Reading 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 22 February 2022

Result

Reading 2-1 Birmingham City

Championship · Tuesday 22 February 2022, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Reading 2-1 Birmingham City: match report

Reading beat Birmingham City 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 22 February 2022. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Lucas João opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Reading's goals came from Lucas João (67') and John Swift (73', penalty). Birmingham City scored through an own goal by T. Mcintyre (82').

Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 22nd on 32 points from 32 and Birmingham City 19th on 37 points from 33. Reading went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Birmingham City 21st with 47.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Karl Hein of Reading (7.8), level with John Swift (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Reading wins, 1 draw and 5 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Kristian PedersenBirmingham City
  • 51'Yellow card · Jérémie BelaBirmingham City
  • 67'Goal · Lucas JoãoReading · 1-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Onel HernándezBirmingham City
  • 73'Penalty goal · John SwiftReading · 2-0
  • 82'Own goal · T. McintyreBirmingham City · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 4, draws 1, Birmingham City 5.

Team news

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Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)

Karl Hein, Andy Yiadom, Michael Morrison, Tom Holmes, Tom McIntyre, Danny Drinkwater, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Tom Ince, John Swift, Junior Hoilett, Lucas João

Birmingham City line-up (4-3-3)

Neil Etheridge, Jordan Graham, Maxime Colin, Kristian Pedersen, Jérémie Bela, Ryan Woods, Gary Gardner, Jordan James, Juninho Bacuna, Lyle Taylor, Onel Hernández