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Birmingham City vs Reading
10 Aug 2024, 17:30 · League One · 2024/2025
Referee
Will FinnieLeague One 2024/2025 · 11 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Birmingham CityMin
Reading- 23′
Lewis Wing
Yellowcard
- 42′⚽
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan 0-1
Goal · Shot
With: Lewis Wing
Shot
- ⇄
Emil Hansson
Substitution
Off: Siriki Dembélé
46′ - ⇄
Luke Harris
Substitution
Off: Willum Thór Willumsson
51′ - 61′⇄
Kelvin Abrefa
Substitution
Off: Jeriel Dorsett
- ⇄
Keshi Anderson
Substitution
Off: Koji Miyoshi
61′ - 74′⇄
Andre Garcia
Substitution
Off: Mamadi Camará
- 74′⇄
Charlie Savage
Substitution
Off: Ben Elliott
- ⇄
Lukas Jutkiewicz
Substitution
Off: Marc Leonard
83′ - ⇄
Brandon Khela
Substitution
Off: Ethan Laird
83′ - 85′⇄
Jayden Wareham
Substitution
Off: Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
- ⚽
Alfie May 1-1
Penalty
Penalty
87′
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 | 6.90 | |
| 83 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | 7.90 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.80 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 8.70 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7.00 | |
| 83 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.90 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 7.10 | |
| 61 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.50 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 45 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 6.40 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 7.70 | |
| 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.60 | |
| 29 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 7.40 | |
| 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.80 | |
| 39 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.40 | |
| 45 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 7.10 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Birmingham City
Latest: Norwich City · 1–0
Match stats
4 May 2024, 12:30 · Home vs Norwich City · 2023/2024
Reading
Latest: Burton Albion · 2–3
Match stats
20 Apr 2024, 15:00 · Away vs Burton Albion · 2023/2024
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Birmingham City’s ground: 13 previous meetings, 6 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Birmingham City’s home games with Reading’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.
Birmingham City
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Reading
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Birmingham City
Reading
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Birmingham City
Reading
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.
Birmingham City
Reading
Previous meetings
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