Birmingham City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report
Championship · Saturday 25 November 2023
Result
Birmingham City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship · Saturday 25 November 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Birmingham City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report
Birmingham City beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 25 November 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.
George Byers opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from J. Bacuna (45+3') and Jordan James (81'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through George Byers (45').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Sheffield Wednesday received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 18th on 19 points from 16 and Sheffield Wednesday 24th on 6 points from 16. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 22nd with 50 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 20th with 53.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ethan Laird of Birmingham City (7.8), level with Juninho Bacuna (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Birmingham City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Sheffield Wednesday.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Siriki Dembélé
- 32'Yellow card · Josh Windass
- 37'Yellow card · Mallik Wilks
- 39'Yellow card · Barry Bannan
- 45'Goal · George Byers
- 45+3'Goal · J. Bacuna
- 61'Yellow card · Anthony Musaba
- 70'Yellow card · Djeidi Gassama
- 81'Goal · Jordan James
Head-to-head
Team news
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Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
John Ruddy, Ethan Laird, Emanuel Aiwu, Dion Sanderson, Lee Buchanan, Krystian Bielik, Juninho Bacuna, Koji Miyoshi, Jay Stansfield, Siriki Dembélé, Oliver Burke
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-4-2-1)
Cameron Dawson, Dominic Iorfa, Michael Ihiekwe, Bambo Diaby, Akin Famewo, George Byers, Will Vaulks, Anthony Musaba, Barry Bannan, Mallik Wilks, Josh Windass