Leeds United 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 12 September 2017

Result

Leeds United 2-0 Birmingham City

Championship · Tuesday 12 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Leeds United 2-0 Birmingham City: match report

Leeds United won against Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 12 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Samu Saiz opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Leeds United's goals came from Samu Saiz (17') and Stuart Dallas (90+2'). Birmingham City did not score.

Discipline: Leeds United received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leeds United were 2nd on 14 points from 6 and Birmingham City 21st on 4 points from 6. Leeds United went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 46.

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 Pontus Jansson of Leeds United (8.2), ahead of Emilio Nsue (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leeds United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Samu SaizLeeds United · 1-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Sam GallagherBirmingham City
  • 73'Yellow card · Jason LoweBirmingham City
  • 79'Yellow card · Kalvin PhillipsLeeds United
  • 90+2'Goal · Stuart DallasLeeds United · 2-0
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Michael MorrisonBirmingham City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leeds United 4, draws 2, Birmingham City 4.

Team news

Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Felix Wiedwald, Luke Ayling, Liam Cooper, Vurnon Anita, Pontus Jansson, Ezgjan Alioski, Eunan O'Kane, Pablo Hernández, Samu Saiz, Kalvin Phillips, Pierre-Michel Lasogga

Birmingham City line-up (4-1-4-1)

David Adam Stockdale, Emilio Nsue, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, Michael Morrison, Cheikh N'Doye, Jérémie Boga, Jason Lowe, David Davis, Jota Peleteiro, Sam Gallagher