Birmingham City 2-1 Brentford: result and report

Birmingham City 2-1 Brentford

Championship · Saturday 2 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City won against Brentford 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 January 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Jacques Maghoma opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Jacques Maghoma (55') and Maikel Kieftenbeld (89'). Brentford scored through Philipp Hofmann (77').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 5 yellow cards; Brentford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 9th on 35 points from 24 and Brentford 8th on 36 points from 24. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 10th with 62 points, and Brentford 9th with 65.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Maikel Kieftenbeld of Birmingham City (7.7), ahead of Jacques Maghoma (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Brentford.

Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read W-L-W-D-D and Brentford's W-D-W-L-D.