Birmingham City 0-2 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 26 August 2017
Result
Birmingham City 0-2 Reading
Championship · Saturday 26 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Birmingham City 0-2 Reading: match report
Birmingham City lost to Reading 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 26 August 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Jón Dadi Bödvarsson opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Birmingham City did not score. Reading scored through Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (60') and George Evans (85').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 16th on 4 points from 4 and Reading 18th on 4 points from 4. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 46 points, and Reading 20th with 44.
Birmingham City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Reading in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tyler Blackett of Reading (8.2), ahead of Paul McShane (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 4 for Reading.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-D-W-L and Reading's L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 60'Goal · Jón Dadi Bödvarsson
- 85'Goal · George Evans
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (3-5-2)
David Adam Stockdale, Jonathan Grounds, M. Roberts, Michael Morrison, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Cohen Bramall, Cheikh N'Doye, C. Jenkinson, Stephen Gleeson, Sam Gallagher, Jacques Maghoma
Reading line-up (3-5-2)
Vito Mannone, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tiago Ilori, Chris Gunter, Joey van den Berg, Leandro Bacuna, Tyler Blackett, Liam Kelly, Modou Barrow, J. Böðvarsson