BIRMINGHAM. Birmingham City U21 found a way to reverse the scoreline against Crewe Alexandra U21. It was Crewe Alexandra U21 to score first with a goal from Max Woodcock. Nonetheless, later Birmingham City U21 found the way to reverse the score scoring 3 consecutive goals with R. Donovan (31′), J. Dixon (62′) and L. Fairnie (81′).

The match was played at the St. Andrew’s Stadium stadium in Birmingham on Tuesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.81 degrees Celsius or 55.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Birmingham City U21

3 - 1

Crewe Alexandra U21

  • 0 Ball Possession 0
Shots
  • 21 Total 1
  • 9 On Target 1
  • 12 Off Target 0
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 76 Attack 41
  • 62 Dangerous attack 20
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 11 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 0 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 4

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Birmingham City U21 was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Crewe Alexandra U21 that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Birmingham City U21 was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Birmingham City U21 won the match​.

Birmingham City U21 shot 21 times, 9 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Crewe Alexandra U21 shot 1 times, 1 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Match Timeline

26'
R. Donovan(goal)
31'
J. Dixon(goal)
62'
L. Fairnie(goal)
81'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Sheffield United U21
63
30
Millwall U21
58
29
Birmingham City U21
55
30
Swansea City U21
51
29
AFC Bournemouth U21
51
29
Sheffield Wednesday U21
54
30
Queens Park Rangers U21
49
29
Barnsley U21
54
30
Ipswich Town U21
46
29
Hull City U21
45
30
Burnley U21
42
30
Watford U21
37
29
Fleetwood Town U21
42
30
Bristol City U21
35
29
Peterborough United U21
29
30
Charlton Athletic U21
31
29
Cardiff City U21
31
29
Wigan Athletic U21
26
30
Colchester United U21
31
29
Coventry City U21
26
30
Crewe Alexandra U21
19
30

After this encounter, Birmingham City U21 has 47 points to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Crewe Alexandra U21 will stays with 15 points to sit in the 21st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Crewe Alexandra U21 will play away against Wigan Athletic U21 on the 3rd of January with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Crewe Alexandra U21 (2 draws).

Birmingham City U21 – Formation

The manager Steve Spooner decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Birmingham City U21 decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.

Crewe Alexandra U21 – Formation

played with: .

Substitutions

Crewe Alexandra U21 decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Professional Development League.​