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Birmingham City 6-1 Reading - December 13, 2014 / Championship 2014/2015

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Championship 2014/2015 - Round 21

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

December 13, 2014 - 20:00

15 240

Birmingham City

6 - 1

Reading

Assist by Jonathan GroundsPaul Caddis

Assist by Andrew ShinnieDemarai Gray

11'

Demarai Gray

24'

Assist by David DavisDemarai Gray

45+1'

Assist by Paul CaddisAndrew Shinnie

46'

David Cotterill

60'

19'

Glenn MurrayAssist by Jordan Obita

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4' - Goal Paul Caddis4

11' - Goal Demarai Gray11

18' - Yellow card Michael Hector

19' - Goal Glenn Murray

24' - Goal Demarai Gray24

46' - Goal Demarai Gray46

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46' - Goal Andrew Shinnie46

58' - Yellow card Chris Gunter

60' - Goal David Cotterill60

66' - Substitution Michael Hectoris substituted by Alex Pearce

75' - Substitution Jordan Obitais substituted by Nick Blackman

78' - Substitution Andrew Shinnieis substituted by Guy Moussi78

80' - Substitution Daniel Williamsis substituted by Jake Taylor

83' - Substitution Clayton Donaldsonis substituted by Nikola Zigic83

88' - Substitution Demarai Grayis substituted by Wes Thomas88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

6 - 1

Reading

Birmingham City Reading

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Donaldson83

Clayton Donaldson

Jamaica

B.date07/02/1984

Age30 years

H1m86

positionStriker

11Cotterill60

David Cotterill

Wales

B.date04/12/1987

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

33Gray11244688

Demarai Gray

Jamaica

B.date28/06/1996

Age18 years

H1m79

positionLeft Winger

22Shinnie4678

Andrew Shinnie

Scotland

B.date17/07/1989

Age25 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

8Gleeson

Stephen Gleeson

Republic of Ireland

B.date03/08/1988

Age26 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

26Davis

David Davis

England

B.date20/02/1991

Age23 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

3Grounds

Jonathan Grounds

England

B.date02/02/1988

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

4Robinson

Paul Robinson

England

B.date14/12/1978

Age35 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

28Morrison

Michael Morrison

England

B.date03/03/1988

Age26 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

31Caddis4

Paul Caddis

Scotland

B.date19/04/1988

Age26 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

1Randolph

Darren Randolph

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/05/1987

Age27 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Darren Randolph		27	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Paul Robinson		35	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Michael Morrison		26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jonathan Grounds		26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	D	Paul Caddis	4	26	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Stephen Gleeson		26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	David Davis		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Andrew Shinnie	4678	25	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Clayton Donaldson	83	30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	M	Demarai Gray	11244688	18	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	David Cotterill	60	27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Reading

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20Murray19

Glenn Murray

England

B.date25/09/1983

Age31 years

H1m86

positionStriker

10Cox

Simon Cox

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/04/1987

Age27 years

H1m81

positionForward

11Obita75

Jordan Obita

England

B.date08/12/1993

Age21 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

12McCleary

Garath McCleary

Jamaica

B.date08/03/1987

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

23Williams80

Daniel Williams

United States

B.date08/03/1989

Age25 years

H1m82

positionRight central midfielder

6Norwood

Oliver Norwood

Northern Ireland

B.date12/04/1991

Age23 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

2Gunter58

Chris Gunter

Wales

B.date21/07/1989

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

35Cooper

Jake Cooper

England

B.date03/02/1995

Age19 years

H1m99

positionCentral defender

15Hector6618

Michael Hector

Jamaica

B.date19/07/1992

Age22 years

H1m93

positionRight central defender

3Kelly

Stephen Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/09/1983

Age31 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

1Federici

Adam Federici

Australia

B.date31/01/1985

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Adam Federici		29	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Michael Hector	6618	22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Jake Cooper		19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Jordan Obita	75	21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Chris Gunter	58	25	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Stephen Kelly		31	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Daniel Williams	80	25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Oliver Norwood		23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Garath McCleary		27	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Simon Cox		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Glenn Murray	19	31	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Colin Doyle		29
6	D	David Edgar		27
39	M	Guy Moussi	78	29	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Callum Reilly		21
19	F	Nikola Zigic	83	34	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Wes Thomas	88	27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Lee Novak		26

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Mikkel Andersen		25
5	D	Alex Pearce	66	26	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Shaun Cummings		25
25	M	Jake Taylor	80	23	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Aaron Tshibola		19
37	M	Jack Stacey		18
22	F	Nick Blackman	75	25	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andrew Shinnie

Lee Novak

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Simon Cox

Hal Robson-Kanu

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gary Rowett

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Rowett vs Reading

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2014

Rowett vs Adkins

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2014

Manager

Age

Match num

Nigel Adkins

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Adkins vs Birmingham City

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2014

Adkins vs Rowett

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2014

Referee

Nigel Miller

5 victories	1 draw	3 losses	Birmingham City9 matches	General total	Reading6 matches	2 victories	0 draw	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Birmingham City1 match	Season total	Reading1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 09, 2016					Latest figure on April 09, 2016

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Nigel Adkins has reached 39% of losses .

The last time Reading has ended with the score 1-6 away from home, It was on the 06/12/1930 (vs )

The last time Birmingham City has ended with the score 6-1 , It was on the 23/12/1967 (vs )

Read the next 18 key stats

General ranking

-1	13	Sheffield Wednesday	28 pts	21 rd
+5	14	Fulham	25 pts	21 rd
+5	15	Birmingham City	25 pts	21 rd
-2	16	Reading	25 pts	21 rd
-2	17	Huddersfield Town	24 pts	21 rd

General ranking

+5	14	Fulham	25 pts	21 rd
+5	15	Birmingham City	25 pts	21 rd
-2	16	Reading	25 pts	21 rd
-2	17	Huddersfield Town	24 pts	21 rd
	18	Bolton Wanderers	23 pts	21 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBirmingham City 1-2 Fulham27/09/2014

LBirmingham City 0-1 Bolton Wanderers18/10/2014

LBirmingham City 0-8 Bournemouth25/10/2014

VBirmingham City 2-1 Watford04/11/2014

DBirmingham City 0-0 Cardiff City08/11/2014

VBirmingham City 2-1 Nottingham Forest29/11/2014

Overall

DWolverhampton 0-0 Birmingham City01/11/2014

VBirmingham City 2-1 Watford04/11/2014

DBirmingham City 0-0 Cardiff City08/11/2014

VRotherham United 0-1 Birmingham City22/11/2014

VBirmingham City 2-1 Nottingham Forest29/11/2014

LBlackpool 1-0 Birmingham City06/12/2014

Current form

Away

DLeeds United 0-0 Reading01/10/2014

LBrentford 3-1 Reading04/10/2014

LBournemouth 3-0 Reading21/10/2014

LBlackburn 3-1 Reading01/11/2014

LCardiff City 2-1 Reading21/11/2014

VNorwich City 1-2 Reading29/11/2014

Overall

LBlackburn 3-1 Reading01/11/2014

VReading 3-0 Rotherham United04/11/2014

LReading 0-1 Charlton08/11/2014

LCardiff City 2-1 Reading21/11/2014

VNorwich City 1-2 Reading29/11/2014

DReading 0-0 Bolton Wanderers06/12/2014

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

20	General ranking (Competition total)	14
21	General ranking (Home / Away)	19

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	20
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
5	Victories (Competition total)	7
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
7	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
8	Losses (Competition total)	9
4	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

17	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	30
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
0.85	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.25
0.9	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.8
1.55	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.9

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-3 (2 times)

Bookings

27	Yellow cards (Competition total)	39
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	20
4	Red cards (Competition total)	1
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Clayton Donaldson	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Simon Cox
Clayton Donaldson	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Simon Cox
Paul Caddis	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Nick Blackman
Paul Caddis	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
David Cotterill	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Jordan Obita
David Cotterill	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Jordan Obita
David Cotterill	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Jake Cooper

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

5 v

4 d

5 l

23 gf

18 ga

Away

14 matches

3 v

6 d

5 l

13 gf

16 ga

Total

28 matches

8 v

10 d

10 l

36 gf

34 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

5 v

6 d

3 l

16 gf

13 ga

Away

14 matches

5 v

4 d

5 l

18 gf

23 ga

Total

28 matches

10 v

10 d

8 l

34 gf

36 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 23, 1997
Home	3 - 0	August 23, 1997

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 28, 2013
Away	3 - 1	December 20, 2008

Latest head to head

March 22, 2014 - Championship 2013/2014

Birmingham City

1 - 2

Reading

September 28, 2013 - Championship 2013/2014

Reading

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 28, 2012 - Championship 2011/2012

Birmingham City

2 - 0

Reading

November 06, 2011 - Championship 2011/2012

Reading

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

May 03, 2009 - Championship 2008/2009

Reading

1 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Reading

Kevin Phillips	2 goals	2008 - 2009
Mikael Forssell	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Julian Gray	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Paul Caddis	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Martin Taylor	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Wade Elliott	1 goal	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/01/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Leroy Lita	2 goals	2007 - 2007
André Bikey	2 goals	2008 - 2008
Danny Guthrie	2 goals	2013 - 2013
Stephen Hunt	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Jobi McAnuff	2 goals	2014 - 2014
Noel Hunt	2 goals	2008 - 2011

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/01/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Maik Taylor	7 matches	2006 - 2009
Cameron Jerome	5 matches	2007 - 2009
Sebastian Larsson	5 matches	2007 - 2009
Nikola Zigic	4 matches	2011 - 2014
Mikael Forssell	4 matches	2006 - 2008
Chris Burke	4 matches	2011 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/01/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Stephen Hunt	6 matches	2006 - 2009
Shane Long	6 matches	2006 - 2009
Brynjar Gunnarsson	5 matches	2006 - 2012
James Harper	5 matches	2006 - 2008
Kevin Doyle	5 matches	2006 - 2009
Dave Kitson	5 matches	2006 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/01/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Matthew Upson

128 matches

15 matches

2002 - 2007

Stephen Kelly

88 matches

39 matches

2006 - 2014

Hayden Mullins

38 matches

7 matches

2012 - 2014

Jason Bowen

12 matches

7 matches

1995 - 1998

Leroy Lita

10 matches

100 matches

2005 - 2012

Nicky Forster

8 matches

118 matches

1998 - 2005

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/10/1995. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Nicky Forster

8 matches

118 matches

1998 - 2005

Leroy Lita

10 matches

100 matches

2005 - 2012

Brian Howard

5 matches

69 matches

2009 - 2014

Stephen Kelly

88 matches

39 matches

2006 - 2014

Ulises de la Cruz

1 match

25 matches

2006 - 2009

Matthew Upson

128 matches

15 matches

2002 - 2007

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/10/1995. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+21	Bournemouth	39	21	11	6	4	44	24	+20
+22	Middlesbrough	39	21	11	6	4	35	15	+20
-23	Derby County	38	21	11	5	5	38	21	+17
-24	Ipswich Town	38	21	10	8	3	32	20	+12
5	Brentford	37	21	11	4	6	34	27	+7
6	Watford	35	21	10	5	6	38	23	+15
+17	Norwich City	33	21	9	6	6	35	24	+11
-18	Blackburn	31	21	8	7	6	32	31	+1
+19	Nottingham Forest	30	21	7	9	5	31	26	+5
+110	Charlton	30	21	6	12	3	23	22	+1
-211	Cardiff City	30	21	8	6	7	27	27	0
+112	Wolverhampton	30	21	8	6	7	24	31	-7
-113	Sheffield Wednesday	28	21	6	10	5	16	17	-1
+514	Fulham	25	21	7	4	10	31	39	-8
+515	Birmingham City	25	21	6	7	8	23	32	-9
-216	Reading	25	21	7	4	10	26	36	-10
-217	Huddersfield Town	24	21	6	6	9	27	38	-11
18	Bolton Wanderers	23	21	6	5	10	22	28	-6
-319	Leeds United	23	21	6	5	10	24	31	-7
-320	Millwall	23	21	5	8	8	23	31	-8
21	Rotherham United	21	21	4	9	8	16	26	-10
22	Brighton & Hove	18	21	3	9	9	21	29	-8
23	Wigan	17	21	3	8	10	21	28	-7
24	Blackpool	13	21	2	7	12	16	33	-17

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Birmingham City 6-1 Reading - December 13, 2014 / Championship 2014/2015

Birmingham City

6 - 1

Reading

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Rowett vs Reading

Rowett vs Adkins

Manager

Adkins vs Birmingham City

Adkins vs Rowett

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Reading

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Reading

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking