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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 18 (setup 4, season 37)
Birmingham City
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Milos VESIC16Joe LUMLEY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Maxime COLIN2Jonathan Castro Otto, JONNY
George FRIEND73Mouhamadou 'Naby' SARR
Ivan SUNJIC47Chris BASHAM
Nathaniel PHILLIPS65Matt MIAZGA
Marc ROBERTS66John SWIFT
Juninho BACUNA7Bertrand TRAORÉ
Tahith CHONG86Modou BARROW
Óscar Eduardo ESTUPIÑÁN Vallesilla9LUCAS Eduardo Santos JOÃO
Jordan JAMES107Jeff HENDRICK
Scott HOGAN117Yakou MEITÉ
Manager
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ12Lewis BAKER
Zach JEACOCK13Sam WALKER
Nico GORDON14Tom INCE
Marcel OAKLEY15Shane LONG
Jobe BELLINGHAM16Jahmari CLARKE

Birmingham City 1 Reading 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 15,976, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Richard BEEBY 7)
35 SunjicScorers16 Hendrick
Substitutions
Sendings off45 Barrow
63 FriendBookings41 Barrow, 66 Hendrick
10Corners3
6Fouls7
0Offsides8
4Shots on9
15Shots off7
19Total shots16
2Shots saved8
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Juninho BACUNA
4VESIC did well to hold onto a fierce strike from MEITÉ.
16GOAL!! With his back to goal HENDRICK swivelled and rifled the ball past VESIC. (1-0 Reading)
19LUCAS JOÃO headed just beyond the far post.
20ESTUPIÑÁN stroked an easy chance past the far post.
21The stunned Birmingham City 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from CHONG dropped just wide.
28A strike from HENDRICK held no problem for VESIC.
34Uncertainty in the Reading defence enabled CHONG to crack the ball just beyond the near post.
35GOAL!! A poor shot from SUNJIC seemed to hold no problem for the Reading 'keeper but the ball somehow squeezed over the line. (1-1)
38JAMES beat SWIFT and flicked the ball to FRIEND who pulled his effort wide.
41The referee books BARROW.
45BARROW sent off.
45A good ball from SUNJIC on the right bobbled toward BACUNA who scuffed his effort wide.
 
48CHONG ran onto a delightful ball from BACUNA but hit his shot wide of the goal.
50A weak strike from CHONG trickled agonisingly wide.
52BASHAM clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Birmingham City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
53A delightful save prevented FRIEND from scoring an exceptional goal.
55A shot from BASHAM was smothered by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
63FRIEND booked for a clumsy challenge.
66BASHAM turned SUNJIC but slammed the ball into the arms of the Birmingham City 'keeper.
66HENDRICK given a yellow card for a clinical challenge on ROBERTS.
69JONNY scuffed a simple chance.
74An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of the Reading 'keeper by CHONG.