Birmingham City 2-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 8 August 2015

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 8 August 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Birmingham City 2-1 Reading: match report

Birmingham City beat Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 8 August 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.

David Cotterill opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from David Cotterill (40') and Jon Toral (47'). Reading scored through Nick Blackman (58').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 4 yellow cards; Reading received 5 yellow cards.

Birmingham City went on to finish that season 10th with 62 points, and Reading 17th with 52.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 5 for Reading.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · A. TshibolaReading
  • 39'Yellow card · Maikel KieftenbeldBirmingham City
  • 40'Goal · David CotterillBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · Jon ToralBirmingham City · 2-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Oliver NorwoodReading
  • 58'Goal · Nick BlackmanReading · 2-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Jordan ObitaReading
  • 90'Yellow card · Simon CoxReading
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Michael HectorReading
  • 90+4'Yellow card · David DavisBirmingham City
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Tomasz KuszczakBirmingham City
  • 90+8'Missed penalty · Orlando SáReading
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Clayton DonaldsonBirmingham City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 4, draws 1, Reading 5.

Team news

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Birmingham City expected line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, Paul Robinson, Dan Burn, Kyle Bartley, Paul Caddis, Jesse Lingard, Tom Adeyemi, Andrew Shinnie, Nikola Zigic, C. Burke, Oliver Lee

Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary