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Championship: Sheffield United recovers a 0-1 deficit to best Birmingham City 2-1

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BIRMINGHAM. Sheffield United was able to turn the table against Birmingham City to win 2-1.

BIRMINGHAM. Sheffield United was capable to turn the table against Birmingham City to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Birmingham City to strike first with a goal of L. Taylor at the 61′. Then it was a goal in the 64′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, J. Bogle gave the win to Sheffield United in the 75′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the St. Andrew’s Stadium stadium in Birmingham on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Keith Stroud with the help of Samuel Lewis and Matthew Jones. The 4th official was John Busby. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 1.7 degrees Celsius or 34.97 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 87%.​

Match Statistics

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Birmingham City was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Sheffield United that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Sheffield United was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Sheffield United won the match.​

Birmingham City shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Sheffield United shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Birmingham City received 5 yellow cards (M. Roberts, L. Taylor, L. Bowyer, K. Pedersen and J. Bacuna). On the opposite side, Sheffield United received 1 yellow card (B. Sharp).

After playing this match, Birmingham City will stay with 33 points to stay in the 17th place. On the other side, Sheffield United will have 39 points like Stoke City to stay in the 11th place.

Match Events

  • 50'
    50'

    M. Roberts

  • 51'
    51'

    B. Sharp

  • 58'
    58'

    L. Taylor

  • 61'
    61'

    L. Taylor

    J. Bacuna

  • 64'
    64'

    B. Sharp

    S. Berge

  • 75'
    75'

    J. Bogle

  • 78'
    78'

    Oliver McBurnie

    Iliman Ndiaye

  • 80'
    80'

    Kristian Pedersen

  • 83'
    83'

    Lukas Jutkiewicz

    Scott Hogan

  • 83'
    83'

    Jordan Graham

    Onel Hernández

  • 89'
    89'

    David McGoldrick

    Billy Sharp

  • 90'
    90'

    Juninho Bacuna

  • 90'
    90'

    J. Bacuna

Next match

In the upcoming Championship match, Birmingham City will play away against AFC Bournemouth on the 9th of February with a 7-1 head to head statistic in favor of AFC Bournemouth (0 draws).

Sheffield United will host West Bromwich Albion on the 9th of February with a 4-3 head to head in favor of West Bromwich Albion (2 draws).

Birmingham City: Formation and Lineups

Birmingham City started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).

The manager Lee Bowyer chose to play with the following team: Neil Etheridge (6.3), Maxime Colin (6.2), Teden Mengi (6.2), Marc Roberts (6.6), Kristian Pedersen (6.8), Ryan Woods (7.1), Juninho Bacuna (7.0), Onel Hernández (6.1), Gary Gardner (6.8), Scott Hogan (6.6) and Lyle Taylor (7.4).

Substitutes

Birmingham City made 2 changes: S. Hogan for L. Jutkiewicz (83′) and O. Hernandez for J. Graham (83′).

Top player: Lyle Taylor

The player who no doubt impressed Birmingham City the most was Lyle Taylor.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 24 passes (62% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Sheffield United: Formation and Lineups

Sheffield United started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

On the other side, Paul Heckingbottom played with: Wes Foderingham (6.3), Chris Basham (7.1), John Egan (6.8), Ben Davies (6.8), Jayden Bogle (6.9), Sander Berge (7.3), Oliver Norwood (6.9), John Fleck (7.2), Rhys Norrington-Davies (6.7), Iliman Ndiaye (6.8) and Billy Sharp (7.2).

Substitutes

Sheffield United made 2 changes: I. Ndiaye for O. McBurnie (78′) and B. Sharp for D. McGoldrick (89′).

Top player: Sander Berge

The player who no doubt impressed Sheffield United the most was Sander Berge even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.3) with 34 passes (67% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

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