Leeds United 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 12 September 2017
Result
Leeds United 2-0 Birmingham City
Championship · Tuesday 12 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Leeds United 2-0 Birmingham City: match report
Leeds United won against Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 12 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Samu Saiz opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Leeds United's goals came from Samu Saiz (17') and Stuart Dallas (90+2'). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Leeds United received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leeds United were 2nd on 14 points from 6 and Birmingham City 21st on 4 points from 6. Leeds United went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 46.
Leeds United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pontus Jansson of Leeds United (8.2), ahead of Emilio Nsue (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leeds United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Samu Saiz
- 53'Yellow card · Sam Gallagher
- 73'Yellow card · Jason Lowe
- 79'Yellow card · Kalvin Phillips
- 90+2'Goal · Stuart Dallas
- 90+3'Yellow card · Michael Morrison
Head-to-head
Team news
Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Felix Wiedwald, Luke Ayling, Liam Cooper, Vurnon Anita, Pontus Jansson, Ezgjan Alioski, Eunan O'Kane, Pablo Hernández, Samu Saiz, Kalvin Phillips, Pierre-Michel Lasogga
Birmingham City line-up (4-1-4-1)
David Adam Stockdale, Emilio Nsue, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, Michael Morrison, Cheikh N'Doye, Jérémie Boga, Jason Lowe, David Davis, Jota Peleteiro, Sam Gallagher