WORTHING. Birmingham City beats Hull City with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by T. Deeney (14′) and a goal from J. Bacuna (47′). Hull City was vastly better in terms of ball possession (67%).
The match was played at the The A2B Stadium stadium in Worthing on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Leigh Doughty who was helped by Graham Kane and Mark Stevens. The 4th official was James Bell. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.3 degrees Celsius or 59.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- ! 68 Ball Possession 32
Shots
- 12 Total 8
- 2 On Target 3
- 10 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 96 Attack 104
- 50 Dangerous attack 29
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 2
- 7 Corners 6
Fouls
- 15 Total 6
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Hull City had a superior ball possession 67% while Birmingham City was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Hull City was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Birmingham City managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
Hull City shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Birmingham City shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Hull City received 4 yellow cards (J. Greaves, D. Sinik, R. Williams and N. Baxter). Regarding the opposition, Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards (M. Colin, K. Bielik and J. Bacuna).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Hull City will stay with 14 points like West Bromwich Albion to hold in the 21st place. On the other side, Birmingham City will have 19 points like Stoke City, Preston North End and Wigan Athletic to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Hull City will host Middlesbrough on the 1st of November with a 10-9 head to head in favor of Middlesbrough (4 draws).
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).
Hull City – Formation
Hull City
73'
56'
Hull City started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
The manager Shota Arveladze decided to play with the following team: Nathan Baxter , Cyrus Christie , Tobias Figueiredo , Alfie Jones , Jacob Greaves , Greg Docherty , Ozan Tufan , Jean Michaël Seri , Doğukan Sinik , Dimitrios Pelkas and Óscar Estupiñán .
The home team had on the bench: Matt Ingram, Sean McLoughlin, Xavier Simons, Randell Williams , Ryan Woods, Will Jarvis and Ryan Longman.
Substitutions
Hull City made 5 changes: J. Greaves for R. Williams (56′), D. Sinik for W. Jarvis (63′), J. Seri for R. Woods (82′), D. Pelkas for X. Simons (82′) and O. Tufan for R. Longman (83′).
Best player: Dimitrios Pelkas
The most impressive player for Hull City was Dimitrios Pelkas.
His rating is with 28 passes (67% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 7 crosses.
Birmingham City – Formation
Birmingham City
47'
Birmingham City started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
John Eustace played with: John Ruddy , Maxime Colin , Harlee Dean , Auston Trusty , Juninho Bacuna , Hannibal Mejbri , Krystian Bielik , Tahith Chong , Emmanuel Longelo , Troy Deeney and Scott Hogan .
They had on the bench: Jobe Bellingham , Neil Etheridge, Jordan Graham , Jonathan Leko, George Hall, Jordan James and Lukas Jutkiewicz .
Substitutions
Birmingham City made 5 changes: T. Chong for J. Bellingham (77′), J. Bacuna for J. Graham (78′), T. Deeney for L. Jutkiewicz (78′), H. Mejbri for G. Hall (86′) and K. Bielik for J. James (90′).
Best player: Juninho Bacuna
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Birmingham City was Juninho Bacuna.
His rating is with 1 goal, 18 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
