Leicester City 3-1 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 13 March 2012
Result
Leicester City 3-1 Birmingham City
Championship · Tuesday 13 March 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Leicester City 3-1 Birmingham City: match report
Leicester City beat Birmingham City 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 13 March 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.
Wade Elliott opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Leicester City's goals came from J. Beckford (34'), Jeffrey Schlupp (80') and J. Beckford (90+5'). Birmingham City scored through Wade Elliott (20', penalty).
Discipline: Leicester City received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leicester City were 12th on 48 points from 35 and Birmingham City 7th on 56 points from 34. Leicester City went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Birmingham City 5th with 77.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 1 draw and 3 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Leicester City's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Birmingham City's D-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 20'Penalty goal · Wade Elliott
- 34'Goal · J. Beckford
- 39'Yellow card · Sean St. Ledger
- 55'Yellow card · Curtis Davies
- 70'Yellow card · T. Kennedy
- 71'Yellow card · Steven Caldwell
- 80'Goal · Jeffrey Schlupp
- 90+5'Goal · J. Beckford
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up
Kasper Schmeichel, Wes Morgan, Tom Kennedy, Paul Gallagher, Lloyd Dyer, Neil Danns, Jermaine Beckford, David Nugent, Sol Bamba, Sean St. Ledger, Richard Wellens
Birmingham City line-up
Boaz Myhill, Steven Caldwell, Peter Ramage, Jonathan Spector, Curtis Davies, C. Burke, Guirane N'Daw, Wade Elliott, Keith Fahey, Andros Townsend, Nikola Zigic