HIGH WYCOMBE. Birmingham City prevailed over Wycombe Wanderers. Birmingham City was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (74%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Adams Park stadium in High Wycombe on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 6,224 spectators.​ The referee was Lewis Smith with the collaboration of Daniel Cook and Ross Murphy. The 4th official was James Durkin. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.28 degrees Celsius or 68.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 38%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Birmingham City was in firm control of the ball 74% while Wycombe Wanderers was struggling with a 26% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Birmingham City was more pushing with 46 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Birmingham City won the contest.​

Wycombe Wanderers shot 8 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Birmingham City shot 13 times, 7 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Wycombe Wanderers received 4 yellow cards (Luke Leahy, Daniel Harvie, Josh Scowen and ). Talking about the opposition, Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards (Alex Cochrane and Alfie May).

Standings

After this match, Wycombe Wanderers stays with 0 points to occupy the 19th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Birmingham City has 4 points (7th).

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Wycombe Wanderers will host Rotherham United on the 24th of August with a 6-1 head to head statistic in favor of Wycombe Wanderers (6 draws).

Birmingham City will play away against Leyton Orient on the 24th of August with a 0-0 head to head record.

Wycombe Wanderers – Formation

Wycombe Wanderers started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Matt Bloomfield decided to play with the following team: Nathan Bishop (6.7), Jack Grimmer (7.3), Joe Low (6.3), Ryan Tafazolli (6.9), Daniel Harvie (6.2), Josh Scowen (7.1), Matt Butcher (6.4), Luke Leahy (6.7), Garath McCleary (6.8), Richard Kone (6.8) and Kieran Sadlier (8.3).

The home team had on the bench: Franco Ravizzoli, Sam Vokes (7.8), Daniel Udoh (6.7), Tyreeq Bakinson (6.5), Jason McCarthy, Jaiden Bartolo (6.5) and Jasper Pattenden (6.7).

Wycombe Wanderers could not rely on the presence of Jason McCarthy (injured).

Substitutions

Wycombe Wanderers made 6 changes: Matt Butcher for Tyreeq Bakinson (58′), Garath McCleary for Jaiden Bartolo (84′), Ryan Tafazolli for Daniel Udoh (58′), Richard Kone for Jasper Pattenden (60′), Luke Leahy for Sam Vokes (74′) and Josh Scowen for Jason McCarthy (90′).

Player of the match: Kieran Sadlier​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Wycombe Wanderers was Kieran Sadlier.

His rating is 8.3 with 16 passes (50% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 5 crosses.

Birmingham City – Formation

Birmingham City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Chris Davies played with: Bailey Peacock-Farrell (6.5), Ethan Laird (7.1), Christoph Klarer (6.9), Krystian Bielik (6.7), Alex Cochrane (6.5), Marc Leonard (7.2), Seung-ho Paik (6.8), Keshi Anderson (6.4), Luke Harris (7.5), Emil Hansson (6.9) and Alfie May (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Lukas Jutkiewicz (6.5), Koji Miyoshi (6.4), Willum Thór Willumsson (7.6), Ryan Allsop, Alfons Sampsted, Brandon Khela (6.4) and Ayumu Yokoyama (7.0).

Birmingham City could not rely on the presence of Alfons Sampsted (injured).

Substitutions

Birmingham City made 6 changes: Emil Hansson for Koji Miyoshi (58′), Willum Thór Willumsson for Alfons Sampsted (90′), Marc Leonard for Willum Thór Willumsson (64′), Keshi Anderson for Ayumu Yokoyama (64′), Alfie May for Lukas Jutkiewicz (85′) and Luke Harris for Brandon Khela (85′).

Player of the match: Willum Thór Willumsson​

The most impressive player for Birmingham City was Willum Thór Willumsson.

His rating is 7.6 with 1 goal, 19 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 1.

His performance was exceptional also because he began the encounter from the bench before entering in the 64′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League One.​

• Charlton Athletic – Leyton Orient – 1-0
• Shrewsbury Town – Peterborough United – 1-4
• Blackpool – Stockport County – 0-3
• Cambridge United – Crawley Town – 0-1
• Huddersfield Town – Stevenage – 2-1
• Lincoln City – Barnsley – 1-2
• Mansfield Town – Burton Albion – 3-3
• Northampton Town – Exeter City – 2-1
• Reading – Wigan Athletic – 2-0
• Rotherham United – Bristol Rovers – 0-0
• Wycombe Wanderers – Birmingham City – 2-3