Birmingham City 3-1 Sunderland: result and report

Birmingham City 3-1 Sunderland

Championship · Tuesday 30 January 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Birmingham City defeated Sunderland 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 30 January 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

David Davis opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from David Davis (28'), Jérémie Boga (44') and Sam Gallagher (54'). Sunderland scored through Bryan Oviedo (83').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 23rd on 24 points from 28 and Sunderland 22nd on 25 points from 28. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 46 points, and Sunderland 24th with 37.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to David Davis of Birmingham City (8.4), ahead of Jacques Maghoma (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Birmingham City wins, 4 draws and 2 for Sunderland.