Birmingham City 1-2 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 6 November 2021
Result
Birmingham City 1-2 Reading
Championship · Saturday 6 November 2021, 15:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Birmingham City 1-2 Reading: match report
Birmingham City lost to Reading 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 6 November 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Scott Hogan opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Scott Hogan (3'). Reading scored through Jahmari Clarke (70') and Jahmari Clarke (82').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 4 yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 15th on 22 points from 16 and Reading 18th on 19 points from 16. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Reading 22nd with 47.
Birmingham City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Reading in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jahmari Clarke of Reading (8.5), ahead of Troy Deeney (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Reading.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read W-W-W-D-L and Reading's L-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Scott Hogan
- 30'Yellow card · Jérémie Bela
- 34'Yellow card · Harlee Dean
- 38'Yellow card · M. Oakley
- 55'Yellow card · Riley McGree
- 70'Goal · Jahmari Clarke
- 76'Yellow card · T. Holmes
- 82'Goal · Jahmari Clarke
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Junior Hoilett
- Andrew Farai Rinomhota
- Ethan Bristow
- Alen Halilovic
- Dejan Tetek
- Jonathan Leko
- Michael Morrison
- Yakou Méïté
- Tahith Chong
- Femi Azeez
- Marc McNulty
- Lucas João
- Iván Sánchez
- Tom McIntyre
Birmingham City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Matija Šarkić, Harlee Dean, M. Roberts, Mitchell Roberts, Marcel Oakley, Ivan Šunjić, Gary Gardner, Jérémie Bela, Riley McGree, Scott Hogan, Troy Deeney
Reading line-up (3-5-1-1)
Luke Southwood, Tom Holmes, Scott Dann, Liam Moore, Andy Yiadom, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Josh Laurent, Ovie Ejaria, Abdul Rahman Baba, John Swift, G. Pușcaș