Leeds United 1-2 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 13 August 2016
Result
Leeds United 1-2 Birmingham City
Championship · Saturday 13 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Leeds United 1-2 Birmingham City: match report
Leeds United were beaten by Birmingham City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 13 August 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Jacques Maghoma opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Leeds United's goal came from H. Sacko (27'). Birmingham City scored through Jacques Maghoma (15') and Michael Morrison (55').
Discipline: Leeds United received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 6 yellow cards.
Leeds United went on to finish that season 7th with 75 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 53.
Leeds United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Morrison of Birmingham City (8.0), ahead of David Davis (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Leeds United wins, 2 draws and 5 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Jacques Maghoma
- 27'Goal · H. Sacko
- 33'Yellow card · Maikel Kieftenbeld
- 45+1'Yellow card · David Davis
- 53'Yellow card · Pablo Hernández
- 55'Goal · Michael Morrison
- 84'Yellow card · Michael Morrison
- 90+1'Yellow card · Jonathan Grounds
- 90+2'Yellow card · Stephen Gleeson
- 90+2'Yellow card · Stephen Gleeson
Head-to-head
Team news
Leeds United expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marco Silvestri, Sol Bamba, Charlie Taylor, Sam Byram, Gaetano Berardi, Lewis Cook, Stuart Dallas, Luke Murphy, Chris Wood
Birmingham City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Jonathan Spector, Michael Morrison, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Grounds, Maikel Kieftenbeld, David Cotterill, Stephen Gleeson, David Davis, Jacques Maghoma, Clayton Donaldson