English League Championship

Birmingham City vs West Bromwich Albion, 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Birmingham City
  • 23': Juninho Bacuna (P)
  • 38': Dion Sanderson
  • 87': Gary Gardner
FT
3 - 1
West Bromwich Albion
  • 5': John Swift

About

Birmingham City are hosting West Bromwich Albion at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Delay in match because of an injury Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City).
  • 1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 4': Foul by Okay Yokuslu (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 4': Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Goal! Birmingham City 0, West Bromwich Albion 1. John Swift (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Grady Diangana.
  • 9': Foul by Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 9': Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 11': Attempt blocked. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Krystian Bielik.
  • 11': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Matt Phillips.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with a cross following a corner.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jay Stansfield following a corner.
  • 13': Foul by John Swift (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 13': Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Foul by Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City).
  • 18': Okay Yokuslu (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Penalty Birmingham City. Koji Miyoshi draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 22': Penalty conceded by Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 23': Goal! Birmingham City 1, West Bromwich Albion 1. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 25': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
  • 25': Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 25': Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 25': Attempt missed. John Swift (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 26': Attempt saved. Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Darnell Furlong with a cross.
  • 28': Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 28': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
  • 30': Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City).
  • 31': Foul by Erik Pieters (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 31': Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi.
  • 37': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Kyle Bartley.
  • 38': Goal! Birmingham City 2, West Bromwich Albion 1. Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Cody Drameh with a cross following a corner.
  • 40': Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City).
  • 42': Foul by Cody Drameh (Birmingham City).
  • 42': Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Attempt missed. Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jed Wallace.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 45': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Matt Phillips.
  • 45'+2': Delay in match because of an injury Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
  • 45'+4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45'+5': Attempt missed. Grady Diangana (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Okay Yokuslu with a headed pass.
  • 45'+5': Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Cédric Kipré is caught offside.
  • 45'+6': Attempt blocked. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna.
  • 45'+6': First Half ends, Birmingham City 2, West Bromwich Albion 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 2, West Bromwich Albion 1.
  • 45': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Conor Townsend replaces Erik Pieters.
  • 46': Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 46': Foul by Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City).
  • 48': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Cédric Kipré.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Krystian Bielik.
  • 51': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Juninho Bacuna.
  • 51': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Koji Miyoshi.
  • 52': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
  • 52': Grady Diangana (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 55': Foul by Kevin Long (Birmingham City).
  • 55': Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Matt Phillips with a cross.
  • 60': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Juninho Bacuna.
  • 63': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Kyle Bartley.
  • 64': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Darnell Furlong.
  • 65': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Nathaniel Chalobah replaces Okay Yokuslu.
  • 65': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Brandon Thomas-Asante replaces Jed Wallace.
  • 65': Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Brandon Thomas-Asante is caught offside.
  • 67': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
  • 67': John Swift (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Substitution, Birmingham City. Oliver Burke replaces Koji Miyoshi.
  • 70': Attempt saved. Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alex Mowatt with a cross.
  • 71': Offside, Birmingham City. Jay Stansfield is caught offside.
  • 72': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Siriki Dembélé.
  • 73': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Tom Fellows replaces John Swift because of an injury.
  • 75': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Emmanuel Longelo.
  • 76': Offside, Birmingham City. Oliver Burke is caught offside.
  • 77': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Cody Drameh.
  • 78': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Dion Sanderson.
  • 79': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Cody Drameh.
  • 80': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
  • 80': Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alex Mowatt with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 81': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Pipa replaces Darnell Furlong.
  • 82': Substitution, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner replaces Juninho Bacuna.
  • 82': Substitution, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan replaces Jay Stansfield.
  • 86': Foul by Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 86': Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 86': Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Goal! Birmingham City 3, West Bromwich Albion 1. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  • 88': Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
  • 88': Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Conor Townsend.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+3': Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+3': Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+4': Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+4': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Scott Hogan.
  • 90'+5': Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Cody Drameh (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+6': Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 3, West Bromwich Albion 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Birmingham City 3, West Bromwich Albion 1.

Statistics

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6 Fouls 16
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
8 Corner Kicks 6
1 Saves 2
59.9 Possession 40.1
10 SHOTS 11
3 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
386 Accurate Passes 237
471 Passes 320
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
11 Accurate Crosses 2
30 Crosses 13
0.4 Cross % 0.2
60 Long Balls 65
33 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
1 Blocked Shots 4
10 Effective Tackles 12
22 Tackles 17
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
4 Interceptions 6
10 Effective Clearances 24
10 Clearances 24

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 21,495

EFL Championship Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Coventry City 14 +26 31
2 Stoke City 14 +12 27
3 Middlesbrough 14 +5 26
4 Preston North End 14 +6 25
Full Standings

Line-Ups

BIR Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
21 John Ruddy (GK)
26 Kevin Long
5 Dion Sanderson
23 Emmanuel Longelo Yellow Card
12 Cody Drameh
11 Koji Miyoshi
34 Ivan Sunjic
6 Krystian Bielik Yellow Card
28 Jay Stansfield
17 Siriki Dembele
7 Juninho Bacuna
Birmingham City Substitutes:
Scott Hogan, Oliver Burke, Brandon Khela, Neil Etheridge, Gary Gardner, Emanuel Aiwu, Marc Roberts, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Jordan James.

WBA West Bromwich Albion (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
24 Alex Palmer (GK)
5 Kyle Bartley
15 Erik Pieters
4 Cedric Kipre Yellow Card
27 Alex Mowatt
35 Okay Yokuslu
10 Matt Phillips
2 Darnell Furlong
7 Jed Wallace
19 John Swift
11 Grady Diangana
West Bromwich Albion Substitutes:
Semi Ajayi, Tom Fellows, Pipa, Caleb Taylor, Nathaniel Chalobah, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Jayson Molumby, Conor Townsend, Joshua Griffiths.

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