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Reading vs Birmingham City
22 Feb 2025, 12:30 · League One · 2024/2025
Referee
Alex ChilowiczLeague One 2024/2025 · 18 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
ReadingMin
Birmingham City- 9′⇄
Willum Thór Willumsson
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Scott Wright
- 23′
Seung-ho Paik
Yellowcard
Foul
Charlie Savage
Yellowcard
Foul
45+3′- 61′⇄
Alfie May
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Lyndon Dykes
- ⇄
Jayden Wareham
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
72′ - 90′⇄
Grant Hanley
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Keshi Anderson
- 90′⇄
Taylor Gardner-Hickman
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Kieran Dowell
- ⇄
Billy Bodin
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Mamadi Camará
90+1′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.79 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | — | 8.18 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7.91 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.10 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.23 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 7.33 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.17 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 7.34 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 6.82 | |
| 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.85 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.95 | |
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| 18 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.75 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2024/2025.
Reading
Latest: Rotherham United · 2–1
Match stats
15 Feb 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Rotherham United · 2024/2025
Birmingham City
Latest: Huddersfield Town · 1–0
Match stats
28 Jan 2025, 20:00 · Away vs Huddersfield Town · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Reading’s ground: 13 previous meetings, 4 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Reading’s home games with Birmingham City’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Reading
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Birmingham City
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Reading
Birmingham City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Reading
Birmingham City
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Reading
Birmingham City
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.