Birmingham vs Reading

Championship ·Matchday 23

Birmingham

3-2

Full-time HT 3-0

Reading

T. Deeney 2'
T. Deeney 23' (pen)
T. Chong 36'

Lucas João 82'
T. Ince 90+4'

Pre-match
First half
Half-time
Second half
Full-time

Friday 16 December · 23:00 St Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham T. Robinson

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Birmingham beat Reading 3-2. Scorers for Birmingham: T. Deeney 2', T. Deeney 23' (pen), T. Chong 36'. Scorers for Reading: Lucas João 82', T. Ince 90+4'. Reading had 64% of possession.

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Full-time 3 - 2
Added time: 7 minutes
90+7'
A. Yiadom Yellow card · Reading Yellow card for A. Yiadom (Reading)
90+4'
T. Ince 3-2 Goal · Assist: A. Yiadom · Reading A. Yiadom provides, T. Ince finishes for Reading (3-2)
90+1'
J. Graham Out: M. Emmanuel · Birmingham Substitution for Birmingham: J. Graham comes on for M. Emmanuel
82'
Lucas João 3-1 Goal · Assist: J. Hendrick · Reading J. Hendrick provides, Lucas João finishes for Reading (3-1)
79'
N. Guinness-Walker Out: A. Baba · Reading Substitution for Reading: N. Guinness-Walker comes on for A. Baba
79'
A. Carroll Out: Y. Meïté · Reading Substitution for Reading: A. Carroll comes on for Y. Meïté
76'
J. Bellingham Out: H. Mejbri · Birmingham Substitution for Birmingham: J. Bellingham comes on for H. Mejbri
68'
J. James Out: J. Bacuna · Birmingham Substitution for Birmingham: J. James comes on for J. Bacuna
60'
J. Hoilett Out: Amadou Salif Mbengue · Reading Substitution for Reading: J. Hoilett comes on for Amadou Salif Mbengue
59'
Lucas João Out: S. Long · Reading Substitution for Reading: Lucas João comes on for S. Long
Half-time 3 - 0
44'
K. Bielik Yellow card · Birmingham Yellow card for K. Bielik (Birmingham)
36'
T. Chong 3-0 Goal · Assist: H. Mejbri · Birmingham Goal for Birmingham! T. Chong turns in the pass from H. Mejbri (3-0)
23'
T. Deeney 2-0 Penalty goal · Birmingham Goal! T. Deeney scores a penalty for Birmingham. It is 2-0
2'
T. Deeney 1-0 Goal · Birmingham Goal! T. Deeney scores for Birmingham. It is 1-0
Kick-off

The teams before the match

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DWDLD Last 5 matches DLLWW

17Position22

53Pts44

1.4Goals scored per match1

0.8Goals conceded per match1.4

5Clean sheets3

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Burnley	46	29	14	3	87	35	87:35	+52	101	WWWLD
2	Sheffield Utd	46	28	7	11	73	39	73:39	+34	91	WLWWW
3	Luton	46	21	17	8	57	39	57:39	+18	80	DDWDW
4	Middlesbrough	46	22	9	15	84	56	84:56	+28	75	DLLWW
5	Coventry	46	18	16	12	58	46	58:46	+12	70	DWWDW
6	Sunderland	46	18	15	13	68	55	68:55	+13	69	WDWDW
7	Blackburn	46	20	9	17	52	54	52:54	-2	69	WDLDD
8	Millwall	46	19	11	16	57	50	57:50	+7	68	LWLLW
9	West Brom	46	18	12	16	59	53	59:53	+6	66	LWLLW
10	Swansea	46	18	12	16	68	64	68:64	+4	66	WDWWW
11	Watford	46	16	15	15	56	53	56:53	+3	63	WDLLW
12	Preston	46	17	12	17	45	59	45:59	-14	63	LLDLL
13	Norwich	46	17	11	18	57	54	57:54	+3	62	LLLDL
14	Bristol City	46	15	14	17	55	56	55:56	-1	59	WLWLL
15	Hull City	46	14	16	16	51	61	51:61	-10	58	DDWLD
16	Stoke City	46	14	11	21	55	54	55:54	+1	53	LLDLL
17	Birmingham	46	14	11	21	47	58	47:58	-11	53	LLLWL
18	Huddersfield	46	14	11	21	47	62	47:62	-15	53	WWWDL
19	Rotherham	46	11	17	18	49	60	49:60	-11	50	DWLLD
20	QPR	46	13	11	22	44	71	44:71	-27	50	LWWDL
21	Cardiff	46	13	10	23	41	58	41:58	-17	49	LLWDW
22	Reading	46	13	11	22	46	68	46:68	-22	44	LDLDD
23	Blackpool	46	11	11	24	48	72	48:72	-24	44	WLWLW
24	Wigan	46	10	15	21	38	65	38:65	-27	39	DDWWL