Birmingham City 2-1 Ipswich Town: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 13 December 2016
Result
Birmingham City 2-1 Ipswich Town
Championship · Tuesday 13 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Birmingham City 2-1 Ipswich Town: match report
Birmingham City defeated Ipswich Town 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 13 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Clayton Donaldson opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Clayton Donaldson (41', penalty) and Michael Morrison (53'). Ipswich Town scored through Adam Webster (69').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards; Ipswich Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 7th on 31 points from 20 and Ipswich Town 17th on 25 points from 20. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Ipswich Town 16th with 55.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Ipswich Town in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Webster of Ipswich Town (7.7), ahead of Michael Morrison (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 4 draws and 4 for Ipswich Town.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · David Cotterill
- 39'Yellow card · Luke Chambers
- 41'Penalty goal · Clayton Donaldson
- 43'Yellow card · Ryan Shotton
- 53'Goal · Michael Morrison
- 69'Goal · Adam Webster
- 90+1'Yellow card · Maikel Kieftenbeld
- 90+5'Yellow card · Christophe Berra
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Jonathan Spector, Michael Morrison, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Grounds, David Cotterill, Stephen Gleeson, Maikel Kieftenbeld, David Davis, Clayton Donaldson, Lukas Jutkiewicz
Ipswich Town line-up (4-4-2)
Bartosz Białkowski, Luke Chambers, Adam Webster, Christophe Berra, Myles Kenlock, Grant Ward, Jonathan Douglas, Cole Skuse, Tom Lawrence, David McGoldrick, Luke Varney