Birmingham City 1-3 Brentford: result and report
Championship · Monday 2 January 2017
Result
Birmingham City 1-3 Brentford
Championship · Monday 2 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Birmingham City 1-3 Brentford: match report
Birmingham City were beaten by Brentford 1-3 in the Championship on Monday 2 January 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Lukas Jutkiewicz opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Lukas Jutkiewicz (23'). Brentford scored through Scott Hogan (54'), an own goal by David Davis (73') and Nico Yennaris (87').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Brentford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 9th on 35 points from 24 and Brentford 15th on 30 points from 24. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Brentford 10th with 64.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lukas Jutkiewicz of Birmingham City (8.1), ahead of Lasse Vibe (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Brentford.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Andreas Bjelland
- 23'Goal · Lukas Jutkiewicz
- 32'Yellow card · Robert Tesche
- 54'Goal · Scott Hogan
- 57'Yellow card · Ryan Shotton
- 58'Missed penalty · Scott Hogan
- 67'Yellow card · John Egan
- 73'Own goal · David Davis
- 87'Goal · Nico Yennaris
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Jonathan Spector, Michael Morrison, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Grounds, Robert Tesche, David Davis, David Cotterill, Ché Adams, Jacques Maghoma, Lukas Jutkiewicz
Brentford line-up (3-4-1-2)
Daniel Bentley, John Egan, Harlee Dean, Andreas Bjelland, Maxime Colin, Ryan Woods, Josh McEachran, Yoann Barbet, R. Sawyers, Lasse Vibe, Scott Hogan