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The match was played at the Oakwell Stadium stadium in Barnsley on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Matt Donohue. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.5 degrees Celsius or 70.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Both teams adopted the same extremely aggressive line-up.

Barnsley – Formation

Markus Schopp decided to play with the following team: Bradley Collins, Toby Sibbick, Michał Helik, Liam Kitching, Callum Brittain, Romal Palmer, Josh Benson, Callum Styles, Dominik Frieser, Cauley Woodrow and Clarke Oduor.

The home team had on the bench: Aapo Halme, Jack Walton, Victor Adeboyejo, George Miller, Ben Williams, Jasper Moon and Cameron Thompson.

Barnsley could not rely on the presence of J. Moon (injured).

Birmingham City – Formation

On the other side, Lee Schopp played with: Matija Šarkić, Marc Roberts, Harlee Dean, Kristian Pedersen, Maxime Colin, Ryan Woods, Ivan Šunjić, Jérémie Bela, Tahith Chong, Scott Hogan and Lukas Jutkiewicz.

They had on the bench: Chuks Aneke, Iván Sánchez, Jonathan Leko, Connal Trueman, George Friend, Gary Gardner and Riley McGree.

  • 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
  • 7 Total 15
  • 2 On Target 4
  • 5 Off Target 11
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 67 Attack 106
  • 34 Dangerous attack 48
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 2
  • 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 10 Total 11
  • 2 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 2 Substitutions 2

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Barnsley was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Birmingham City that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Match Timeline

6'
25'
29'
33'
Lukas Jutkiewicz(goal)I. Sunjic
58'
65'
76'
80'
84'
86'
89'
89'

After this match, Barnsley will have 6 points to stay in the 13th place. On the other side, Birmingham City will have 8 points to stay in the 8th place.

In the next match in the Championship, Barnsley will play away AFC Bournemouth on the 11th of September with a 3-1 head to head in favor of AFC Bournemouth (0 draw). Birmingham City will host Derby County on the 10th of September with a 10-8 head to head in favor of Derby County (9 draw).