Birmingham City 2-0 Huddersfield Town: result and report
Championship · Saturday 29 April 2017
Result
Birmingham City 2-0 Huddersfield Town
Championship · Saturday 29 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Birmingham City 2-0 Huddersfield Town: match report
Birmingham City beat Huddersfield Town 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 29 April 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jonathan Grounds opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Jonathan Grounds (41') and Craig Gardner (76', penalty). Huddersfield Town did not score.
Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Huddersfield Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 21st on 47 points from 44 and Huddersfield Town 5th on 77 points from 44. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Huddersfield Town 5th with 80.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Huddersfield Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonathan Grounds of Birmingham City (8.4), ahead of Ryan Shotton (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 4 draws and 3 for Huddersfield Town.
Key events
- 8'Missed penalty · Lukas Jutkiewicz
- 23'Red card · Ché Adams
- 32'Yellow card · Tareiq Holmes-Dennis
- 41'Goal · Jonathan Grounds
- 57'Yellow card · Collin Quaner
- 64'Yellow card · Jonathan Grounds
- 76'Penalty goal · Craig Gardner
- 90+1'Yellow card · David Davis
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Emilio Nsue, Michael Morrison, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Grounds, David Davis, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Craig Gardner, Jacques Maghoma, Ché Adams, Lukas Jutkiewicz
Huddersfield Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joel Coleman, Tommy Smith, Mark Hudson, Martin Cranie, Tareiq Holmes-Dennis, Dean Whitehead, Philip Billing, Joe Lolley, Jack Payne, Harry Bunn, Collin Quaner