Cardiff City 1-1 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 7 May 2016
Result
Cardiff City 1-1 Birmingham City
Championship · Saturday 7 May 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Cardiff City 1-1 Birmingham City: match report
Cardiff City drew with Birmingham City 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 7 May 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
David Cotterill opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Cardiff City's goal came from Alberto Suárez (26'). Birmingham City scored through David Cotterill (11').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 7th on 67 points from 45 and Birmingham City 10th on 61 points from 45. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 62.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David Cotterill of Birmingham City (7.9), ahead of Diego Fabbrini (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cardiff City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 11'Goal · David Cotterill
- 19'Yellow card · Matthew Connolly
- 26'Goal · Alberto Suárez
- 31'Yellow card · Tom Lawrence
- 31'Yellow card · Jonathan Spector
- 35'Yellow card · Maikel Kieftenbeld
- 51'Yellow card · Peter Whittingham
- 60'Yellow card · Ben Turner
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Txiki Acaz, Sean Morrison, Fábio, John Brayford, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Anthony Pilkington, Kenwyne Jones
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
A. Legzdiņš, Jonathan Spector, Michael Morrison, Paul Robinson, Jonathan Grounds, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Charlee Adams, David Cotterill, Diego Fabbrini, David Davis, Clayton Donaldson