Reading 0-2 Birmingham City: result and report

Reading 0-2 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 9 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Reading were beaten by Birmingham City 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 9 April 2016. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Clayton Donaldson opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Reading did not score. Birmingham City scored through Clayton Donaldson (2') and Ryan Shotton (27').

Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 13th on 51 points from 39 and Birmingham City 10th on 55 points from 39. Reading went on to finish that season 17th with 52 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 62.

Reading 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 Ryan Shotton of Birmingham City (8.0), ahead of Jonathan Grounds (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Reading wins, 0 draws and 5 for Birmingham City.

Going into the match Reading's last five read W-W-D-L-L and Birmingham City's L-L-D-D-L.