Birmingham City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report
Championship · Saturday 17 September 2016
Result
Birmingham City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship · Saturday 17 September 2016, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Birmingham City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report
Birmingham City defeated Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 17 September 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
G. Hooper opened the scoring in the 76th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Clayton Donaldson (81', penalty) and Lukas Jutkiewicz (90+2'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through G. Hooper (76').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Sheffield Wednesday received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 8th on 12 points from 7 and Sheffield Wednesday 12th on 11 points from 7. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 4th with 83.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Clayton Donaldson of Birmingham City (8.2), ahead of Michael Morrison (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 3 draws and 5 for Sheffield Wednesday.
Key events
- 50'Yellow card · Stephen Gleeson
- 56'Yellow card · Glenn Loovens
- 76'Goal · G. Hooper
- 80'Yellow card · Kieren Westwood
- 81'Penalty goal · Clayton Donaldson
- 90+2'Goal · Lukas Jutkiewicz
- 90+6'Yellow card · Adam Reach
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
A. Legzdiņš, Jonathan Spector, Michael Morrison, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Grounds, David Davis, Stephen Gleeson, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Jacques Maghoma, Clayton Donaldson, Ché Adams
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-2)
Keiren Westwood, Liam Palmer, Tom Lees, Glenn Loovens, Adam Reach, Ross Wallace, Kieran Lee, Barry Bannan, Almen Abdi, Fernando Forestieri, Steven Fletcher