Leeds United 1-2 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 22 September 2018
Result
Leeds United 1-2 Birmingham City
Championship · Saturday 22 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Leeds United 1-2 Birmingham City: match report
Leeds United were beaten by Birmingham City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 22 September 2018. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Ché Adams opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Leeds United's goal came from Ezgjan Alioski (85'). Birmingham City scored through Ché Adams (8') and Ché Adams (29').
Discipline: Leeds United received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leeds United were 1st on 18 points from 8 and Birmingham City 20th on 6 points from 8. Leeds United went on to finish that season 3rd with 86 points, and Birmingham City 14th with 61.
Leeds United lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ché Adams of Birmingham City (8.6), ahead of Ezgjan Alioski (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Leeds United wins, 2 draws and 3 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Ché Adams
- 29'Goal · Ché Adams
- 41'Yellow card · G. Gardner
- 57'Yellow card · Samu Saiz
- 67'Yellow card · Michael Morrison
- 79'Yellow card · Maikel Kieftenbeld
- 84'Yellow card · Kristian Pedersen
- 85'Goal · Ezgjan Alioski
- 90+2'Yellow card · A. Forshaw
Head-to-head
Team news
Leeds United line-up (4-1-4-1)
Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Luke Ayling, Pontus Jansson, Liam Cooper, B. Douglas, Kalvin Phillips, Jack Harrison, Mateusz Klich, Samu Saiz, Ezgjan Alioski, Tyler Roberts
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Lee Camp, Maxime Colin, Michael Morrison, Harlee Dean, Kristian Pedersen, Jota Peleteiro, Gary Gardner, Charlie Lakin, Jacques Maghoma, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Ché Adams