Birmingham City 1-1 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 15 December 2007
Result
Birmingham City 1-1 Reading
Premier League · Saturday 15 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Birmingham City 1-1 Reading: match report
Birmingham City drew with Reading 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 December 2007. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Mikael Forssell opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Mikael Forssell (4'). Reading scored through Noel Hunt (51', penalty).
Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 15th on 14 points from 16 and Reading 12th on 17 points from 16. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 35 points, and Reading 18th with 36.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-W-L-L-L and Reading's W-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Mikael Forssell
- 38'Yellow card · G. Murty
- 39'Yellow card · Damien Johnson
- 51'Penalty goal · Noel Hunt
- 63'Yellow card · Liam Ridgewell
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Rafael Schmitz, Liam Ridgewell, Sebastian Larsson, Gary McSheffrey, Fabrice Muamba, Mikael Forssell, Cameron Jerome, Matt Sadler, Damien Johnson
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ibrahima Sonko, Ivar Ingimarsson, Noel Hunt, James Harper, Kevin Doyle, Dave Kitson, Bobby Convey, Graeme Murty, Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson