Birmingham City 2-0 Stoke City: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2018
Result
Birmingham City 2-0 Stoke City
Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Birmingham City 2-0 Stoke City: match report
Birmingham City defeated Stoke City 2-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 26 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jacques Maghoma opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Jacques Maghoma (43') and O. Bogle (87'). Stoke City did not score.
Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 8th on 34 points from 23 and Stoke City 9th on 34 points from 23. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 14th with 61 points, and Stoke City 17th with 55.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Stoke City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jacques Maghoma of Birmingham City (8.3), ahead of Lee Camp (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Birmingham City wins, 3 draws and 1 for Stoke City.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · G. Gardner
- 26'Yellow card · Ryan Shawcross
- 43'Goal · Jacques Maghoma
- 52'Yellow card · C. Martina
- 63'Yellow card · Harlee Dean
- 74'Yellow card · Bruno Martins Indi
- 76'Yellow card · Joe Allen
- 87'Goal · O. Bogle
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Lee Camp, Wes Harding, Michael Morrison, Harlee Dean, Maxime Colin, Jota Peleteiro, Gary Gardner, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Jacques Maghoma, Ché Adams, Lukas Jutkiewicz
Stoke City line-up (4-3-3)
Jack Butland, Cuco Martina, Ryan Shawcross, Ashley Williams, Bruno Martins Indi, Joe Allen, Ryan Woods, Sam Clucas, Tom Ince, Daniel Schütz, James McClean