BIRMINGHAM. Birmingham City and Coventry City didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..

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 Graham Scott assisted by Harry Lennard and Steve Meredith. The 4th official was Gavin Ward. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26.1 degrees Celsius or 78.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Birmingham City was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Coventry City that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Coventry City was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Coventry City to win the match​.

Birmingham City shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Coventry City shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Birmingham City received 1 yellow card (D. Sanderson). On the other side, Coventry City received 3 yellow cards (B. Sheaf, J. Panzo and F. Dabo).

Also, Coventry City didn’t end the match with 11 players after G. Hamer (Coventry City) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (89′).

Standings

After this match, Birmingham City will have 12 points like Stoke City, Preston North End and Swansea City to hold in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Coventry City will have 3 points to hold in the 24th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Birmingham City will host Millwall on the 2nd of November with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Birmingham City (7 draws).

Coventry City will host Blackburn Rovers on the 1st of November with a 2-2 head to head.

Birmingham City – Formation

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

The manager John Eustace decided to play with the following team: John Ruddy (7.4), Maxime Colin (6.7), Dion Sanderson (7.8), Auston Trusty (7.1), Josh Williams (6.6), Krystian Bielik (7.1), Tahith Chong (7.3), Jordan Graham (6.8), Juninho Bacuna (7.0), Troy Deeney (6.7) and Scott Hogan (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Neil Etheridge, Jonathan Leko, George Hall, Lukas Jutkiewicz (6.1), Jobe Bellingham, Hannibal Mejbri (6.7) and Jordan James.

Substitutions

Birmingham City made 2 changes: J. Bacuna for H. Mejbri (67′) and T. Deeney for L. Jutkiewicz (79′).

Best player: Dion Sanderson​

The most impressive player for Birmingham City was Dion Sanderson.

His rating is (7.8) with 35 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Coventry City – Formation

Coventry City started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Mark Robins played with: Ben Wilson (7.4), Callum Doyle (7.0), Kyle McFadzean (6.5), Jonathan Panzo (7.1), Fankaty Dabo (7.0), Jamie Allen (7.1), Gustavo Hamer (7.4), Ben Sheaf (6.4), Jake Bidwell (7.2), Matt Godden (6.2) and Viktor Gyökeres (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kasey Palmer (7.3), Todd Kane, Simon Moore, Jack Burroughs, Tyler Walker (6.8), Josh Eccles and Martyn Waghorn.

Substitutions

Coventry City made 2 changes: M. Godden for T. Walker (77′) and J. Allen for K. Palmer (77′).

Best player: Ben Wilson​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Coventry City was the goalkeeper: Ben Wilson. His rating is 7.35. He performed 3 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Wigan Athletic – Reading – 0-1
• Watford – Sunderland – 2-2
• Swansea City – Hull City – 3-0
• Queens Park Rangers – Stoke City – 0-0
• Preston North End – Sheffield United – 0-2
• Norwich City – West Bromwich Albion – 1-1
• Millwall – Blackpool – 2-1
• Middlesbrough – Rotherham United – 0-0
• Luton Town – Blackburn Rovers – 2-0
• Huddersfield Town – Cardiff City – 1-0
• Burnley – Bristol City – 2-1
• Birmingham City – Coventry City – 0-0