Birmingham City 3-2 Reading: result and report
Championship · Friday 16 December 2022
Result
Birmingham City 3-2 Reading
Championship · Friday 16 December 2022, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Birmingham City 3-2 Reading: match report
Birmingham City beat Reading 3-2 in the Championship on Friday 16 December 2022. The half-time score was 3-0.
Troy Deeney opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Troy Deeney (2'), Troy Deeney (23', penalty) and T. Chong (36'). Reading scored through Lucas João (82') and Tom Ince (90+4').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Reading received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 14th on 29 points from 22 and Reading 8th on 32 points from 22. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Reading 20th with 50.
Birmingham City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Reading in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Troy Deeney of Birmingham City (9.1), ahead of Tom McIntyre (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 4 for Reading.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Troy Deeney
- 23'Penalty goal · Troy Deeney
- 36'Goal · T. Chong
- 43'Yellow card · Krystian Bielik
- 82'Goal · Lucas João
- 90+4'Goal · Tom Ince
- 90+7'Yellow card · A. Yiadom
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (3-5-2)
John Ruddy, Dion Sanderson, M. Roberts, Auston Trusty, Krystian Bielik, Maxime Colin, Juninho Bacuna, Hannibal, Emmanuel Longelo, Troy Deeney, Tahith Chong
Reading line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Lumley, Amadou Mbengue, Naby Sarr, Tom McIntyre, Mamadou Loum, Andy Yiadom, Tom Ince, Jeff Hendrick, Abdul Rahman Baba, Shane Long, Yakou Méïté