Huddersfield Town was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Birmingham City shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Huddersfield Town shot 7 times, 6 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this encounter, Birmingham City will stay with 37 points like Hull City to hold in the 19th place. Talking about the opposition, Huddersfield Town will have 59 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Birmingham City will play away against Bristol City on the 5th of March with a 13-3 head to head statistic in favor of Birmingham City (3 draws).

Huddersfield Town will host Peterborough United on the 4th of March with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Peterborough United (3 draws).

Birmingham City – Formation

Birmingham City started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Lee Bowyer decided to play with the following team: Neil Etheridge (6.3), Jordan Graham (6.6), Maxime Colin (6.8), Kristian Pedersen (7.0), Jérémie Bela (6.2), Juninho Bacuna (6.4), Gary Gardner (6.9), Ryan Woods (7.3), Jordan James (6.6), Lukas Jutkiewicz (7.0), Onel Hernández (6.5) and Lyle Taylor.

The home team had on the bench: Taylor Richards, Tate Campbell, Connal Trueman, Tahith Chong (6.3), Ivan Šunjić (6.9) and Marcel Oakley.

Birmingham City could not rely on the presence of I. Sunjic (injured).

Substitutions

Birmingham City made 2 changes: M. Colin for I. Sunjic (25′) and J. James for T. Chong (66′).

Best player: Ryan Woods​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Birmingham City was Ryan Woods.

His rating is (7.3) with 63 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Huddersfield Town – Formation

Huddersfield Town started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Carlos Corberán Vallet played with: Lee Nicholls (6.9), Oliver Turton (6.1), Matthew Pearson (7.1), Levi Colwill (7.8), Harry Toffolo (6.6), Jon Russell (6.5), Jonathan Hogg (6.4), Lewis O’Brien (8.0), Sorba Thomas (7.8), Jordan Rhodes (6.6), Duane Holmes (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Josh Koroma, Carel Eiting, Naby Sarr, Daniel Ward (6.6), Josh Ruffels, Danel Sinani (6.8) and Jamal Blackman.

Substitutions

Huddersfield Town made 3 changes: D. Holmes for D. Sinani (77′), J. Rhodes for D. Ward (79′) and S. Thomas for J. Koroma (90′).

Best player: Lewis O’Brien​

The most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was Lewis O’Brien.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 25 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• AFC Bournemouth – Stoke City – 2-1
• Barnsley – Middlesbrough – 3-2
• Birmingham City – Huddersfield Town – 0-2
• Blackburn Rovers – Queens Park Rangers – 1-0
• Blackpool – Reading – 4-1
• Cardiff City – Fulham – 0-1
• Coventry City – Preston North End – 1-1
• Luton Town – Derby County – 1-0
• Millwall – Sheffield United – 1-0
• Nottingham Forest – Bristol City – 2-0
• Peterborough United – Hull City – 0-3