Sunderland 1-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Sunderland 1-1 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 23 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sunderland drew with Birmingham City 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 23 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Sam Gallagher opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Lewis Grabban (21'). Birmingham City scored through Sam Gallagher (16').

Discipline: Sunderland received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 21st on 18 points from 22 and Birmingham City 24th on 16 points from 22. Sunderland went on to finish that season 24th with 37 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 46.

Sunderland lined up in a 5-3-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Craig Gardner of Birmingham City (8.3), ahead of Marc Wilson (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 5 for Birmingham City.

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