Leicester City 1-2 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Friday 12 April 2013
Result
Leicester City 1-2 Birmingham City
Championship · Friday 12 April 2013, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Leicester City 1-2 Birmingham City: match report
Leicester City were beaten by Birmingham City 1-2 in the Championship on Friday 12 April 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Leicester City's goals came from an own goal by Curtis Davies (12') and Jeffrey Schlupp (75'). Birmingham City scored through Nikola Zigic (61') and Chris Burke (90+1', penalty).
Discipline: Leicester City received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 8th on 58 points from 41 and Birmingham City 12th on 54 points from 41. Leicester City went on to finish that season 6th with 68 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 64.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Birmingham City in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leicester City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Leicester City's last five read D-L-L-L-D and Birmingham City's D-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 12'Own goal · Curtis Davies
- 61'Goal · Nikola Zigic
- 75'Goal · Jeffrey Schlupp
- 85'Yellow card · Curtis Davies
- 90+1'Penalty goal · Chris Burke
Head-to-head
Team news
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Leicester City line-up (4-3-3)
Kasper Schmeichel, Ritchie De Laet, Paul Konchesky, Wes Morgan, Michael Keane, Danny Drinkwater, Andy King, Matty James, Jeffrey Schlupp, David Nugent, Chris Wood
Birmingham City line-up (4-5-1)
Jack Butland, Curtis Davies, Mitch Hancox, Paul Caddis, Ravel Morrison, Morgaro Gomis, Wade Elliott, Shane Ferguson, Nikola Zigic, Nathan Redmond, Paul Robinson