Birmingham City overcomes Bristol City 3-0. HIGHLIGHTS

BIRMINGHAM. Birmingham City was in the end too much to handle for Bristol City.

October 9, 2022

BIRMINGHAM. Birmingham City was in the end too much to handle for Bristol City with the goal of A. Trusty (3′), A. Trusty (43′) and D. Sanderson (75′). Bristol City lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

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 James Linington with the assistance of Shaun Hudson and Matt McGrath. The 4th official was Tim Robinson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.2 degrees Celsius or 66.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.

Match Statistics

Birmingham City

3 - 0

Bristol City

42 Ball Possession 58

Shots

10 Total 6
6 On Target 0
4 Off Target 6
0 Shots blocked 0

110 Attack 77
67 Dangerous attack 37
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
7 Corners 4

Fouls

23 Total 11
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Bristol City was in firm control of the ball 58% while Birmingham City was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Birmingham City was more pushing with 67 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Birmingham City won the match.

Birmingham City shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Bristol City shot 6 times, 0 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards (H. Mejbri, D. Sanderson and K. Bielik). Regarding the opposition, Bristol City received 2 yellow cards (A. Scott and D. Kadji).

Match Timeline

43'

45'

46'

George Tanner - sub ->N. Wells

46'

Dion Sanderson- Yellow

52'

64'

65'

Krystian Bielik- Yellow

68'

J. James- sub ->G. Hall

71'

74'

Cameron Pring- sub ->J. Dasilva

Dion Sanderson(goal)T. Chong

75'

77'

80'

J. Bacuna- sub ->K. Bielik

82'

Lukas Jutkiewicz- sub ->Tahith Chong

82'

J. Bacuna- sub ->Krystian Bielik

82'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

101

After this encounter, Birmingham City will have 16 points like Stoke City and Wigan Athletic to remain in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Bristol City will stay with 15 points like Rotherham United and Blackpool to remain in the 18th 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 record in favor of Birmingham City (7 draws).

Bristol City will host Sheffield United on the 1st of November with a 11-6 head to head in favor of Sheffield United (2 draws).

Birmingham City – Formation

Birmingham City

John Ruddy 21.England

6.4

Harlee Dean 12.England

6.8

Auston Trusty 5.United States

8.4

3', 43'

Dion Sanderson 28.England

7.1

52'

75'

Maxime Colin 2.France

6.5

M. Emmanuel 23.England

7.3

Krystian Bielik 31.Poland

6.8

82'

68'

Hannibal 6.Tunisia

6.8

77'

45'

G. Hall 35.England

6.8

71'

Tahith Chong 18.Netherlands

7.9

82'

Scott Hogan 9.Republic of Ireland

6.9

Substitutes

N. Etheridge 1.Philippines

J. Bacuna 7.Netherlands

82'

Jordan Graham 11.England

J. James 19.Wales

6.2

71'

Lukas Jutkiewicz 10.England

82'

Troy Deeney 8.England

Jobe Bellingham 27.England

77'

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

The manager John Eustace decided to play with the following team: John Ruddy (6.4), Dion Sanderson (7.1), Harlee Dean (6.8), Auston Trusty (8.4), Maxime Colin (6.5), George Hall (6.8), Krystian Bielik (6.8), Hannibal Mejbri (6.8), Emmanuel Longelo (7.3), Scott Hogan (6.9) and Tahith Chong (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Lukas Jutkiewicz, Troy Deeney, Jobe Bellingham, Juninho Bacuna, Jordan Graham, Jordan James (6.2) and Neil Etheridge.

Substitutions

Birmingham City made 5 changes: G. Hall for J. James (71′), H. Mejbri for J. Bellingham (77′), K. Bielik for J. Bacuna (82′), S. Hogan for T. Deeney (82′) and T. Chong for L. Jutkiewicz (82′).

Best player: Auston Trusty

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Birmingham City was Auston Trusty.

His rating is (8.4) with 2 goals, 16 passes (43% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 9. He hit the woodwork once times.

Bristol City – Formation

Bristol City

Daniel Bentley 1.England

5.8

Zak Vyner 26.England

6.1

R. Atkinson 5.England

6.9

Andy King 10.Wales

6.4

Mark Sykes 17.Northern Ireland

6.1

Jay Dasilva 3.England

6.7

74'

Han-Noah Massengo 30.France

6.5

65'

Alex Scott 7.England

6.8

64'

Andreas Weimann 14.Austria

6.8

Nahki Wells 21.Bermuda

6.3

46'

T. Conway 15.Scotland

6.2

46'

Substitutes

Max O'Leary 12.England

Cameron Pring 16.England

74'

Timm Klose 25.Switzerland

George Tanner 19.England

6.1

46'

Dylan Kadji 27.England

6.4

65'

80'

C. Martin 9.Scotland

6.5

Antoine Semenyo 11.England

6.9

46'

Bristol City started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Nigel Pearson played with: Daniel Bentley (5.8), Zak Vyner (6.1), Mark Sykes (6.1), Andy King (6.4), Robert Atkinson (6.9), Han-Noah Massengo (6.5), Alex Scott (6.8), Jay Dasilva (6.7), Tommy Conway (6.2), Nahki Wells (6.3) and Andreas Weimann (6.8).

They had on the bench: Cameron Pring, Timm Klose, Max O’Leary, Chris Martin (6.5), George Tanner (6.1), Dylan Kadji (6.4) and Antoine Semenyo (6.9).

Substitutions

Bristol City made 5 changes: N. Wells for G. Tanner (46′), T. Conway for A. Semenyo (46′), N. Wells for C. Martin (46′), H. Massengo for D. Kadji (65′) and J. Dasilva for C. Pring (74′).