Birmingham City 1-3 Reading: result and report

Birmingham City 1-3 Reading

Championship · Saturday 7 March 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Birmingham City lost to Reading 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 7 March 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.

Scott Hogan opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Scott Hogan (6'). Reading scored through Matt Miazga (51'), Yakou Méïté (56') and Pelé (87').

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

Going into the game Birmingham City were 15th on 47 points from 36 and Reading 16th on 45 points from 36. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 21st with 50 points, and Reading 15th with 56.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pelé of Reading (7.7), ahead of Andy Yiadom (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Reading.

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