Brentford 1-2 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 26 November 2016
Result
Brentford 1-2 Birmingham City
Championship · Saturday 26 November 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Brentford 1-2 Birmingham City: match report
Brentford were beaten by Birmingham City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 26 November 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Clayton Donaldson opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Brentford's goal came from Scott Hogan (77'). Birmingham City scored through Clayton Donaldson (14', penalty) and Ryan Shotton (63').
Discipline: Brentford received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brentford were 12th on 22 points from 17 and Birmingham City 4th on 28 points from 17. Brentford went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 53.
Brentford lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Shotton of Birmingham City (8.7), ahead of Clayton Donaldson (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Brentford wins, 1 draw and 3 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Daniel Bentley
- 14'Penalty goal · Clayton Donaldson
- 20'Yellow card · John Egan
- 48'Yellow card · David Cotterill
- 63'Goal · Ryan Shotton
- 77'Goal · Scott Hogan
- 80'Yellow card · David Davis
Head-to-head
Team news
Brentford line-up (3-4-1-2)
Daniel Bentley, John Egan, Harlee Dean, Andreas Bjelland, Maxime Colin, Ryan Woods, Nico Yennaris, Yoann Barbet, R. Sawyers, Lasse Vibe, Scott Hogan
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Michael Morrison, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Grounds, David Davis, Robert Tesche, Maikel Kieftenbeld, David Cotterill, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Clayton Donaldson