Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Sunday 15 April 2018
Result
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Birmingham City
Championship · Sunday 15 April 2018, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Birmingham City: match report
Wolverhampton Wanderers defeated Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Sunday 15 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Diogo Jota opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Diogo Jota (21') and Benik Afobe (87'). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 1st on 92 points from 42 and Birmingham City 20th on 40 points from 42. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 46.
Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 3-4-3 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Willy Boly of Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.1), ahead of Rúben Neves (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 3 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Diogo Jota
- 33'Yellow card · Jonathan Grounds
- 43'Yellow card · Michael Morrison
- 52'Red card · Harlee Dean
- 87'Goal · Benik Afobe
Head-to-head
Team news
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-3)
John Ruddy, Ryan Bennett, Willy Boly, Conor Coady, Matt Doherty, B. Douglas, Rúben Neves, Romain Saïss, Ivan Cavaleiro, Hélder Costa, Diogo Jota
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-1-1)
David Adam Stockdale, Jonathan Grounds, Harlee Dean, Michael Morrison, Wes Harding, Maxime Colin, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Cheikh N'Doye, Jota Peleteiro, Lukas Jutkiewicz, David Davis