Birmingham City 2-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 23 October 2018

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Reading

Championship · Tuesday 23 October 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 2-1 Reading: match report

Birmingham City defeated Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 23 October 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

G. Gardner opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from G. Gardner (49') and Lukas Jutkiewicz (70'). Reading scored through Y. Meïté (90').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 14th on 17 points from 13 and Reading 19th on 12 points from 13. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 14th with 61 points, and Reading 20th with 47.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gary Gardner of Birmingham City (7.8), level with Yakou Méïté (7.8).

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

Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read W-W-D-D-W and Reading's W-L-L-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · A. YiadomReading
  • 49'Goal · G. GardnerBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 64'Yellow card · John SwiftReading
  • 70'Goal · Lukas JutkiewiczBirmingham City · 2-0
  • 90'Goal · Y. MeïtéReading · 2-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · G. GardnerBirmingham City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

Lee Camp, Maxime Colin, Michael Morrison, Harlee Dean, Kristian Pedersen, Jota Peleteiro, Gary Gardner, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Jacques Maghoma, Ché Adams, Lukas Jutkiewicz

Reading line-up (4-3-3)

Anssi Jaakkola, Andy Yiadom, Tiago Ilori, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Liam Kelly, Leandro Bacuna, John Swift, Josh Sims, J. Böðvarsson, Yakou Méïté