Birmingham City 6-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 December 2014

Result

Birmingham City 6-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 13 December 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 4-1

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Birmingham City 6-1 Reading: match report

Birmingham City defeated Reading 6-1 in the Championship on Saturday 13 December 2014. The half-time score was 4-1.

Paul Caddis opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Paul Caddis (4'), Demarai Gray (11'), Demarai Gray (24'), Demarai Gray (45+1'), Andrew Shinnie (46') and David Cotterill (60'). Reading scored through Glenn Murray (19').

Discipline: Birmingham City received no yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 20th on 22 points from 20 and Reading 15th on 24 points from 20. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Reading 20th with 49.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 5 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Paul CaddisBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · Demarai GrayBirmingham City · 2-0
  • 18'Yellow card · Michael HectorReading
  • 19'Goal · Glenn MurrayReading · 2-1
  • 24'Goal · Demarai GrayBirmingham City · 3-1
  • 45+1'Goal · Demarai GrayBirmingham City · 4-1
  • 46'Goal · Andrew ShinnieBirmingham City · 5-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Chris GunterReading
  • 60'Goal · David CotterillBirmingham City · 6-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Birmingham City 2, draws 1, Reading 5.

Team news

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Birmingham City expected line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, Paul Robinson, Dan Burn, Kyle Bartley, Paul Caddis, Jesse Lingard, Tom Adeyemi, Andrew Shinnie, Nikola Zigic, C. Burke, Oliver Lee

Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary