Championship: Queens Park Rangers defeats Birmingham City 2-1
BIRMINGHAM. Queens Park Rangers topped Birmingham City to win 2-1.
BIRMINGHAM. Queens Park Rangers bested Birmingham City to win 2-1. It was Queens Park Rangers to strike first with a goal of A. Adomah at the 14′. Then C. Willock scored again for Queens Park Rangers in the 71′ minute with a goal. Eventually, C. Aneke reduced the distance for Birmingham City with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Birmingham City lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the St. Andrew’s Stadium stadium in Birmingham on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Matt Donohue with the assistance of Matt McGrath and Nicholas Barnard. The 4th official was Steve Martin. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 16.4 degrees Celsius or 61.56 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 92%.
Match Statistics
Birmingham City was in firm control of the ball 59% while Queens Park Rangers was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Birmingham City was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Queens Park Rangers was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Birmingham City shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Queens Park Rangers shot 5 times, 5 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Birmingham City received 1 yellow card (I. Sunjic). On the other side, Queens Park Rangers received 3 yellow cards (R. Dickie, L. Amos and S. Field).
After this match, Birmingham City will stay with 27 points like Swansea City and Bristol City to move up in the 18th place. On the other side, Queens Park Rangers will have 38 points to stay in the 7th place.
Match Events
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14'14'
A. Adomah
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46'46'
R. Woods
J. Familia-Castillo
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59'59'
R. Dickie
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63'63'
S. Johansen
A. Gray
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67'67'
C. Aneke
G. Gardner
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71'71'
C. Willock
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73'73'
L. Amos
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75'75'
C. Aneke
M. Colin
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85'85'
Charlie Austin
Lyndon Dykes
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85'85'
Scott Hogan
George Hall
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88'88'
Sam Field
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88'88'
Ivan Šunjić
Next match
In the upcoming Championship match, Birmingham City will play away with Preston North End on the 15th of January with a 9-3 head to head stats in favor of Preston North End (5 draws).
Queens Park Rangers will host West Bromwich Albion on the 15th of January with a 10-4 head to head record in favor of West Bromwich Albion (5 draws).
Birmingham City: Formation and Lineups
Birmingham City adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Lee Bowyer chose to play with the following team: Matija Šarkić , Dion Sanderson , George Friend , Kristian Pedersen , Maxime Colin , Gary Gardner , Ivan Šunjić , Jordan James , Juan Castillo , Troy Deeney and George Hall .
Substitutes
Birmingham City made 3 changes: J. Familia-Castillo for R. Woods (46′), G. Gardner for C. Aneke (67′) and G. Hall for S. Hogan (84′).
Top player: Kristian Pedersen
Probably the most impressive player in Birmingham City was Kristian Pedersen.
His rating is with 51 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.
Queens Park Rangers: Formation and Lineups
Also Queens Park Rangers adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
On the opposite side, Mark Warburton played with: Seny Dieng , Robert Dickie , Jimmy Dunne , Yoann Barbet , Albert Adomah , Samuel Field , Christopher Willock , Luke Amos , Lee Wallace , Andre Gray and Lyndon Dykes .
Substitutes
Queens Park Rangers made 2 changes: A. Gray for S. Johansen (63′) and L. Dykes for C. Austin (85′).
Top player: Lee Wallace
The player who no doubt impressed Queens Park Rangers the most was Lee Wallace even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 20 passes (55% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship
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