Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 26 December 2015
Result
Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Birmingham City
Championship · Saturday 26 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Birmingham City: match report
Sheffield Wednesday defeated Birmingham City 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 26 December 2015. It was 2-0 at half-time.
F. Forestieri opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from F. Forestieri (37'), Kieran Lee (39') and F. Forestieri (48'). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 7th on 33 points from 22 and Birmingham City 10th on 32 points from 22. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 6th with 78 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 62.
Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Andrew Shinnie of Birmingham City (7.0), ahead of Michael Morrison (6.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 3 draws and 4 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 37'Goal · F. Forestieri
- 39'Goal · Kieran Lee
- 43'Yellow card · Jacques Maghoma
- 48'Goal · F. Forestieri
- 83'Yellow card · Paul Caddis
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sheffield Wednesday expected line-up (4-4-2)
Keiren Westwood, Liam Palmer, Glenn Loovens, Tom Lees, José Semedo, Jacques Maghoma, Jeremy Helan, Stevie May, Giles Coke
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Paul Caddis, Michael Morrison, Jonathan Spector, Jonathan Grounds, David Davis, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Jacques Maghoma, Jon Toral, Demarai Gray, James Vaughan