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Reading 0-1 Birmingham City - April 22, 2015 / Championship 2014/2015

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Championship 2014/2015 - Round 38

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

April 22, 2015 - 20:00

14 604

Reading

0 - 1

Birmingham City

83'

Clayton DonaldsonAssist by Stephen Gleeson

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34' - Substitution Diego Fabbriniis substituted by Andrew Shinnie

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62' - Substitution Paul Caddisis substituted by Lloyd Dyer

63' - Substitution Jamie Mackieis substituted by Jack Stacey photo Kwesi Appiah

63' - Substitution Garath McClearyis substituted by Kwesi Appiah63

69' - Yellow card Jordan Obita69

77' - Substitution Wes Thomasis substituted by Demarai Gray

81' - Substitution Nick Blackmanis substituted by Andrija Novakovich81

83' - Goal Clayton Donaldson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

0 - 1

Birmingham City

Reading Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Reading

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

22Blackman81

Nick Blackman

Barbados

B.date11/11/1989

Age25 years

H1m88

positionSecond striker

19Mackie63

Jamie Mackie

Scotland

B.date22/09/1985

Age29 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

11Obita69

Jordan Obita

England

B.date08/12/1993

Age21 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

14Chalobah

Nathaniel Chalobah

England

B.date12/12/1994

Age20 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

21Karacan

Jem Karacan

Turkey

B.date21/02/1989

Age26 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

12McCleary63

Garath McCleary

Jamaica

B.date08/03/1987

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

43Aké

Nathan Aké

Netherlands

B.date18/02/1995

Age20 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

15Hector

Michael Hector

Jamaica

B.date19/07/1992

Age22 years

H1m93

positionRight central defender

35Cooper

Jake Cooper

England

B.date03/02/1995

Age20 years

H1m99

positionCentral defender

2Gunter

Chris Gunter

Wales

B.date21/07/1989

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Federici

Adam Federici

Australia

B.date31/01/1985

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Adam Federici		30	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Michael Hector		22	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Jake Cooper		20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
43	D	Nathan Aké		20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Chris Gunter		25	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Jordan Obita	69	21	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Jamie Mackie	63	29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Jem Karacan		26	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Nathaniel Chalobah		20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Garath McCleary	63	28	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Nick Blackman	81	25	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Thomas77

Wes Thomas

England

B.date23/01/1987

Age28 years

H1m80

positionStriker

9Donaldson83

Clayton Donaldson

Jamaica

B.date07/02/1984

Age31 years

H1m86

positionStriker

3Grounds

Jonathan Grounds

England

B.date02/02/1988

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

36Fabbrini34

Diego Fabbrini

Italy

B.date31/07/1990

Age24 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

8Gleeson

Stephen Gleeson

Republic of Ireland

B.date03/08/1988

Age26 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

13Tesche

Robert Tesche

Germany

B.date27/05/1987

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

31Caddis62

Paul Caddis

Scotland

B.date19/04/1988

Age27 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

15Kiernan

Rob Kiernan

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/01/1991

Age24 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

28Morrison

Michael Morrison

England

B.date03/03/1988

Age27 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

23Spector

Jonathan Spector

United States

B.date01/03/1986

Age29 years

H1m83

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	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Michael Morrison		27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Rob Kiernan		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	M	Paul Caddis	62	27	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Jonathan Spector		29	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Jonathan Grounds		27	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Stephen Gleeson		26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Robert Tesche		27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	M	Diego Fabbrini	34	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Wes Thomas	77	28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Clayton Donaldson	83	31	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Mikkel Andersen		26
3	D	Stephen Kelly		31
37	M	Jack Stacey	63	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Hope Akpan		23
6	M	Oliver Norwood		24
44	F	Kwesi Appiah	63	24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	F	Andrija Novakovich	81	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Colin Doyle		29
26	M	David Davis		24
22	M	Andrew Shinnie	34	25	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
40	M	Lloyd Dyer	62	32	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	F	Demarai Gray	77	18	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	David Cotterill		27
12	F	Lee Novak		26

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nick Blackman

Pavel Pogrebnyak

OUT

Jem Karacan

Daniel Williams

OUT

Jake Cooper

Alex Pearce

OUT

Nathan Aké

Hal Robson-Kanu

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Diego Fabbrini

David Cotterill

OUT

Wes Thomas

Demarai Gray

OUT

Jonathan Spector

Andrew Shinnie

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Clarke

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

31 %

Clarke vs Birmingham City

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 22, 2015

Clarke vs Rowett

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 22, 2015

Manager

Age

Match num

Gary Rowett

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Rowett vs Reading

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 22, 2015

Rowett vs Clarke

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 22, 2015

Referee

Lee Mason

7 victories	3 draws	7 losses	Reading17 matches	General total	Birmingham City12 matches	6 victories	3 draws	3 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Reading1 match	Season total	Birmingham City1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on December 14, 2019					Latest figure on February 20, 2021

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Key figures

End of streak for Birmingham City after 8 matches with at least one goal conceded (since 07/03/2015). It was the best streak for the club since 19/08/2014-25/10/2014 (13 matches).

End of streak for Birmingham City after 3 consecutive losses away from home (since 21/03/2015). It was the best streak for the club since 14/09/2013-20/10/2013 (4 matches).

Birmingham City keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 21/03/2015).

Read the next 11 key stats

General ranking

17	Bolton Wanderers	51 pts	44 rd
18	Fulham	49 pts	44 rd
19	Reading	47 pts	43 rd
20	Brighton & Hove	46 pts	44 rd
21	Rotherham United	44 pts	43 rd

General ranking

	11	Nottingham Forest	59 pts	44 rd
	12	Sheffield Wednesday	59 pts	44 rd
+1	13	Birmingham City	57 pts	44 rd
-1	14	Cardiff City	56 pts	44 rd
	15	Huddersfield Town	53 pts	44 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VReading 2-1 Brighton & Hove10/03/2015

VReading 3-0 Bradford16/03/2015

DReading 1-1 Cardiff City04/04/2015

DReading 0-0 Blackburn11/04/2015

LReading 0-1 Bournemouth14/04/2015

LReading 1-2 Arsenal18/04/2015

Overall

LCharlton 3-2 Reading21/03/2015

DReading 1-1 Cardiff City04/04/2015

DBlackpool 1-1 Reading07/04/2015

DReading 0-0 Blackburn11/04/2015

LReading 0-1 Bournemouth14/04/2015

LReading 1-2 Arsenal18/04/2015

Current form

Away

LBrighton & Hove 4-3 Birmingham City21/02/2015

LIpswich Town 4-2 Birmingham City24/02/2015

DDerby County 2-2 Birmingham City07/03/2015

LCardiff City 2-0 Birmingham City21/03/2015

LBournemouth 4-2 Birmingham City06/04/2015

LWatford 1-0 Birmingham City18/04/2015

Overall

LCardiff City 2-0 Birmingham City21/03/2015

VBirmingham City 2-1 Rotherham United03/04/2015

LBournemouth 4-2 Birmingham City06/04/2015

VBirmingham City 2-1 Wolverhampton11/04/2015

DBirmingham City 2-2 Blackburn14/04/2015

LWatford 1-0 Birmingham City18/04/2015

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	4	6
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	1
Winless streak	9	2
Drawless streak	3	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	7	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

19	General ranking (Competition total)	14
16	General ranking (Home / Away)	18

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

42	Number of games (Competition total)	43
21	Number of games (Home / Away)	21
12	Victories (Competition total)	13
8	Victories (Home / Away)	4
11	Draws (Competition total)	15
5	Draws (Home / Away)	8
19	Losses (Competition total)	15
8	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

44	Goals scored (Competition total)	51
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
64	Goals conceded (Competition total)	64
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	33
1.05	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.19
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.1
1.52	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.49
1.05	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.57

Betting aid

24	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
16	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	15
10	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	23
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
0-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

76	Yellow cards (Competition total)	54
31	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	33
2	Red cards (Competition total)	5
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Simon Cox	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Clayton Donaldson
Simon Cox	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Clayton Donaldson
Nick Blackman	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	Paul Caddis
Nick Blackman	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Paul Caddis
Jordan Obita	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	David Cotterill
Garath McCleary	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	David Cotterill
Pavel Pogrebnyak	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 7 matches	David Cotterill

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

5 v

6 d

3 l

16 gf

13 ga

Away

15 matches

5 v

4 d

6 l

19 gf

29 ga

Total

29 matches

10 v

10 d

9 l

35 gf

42 ga

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

6 v

4 d

5 l

29 gf

19 ga

Away

14 matches

3 v

6 d

5 l

13 gf

16 ga

Total

29 matches

9 v

10 d

10 l

42 gf

35 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 28, 2013
Home	2 - 0	September 28, 2013

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	December 13, 2014
Away	2 - 0	November 04, 1989

Latest head to head

December 13, 2014 - Championship 2014/2015

Birmingham City

6 - 1

Reading

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

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.

Best historical scorers against Reading

Demarai Gray	3 goals	2014 - 2014
Kevin Phillips	2 goals	2008 - 2009
Mikael Forssell	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Paul Caddis	2 goals	2014 - 2014
Wade Elliott	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Sebastian Larsson	1 goal	2007 - 2007

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
Alex Pearce	5 matches	2011 - 2014
Kevin Doyle	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.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Maik Taylor	7 matches	2006 - 2009
Nikola Zigic	5 matches	2011 - 2014
Cameron Jerome	5 matches	2007 - 2009
Sebastian Larsson	5 matches	2007 - 2009
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.

They played in both sides

Nicky Forster

119 matches

8 matches

1998 - 2005

Leroy Lita

100 matches

10 matches

2005 - 2012

Brian Howard

69 matches

5 matches

2009 - 2014

Stephen Kelly

51 matches

88 matches

2006 - 2015

Ulises de la Cruz

25 matches

1 match

2006 - 2009

Matthew Upson

15 matches

128 matches

2002 - 2007

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/11/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Kevin Dillon

5 matches

155 matches

1977 - 1993

Matthew Upson

15 matches

128 matches

2002 - 2007

Stephen Kelly

51 matches

88 matches

2006 - 2015

Hayden Mullins

7 matches

39 matches

2012 - 2014

Ray Ranson

1 match

37 matches

1985 - 1993

Jason Bowen

7 matches

13 matches

1995 - 1998

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/11/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

March 17, 2015

Wolverhampton

3 0

S Wednesday

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March 18, 2015

Nottingham

2 0

Rotherham United

Video availableLine-ups available

Fulham

0 3

Leeds United

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Watford	85	44	26	7	11	88	49	+39
2	Bournemouth	84	44	24	12	8	92	45	+47
3	Middlesbrough	84	44	25	9	10	65	33	+32
4	Norwich City	82	44	24	10	10	83	45	+38
5	Derby County	76	44	21	13	10	82	50	+32
6	Ipswich Town	75	44	21	12	11	68	50	+18
7	Brentford	72	44	21	9	14	73	59	+14
8	Wolverhampton	72	44	20	12	12	65	54	+11
9	Blackburn	63	44	16	15	13	61	55	+6
10	Charlton	60	44	14	18	12	54	56	-2
11	Nottingham Forest	59	44	15	14	15	69	65	+4
12	Sheffield Wednesday	59	44	14	17	13	41	46	-5
+113	Birmingham City	57	44	14	15	15	52	64	-12
-114	Cardiff City	56	44	14	14	16	52	58	-6
15	Huddersfield Town	53	44	13	14	17	56	73	-17
16	Leeds United	52	44	14	10	20	48	60	-12
17	Bolton Wanderers	51	44	13	12	19	54	63	-9
18	Fulham	49	44	13	10	21	56	76	-20
19	Reading	47	43	12	11	20	44	65	-21
20	Brighton & Hove	46	44	10	16	18	44	52	-8
21	Rotherham United	44	43	10	14	19	43	65	-22
22	Millwall	40	44	9	13	22	37	69	-32
23	Wigan	39	44	9	12	23	39	60	-21
24	Blackpool	25	44	4	13	27	34	88	-54

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Reading 0-1 Birmingham City - April 22, 2015 / Championship 2014/2015

Reading

0 - 1

Birmingham City

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

Clarke vs Birmingham City

Clarke vs Rowett

Manager

Rowett vs Reading

Rowett vs Clarke

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 Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Reading

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Reading

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking