Birmingham City 2-1 Swansea City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 October 2021

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Swansea City

Championship · Saturday 23 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 2-1 Swansea City: match report

Birmingham City beat Swansea City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 23 October 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

Troy Deeney opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Troy Deeney (47') and Riley McGree (82'). Swansea City scored through Michael Obafemi (77').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Swansea City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 20th on 13 points from 13 and Swansea City 15th on 17 points from 13. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Swansea City 15th with 61.

Birmingham City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Swansea City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Troy Deeney of Birmingham City (7.8), level with Matt Grimes (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Birmingham City wins, 4 draws and 2 for Swansea City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 47'Goal · Troy DeeneyBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Ryan BennettSwansea City
  • 53'Yellow card · G. GardnerBirmingham City
  • 77'Goal · Michael ObafemiSwansea City · 1-1
  • 82'Goal · Riley McGreeBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Riley McGreeBirmingham City

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Birmingham City 3, draws 4, Swansea City 2.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Matija Šarkić, Dion Sanderson, M. Roberts, George Friend, Jordan Graham, Gary Gardner, Ivan Šunjić, Kristian Pedersen, Scott Hogan, Tahith Chong, Troy Deeney

Swansea City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Ben Hamer, Ryan Bennett, Kyle Naughton, Ryan Manning, Ethan Laird, Matt Grimes, Korey Smith, Joel Latibeaudiere, Olivier Ntcham, Sander Krabbendam, Joël Piroe