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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 22 (setup 1, season 32)
Birmingham City
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Connal TRUEMAN16Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Joe LEDLEY2Eric Bertrand BAILLY
Chris BRUNT73Kostas MANOLAS
Emmanuel Agyemang BADU4Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
Reece BURKE65Stefan SAVIC
Jason PUNCHEON67Tiemoué BAKAYOKO
Glenn WHELAN7Sadio MANÉ
Andy KING8Ricardo RODRIGUEZ
Nils PETERSEN98Piotr ZIELINSKI
Victor ANICHEBE610Milan BADELJ
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING11GABRIEL Fernando de JESUS
Manager
Max LOWE12Jean-Kévin AUGUSTIN
Daniel DE SILVA13Mitchell WEISER
Tyler WALKER14JESÚS VALLEJO Lazaro
Moses Daddy SIMON15Éver Maximiliano David BANEGA
Ryan KENT16DENIS Suárez Fernández

Birmingham City 1 Reading 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 34,652, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Neil SWARBRICK 6)
64 Choupo-MotingScorers3 Mané, 5 Manolas, 70 Zielinski
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners7
9Fouls9
4Offsides8
7Shots on3
6Shots off9
13Total shots12
6Shots saved0
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: Piotr ZIELINSKI
3GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed ZIELINSKI to play the ball to MANÉ who placed a looping shot into the back of the net. (1-0 Reading)
3An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of the 'keeper by PETERSEN.
4GABRIEL JESUS was put clear by ZIELINSKI and he nutmegged TRUEMAN but struck his shot inches wide.
5GOAL!! An imaginative MANÉ played a great ball down the middle to MANOLAS who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (2-0 Reading)
8WHELAN beat MANOLAS and hit the ball to KING who blasted his shot wide.
12KING rushed through the Reading defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
31A cross from BAKAYOKO left GABRIEL JESUS in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
34A penalty box meleé resulted in PETERSEN tapping a low shot wide.
36A free-kick from KING raced wide.
39A accurate pass fell to GABRIEL JESUS and his right foot shot flew narrowly over.
41A delightful save prevented KING from scoring an exceptional goal.
 
46A shot from CHOUPO-MOTING held no problem for COURTOIS.
49A corner fell to GABRIEL JESUS who forced an effort just wide.
52KING stroked an easy chance past the righthand post.
55A header from ANICHEBE was booted off the line by MANOLAS.
59A shot from CHOUPO-MOTING seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
64GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was skillfully slammed into the net by CHOUPO-MOTING. (2-1 Reading)
65MANÉ dribbled round BADU and stroked a weak shot wide.
70GOAL!! A great bit of skill enabled ZIELINSKI to waltz through the Birmingham City defence and score. (3-1 Reading)
72ANICHEBE made space on the left and touched the ball to PETERSEN who clipped the ball wide.
79ZIELINSKI ran onto a wonderful ball from MANÉ but hit his shot wide.
82A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled RODRIGUEZ to volley an effort wide.
85CHOUPO-MOTING shot wide.
87An exceptional effort from RODRIGUEZ scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
89GABRIEL JESUS headed wide.