Brentford 5-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 20 February 2018
Result
Brentford 5-0 Birmingham City
Championship · Tuesday 20 February 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Brentford 5-0 Birmingham City: match report
Brentford defeated Birmingham City 5-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 20 February 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.
O. Watkins opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Brentford's goals came from O. Watkins (31'), F. Jozefzoon (41'), Neal Maupay (51'), an own goal by Marc Roberts (54') and O. Watkins (81'). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Brentford received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brentford were 10th on 47 points from 32 and Birmingham City 19th on 30 points from 32. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 46.
Brentford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ollie Watkins of Brentford (10.0), ahead of Florian Jozefzoon (9.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brentford wins, 1 draw and 4 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 31'Goal · O. Watkins
- 41'Goal · F. Jozefzoon
- 45+3'Yellow card · Craig Gardner
- 51'Goal · Neal Maupay
- 54'Own goal · Marc Roberts
- 81'Goal · O. Watkins
- 87'Yellow card · Jason Lowe
Head-to-head
Team news
Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Bentley, Andreas Bjelland, John Egan, Henrik Dalsgaard, Yoann Barbet, Florian Jozefzoon, Josh McEachran, Ollie Watkins, Islom Ismoilov, R. Sawyers, Neal Maupay
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Adam Stockdale, M. Roberts, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, Cohen Bramall, Craig Gardner, Cheikh N'Doye, Jacques Maghoma, Jérémie Boga, Jason Lowe, Sam Gallagher