Reading 0-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 22 April 2015

Result

Reading 0-1 Birmingham City

Championship · Wednesday 22 April 2015, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Reading 0-1 Birmingham City: match report

Reading lost to Birmingham City 0-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 22 April 2015. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Clayton Donaldson of Birmingham City in the 83rd minute.

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 20th on 46 points from 42 and Birmingham City 14th on 54 points from 43. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 49 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 63.

Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Reading wins, 1 draw and 3 for Birmingham City.

Going into the match Reading's last five read L-D-D-D-L and Birmingham City's L-D-W-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 69'Yellow card · Jordan ObitaReading
  • 83'Goal · Clayton DonaldsonBirmingham City · 0-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Reading 5, draws 1, Birmingham City 3.

Team news

Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary

Birmingham City expected line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, Paul Robinson, Dan Burn, Kyle Bartley, Paul Caddis, Jesse Lingard, Tom Adeyemi, Andrew Shinnie, Nikola Zigic, C. Burke, Oliver Lee