Fulham 2-5 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 7 November 2015
Result
Fulham 2-5 Birmingham City
Championship · Saturday 7 November 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-3
Fulham 2-5 Birmingham City: match report
Fulham were beaten by Birmingham City 2-5 in the Championship on Saturday 7 November 2015. It was 0-3 at half-time.
Stephen Gleeson opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Fulham's goals came from A. Kačaniklić (66') and Ross McCormack (90+3'). Birmingham City scored through Stephen Gleeson (19'), Paul Caddis (22', penalty), Jon Toral (31'), Clayton Donaldson (82') and V. Solomon-Otabor (90+5').
Discipline: Fulham received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Birmingham City received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Fulham were 11th on 20 points from 15 and Birmingham City 8th on 24 points from 15. Fulham went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 62.
Fulham lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Stephen Gleeson of Birmingham City (8.6), ahead of Jon Toral (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Fulham wins, 4 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Stephen Gleeson
- 22'Yellow card · Joe Lewis
- 22'Penalty goal · Paul Caddis
- 31'Goal · Jon Toral
- 48'Yellow card · James Husband
- 49'Second yellow · James Husband
- 66'Goal · A. Kačaniklić
- 67'Yellow card · Ross McCormack
- 82'Goal · Clayton Donaldson
- 90+3'Goal · Ross McCormack
- 90+5'Goal · V. Solomon-Otabor
Head-to-head
Team news
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Fulham expected line-up (4-1-3-2)
Marcus Bettinelli, Jesse Joronen, Nikolay Bodurov, Tim Hoogland, Cameron Burgess, Shaun Hutchinson, Scott Parker, Ross McCormack, Hugo Rodallega
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Paul Caddis, Michael Morrison, Jonathan Spector, Jonathan Grounds, Stephen Gleeson, David Davis, Demarai Gray, Jon Toral, Jacques Maghoma, Clayton Donaldson