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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 21 (setup 6, season 21)
Birmingham City
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Pierluigi GOLLINI71Andrei LUNEV
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco27Max AARONS
George FRIEND38Arthur MASUAKU
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG74Matt O'RILEY
Marc ROBERTS57Malang SARR
Harlee DEAN76Tom McINTYRE
Denis ZAKARIA77Tom INCE
Jordan GRAHAM687Jordan OBITA
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ697JONAS Gonçalves Oliveira
Ivan SUNJIC106Andy CARROLL
Keyendrah SIMMONDS6117Paulo Bruno DYBALA
Manager
Jordan JAMES12Jeff HENDRICK
Maduka OKOYE13Cican STANKOVIC
Marcel OAKLEY14Scott DANN
George HALL615Michael MORRISON
Josh McEACHRAN16Tyler BLACKETT

Birmingham City 0 Reading 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 21,699, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Kevin WRIGHT 6)
Scorers65 Obita
66 Zakaria <=> HallSubstitutions
72 SimmondsSendings off
56 SimmondsBookings45 Jonas, 58 McIntyre, 59 Carroll
1Corners7
18Fouls9
7Offsides5
5Shots on10
5Shots off10
10Total shots20
4Shots saved9
40%Possession60%
Man of the match: Arthur MASUAKU
2LUNEV was able to palm clear a poor header from JUTKIEWICZ.
16CARROLL rattled a simple chance past the righthand post.
17A useful ball from DYBALA on the left fell to MCINTYRE who scuffed his shot just beyond the far post.
24MCINTYRE snapped at an easy chance.
25GOLLINI dived to his right to save a fierce drive from Reading's AARONS.
34An inswinging corner was fired into the arms of the Birmingham City 'keeper by MCINTYRE.
35DEAN raced past INCE but hit the ball into the arms of LUNEV.
40SUNJIC chipped the ball to JUTKIEWICZ who touched it just beyond the far post.
45JONAS receives a yellow card for a bad tackle on SIMMONDS.
 
48A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled DYBALA to crack the ball wide.
49A header by JONAS at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
50A strike from GRAHAM held little difficulty for the Reading 'keeper.
56A delightful shot from DYBALA was dealt with by a good stop from the Birmingham City 'keeper.
56SIMMONDS booked by the ref for a late challenge.
58The ref cautions MCINTYRE for a bad challenge.
59CARROLL given a yellow card for a clumsy tackle.
62LUNEV blocked a lovely shot from JUTKIEWICZ.
65GOAL!! DYBALA drove a wicked shot against the upright with OBITA cracking in the rebound. (1-0 Reading)
69A clever cross from HØJBJERG, was shot goalbound by ROBERTS only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
72A right foot effort from OBITA was pushed round the post by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
72SIMMONDS sent off for a high tackle he had already received a yellow card earlier in the match.
80A penalty box scramble resulted in MASUAKU driving a low shot wide.