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Birmingham City 2-0 Reading - April 28, 2012 / Championship 2011/2012

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Championship 2011/2012 - Round 46

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

April 28, 2012

25 516

Birmingham City

2 - 0

Reading

Assist by Nathan RedmondAdam Rooney

24'

(penalty) Wade Elliott

75'

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19' - Substitution Nikola Zigicis substituted by Adam Rooney19

24' - Goal Adam Rooney24

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62' - Substitution Matthew Connollyis substituted by Shaun Cummings

70' - Substitution Guirane N'Dawis substituted by Chris Burke70

71' - Substitution Mikele Leigertwoodis substituted by Brynjar Gunnarsson

75' - Goal Wade Elliott75

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

2 - 0

Reading

Birmingham City Reading

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

13 Doyle

Colin Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/06/1985

Age26 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

5 Pablo

Pablo

Spain

B.date03/08/1981

Age30 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

24 Davies

Curtis Davies

Sierra Leone

B.date15/03/1985

Age27 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

6 Ramage

Peter Ramage

England

B.date22/11/1983

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

3 Murphy

David Murphy

Scotland

B.date01/03/1984

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

14 Gomis

Morgaro Gomis

Senegal

B.date14/07/1985

Age26 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 N'Daw70

Guirane N'Daw

Senegal

B.date24/04/1984

Age28 years

H1m90

positionLeft central midfielder

15 Elliott75

Wade Elliott

England

B.date14/12/1978

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

11 Townsend

Andros Townsend

England

B.date16/07/1991

Age20 years

H1m81

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

22 Redmond

Nathan Redmond

England

B.date06/03/1994

Age18 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

19 Zigic19

Nikola Zigic

Serbia

B.date25/09/1980

Age31 years

H2m102

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Colin Doyle		26	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Pablo		30	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Curtis Davies		27	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Peter Ramage		28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	David Murphy		28	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Morgaro Gomis		26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Guirane N'Daw	70	28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Wade Elliott	75	33	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Andros Townsend		20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Nathan Redmond		18	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Nikola Zigic	19	31	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Reading

1 Federici

Adam Federici

Australia

B.date31/01/1985

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

3 Connolly62

Matthew Connolly

England

B.date24/09/1987

Age24 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

17 Gorkss

Kaspars Gorkss

Latvia

B.date06/11/1981

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

5 Pearce

Alex Pearce

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/11/1988

Age23 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

23 Harte

Ian Harte

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/08/1977

Age34 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

8 Leigertwood71

Mikele Leigertwood

Antigua and Barbuda

B.date12/11/1982

Age29 years

H1m88

positionRight central midfielder

7 Tabb

Jay Tabb

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/02/1984

Age28 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

19 Robson-Kanu

Hal Robson-Kanu

Wales

B.date21/05/1989

Age22 years

H1m84

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

11 McAnuff

Jobi McAnuff

Jamaica

B.date09/11/1981

Age30 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9 Le Fondre

Adam Le Fondre

England

B.date02/12/1986

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

18 Church

Simon Church

Wales

B.date10/12/1988

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Adam Federici		27	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Matthew Connolly	62	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Kaspars Gorkss		30	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Alex Pearce		23	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Ian Harte		34	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Mikele Leigertwood	71	29	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Jay Tabb		28	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Hal Robson-Kanu		22	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Jobi McAnuff		30	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Adam Le Fondre		25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Simon Church		23	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
7	M		Chris Burke	70	28	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F		Adam Rooney	2419	24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
6	D		Brynjar Gunnarsson	71	36	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D		Shaun Cummings	62	23	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andros Townsend

Chris Burke

OUT

Nikola Zigic

Marlon King

OUT

Guirane N'Daw

Jordon Mutch

OUT

Nathan Redmond

Erik Huseklepp

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Adam Le Fondre

Jason Roberts

OUT

Jay Tabb

Hayden Mullins

OUT

Simon Church

Noel Hunt

OUT

Matthew Connolly

Shaun Cummings

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Chris Hughton

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Hughton vs Reading

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 28, 2012

Hughton vs McDermott

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 28, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian McDermott

134

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

McDermott vs Birmingham City

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 28, 2012

McDermott vs Hughton

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 28, 2012

Referee

Robert Madley

3 victories	1 draw	4 losses	Birmingham City8 matches	General total	Reading4 matches	1 victory	2 draws	1 loss
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Birmingham City2 matches	Season total	Reading2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 10, 2024					Latest figure on December 16, 2023

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Key figures

End of streak for Reading after 18 matches with at least one goal scored (since 28/01/2012). It was the best streak for the club since 03/12/2005-04/03/2006 (20 matches).

It's the first time Adam Rooney scores 1 goal vs Reading in his professional career with Birmingham City

It's the first time Adam Rooney scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 17/04/2006 (with Reading vs )

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

	2	Southampton	88 pts	46 rd
	3	West Ham	86 pts	46 rd
+1	4	Birmingham City	76 pts	46 rd
-1	5	Blackpool	75 pts	46 rd
	6	Cardiff City	75 pts	46 rd

General ranking

	1	Reading	89 pts	46 rd
	2	Southampton	88 pts	46 rd
	3	West Ham	86 pts	46 rd
+1	4	Birmingham City	76 pts	46 rd
-1	5	Blackpool	75 pts	46 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBirmingham City 2-2 Derby County03/03/2012

LBirmingham City 0-2 Chelsea06/03/2012

VBirmingham City 3-0 Middlesbrough17/03/2012

DBirmingham City 1-1 Cardiff City25/03/2012

VBirmingham City 3-1 Crystal Palace07/04/2012

DBirmingham City 2-2 Bristol City14/04/2012

Overall

VBurnley 1-3 Birmingham City03/04/2012

VBirmingham City 3-1 Crystal Palace07/04/2012

DWest Ham 3-3 Birmingham City09/04/2012

DBirmingham City 2-2 Bristol City14/04/2012

DIpswich Town 1-1 Birmingham City17/04/2012

DBrighton & Hove 1-1 Birmingham City21/04/2012

Current form

Away

DDoncaster Rovers 1-1 Reading13/03/2012

VBarnsley 0-4 Reading17/03/2012

LPeterborough United 3-1 Reading20/03/2012

VWest Ham 2-4 Reading31/03/2012

VBrighton & Hove 0-1 Reading10/04/2012

VSouthampton 1-3 Reading13/04/2012

Overall

VWest Ham 2-4 Reading31/03/2012

VReading 2-0 Leeds United06/04/2012

VBrighton & Hove 0-1 Reading10/04/2012

VSouthampton 1-3 Reading13/04/2012

VReading 1-0 Nottingham Forest17/04/2012

DReading 2-2 Crystal Palace21/04/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	4	8
Winless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	4	12
Conceding streak	3	9

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	12	18
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

5	General ranking (Competition total)	1
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

45	Number of games (Competition total)	45
22	Number of games (Home / Away)	22
19	Victories (Competition total)	27
12	Victories (Home / Away)	13
16	Draws (Competition total)	8
9	Draws (Home / Away)	3
10	Losses (Competition total)	10
1	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

76	Goals scored (Competition total)	69
35	Goals scored (Home / Away)	33
51	Goals conceded (Competition total)	39
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.69	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.53
1.59	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.87
0.64	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.95

Betting aid

26	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	20
11	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	8
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
29	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
3-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 times)

Bookings

63	Yellow cards (Competition total)	57
22	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	36
3	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Marlon King	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Adam Le Fondre
Marlon King	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Noel Hunt
Marlon King	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ian Harte
Marlon King	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Ian Harte
Chris Burke	15 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	9 assists	Jobi McAnuff
Chris Burke	11 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	5 assists	Jimmy Kébé
Marlon King	7 goals, 5 assists during the last 14 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 5 matches	Adam Le Fondre

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

4 v

4 d

4 l

20 gf

16 ga

Away

13 matches

3 v

6 d

4 l

13 gf

14 ga

Total

25 matches

7 v

10 d

8 l

33 gf

30 ga

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

4 v

6 d

3 l

14 gf

13 ga

Away

12 matches

4 v

4 d

4 l

16 gf

20 ga

Total

25 matches

8 v

10 d

7 l

30 gf

33 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	December 20, 2008
Away	3 - 1	December 20, 2008

Latest head to head

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

December 20, 2008 - Championship 2008/2009

Birmingham City

1 - 3

Reading

March 22, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Reading

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 15, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Reading

Best historical scorers against Reading

Kevin Phillips	2 goals	2008 - 2009
Mikael Forssell	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Sebastian Larsson	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Mauro Zárate	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Keith Fahey	1 goal	2009 - 2009
David Dunn	1 goal	2006 - 2006

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

André Bikey	2 goals	2008 - 2008
Stephen Hunt	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Noel Hunt	2 goals	2008 - 2011
Leroy Lita	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Kevin Doyle	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Marek Matejovsky	1 goal	2009 - 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
Cameron Jerome	5 matches	2007 - 2009
Sebastian Larsson	5 matches	2007 - 2009
Mikael Forssell	4 matches	2006 - 2008
Damien Johnson	4 matches	2006 - 2009
Liam Ridgewell	3 matches	2007 - 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 Birmingham City

Stephen Hunt	6 matches	2006 - 2009
Shane Long	6 matches	2006 - 2009
James Harper	5 matches	2006 - 2008
Kevin Doyle	5 matches	2006 - 2009
Dave Kitson	5 matches	2006 - 2009
Brynjar Gunnarsson	4 matches	2006 - 2008

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

Kevin Dillon

155 matches

5 matches

1977 - 1993

Matthew Upson

128 matches

15 matches

2002 - 2007

Ray Ranson

37 matches

1 match

1985 - 1993

Jason Bowen

13 matches

7 matches

1995 - 1998

Nicky Forster

8 matches

119 matches

1998 - 2005

Andy Legg

7 matches

1 match

1996 - 1998

Total : 9 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

Nicky Forster

8 matches

119 matches

1998 - 2005

Ulises de la Cruz

1 match

25 matches

2006 - 2009

Matthew Upson

128 matches

15 matches

2002 - 2007

Jason Bowen

13 matches

7 matches

1995 - 1998

Kevin Dillon

155 matches

5 matches

1977 - 1993

Kenny Brown

1 match

3 matches

1995 - 1997

Total : 9 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

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Reading	89	46	27	8	11	69	41	+28
2	Southampton	88	46	26	10	10	85	46	+39
3	West Ham	86	46	24	14	8	81	48	+33
+14	Birmingham City	76	46	20	16	10	78	51	+27
-15	Blackpool	75	46	20	15	11	79	59	+20
6	Cardiff City	75	46	19	18	9	66	53	+13
7	Middlesbrough	70	46	18	16	12	52	51	+1
8	Hull City	68	46	19	11	16	47	44	+3
+19	Leicester	66	46	18	12	16	66	55	+11
-110	Brighton & Hove	66	46	17	15	14	52	52	0
+311	Watford	64	46	16	16	14	56	64	-8
-112	Derby County	64	46	18	10	18	50	58	-8
-113	Burnley	62	46	17	11	18	61	58	+3
-114	Leeds United	61	46	17	10	19	65	68	-3
15	Ipswich Town	61	46	17	10	19	69	77	-8
16	Millwall	57	46	15	12	19	55	57	-2
17	Crystal Palace	56	46	13	17	16	46	51	-5
18	Peterborough United	50	46	13	11	22	67	77	-10
+119	Nottingham Forest	50	46	14	8	24	48	63	-15
-120	Bristol City	49	46	12	13	21	44	68	-24
21	Barnsley	48	46	13	9	24	49	74	-25
22	Portsmouth	40	46	13	11	22	50	59	-9
23	Coventry	40	46	9	13	24	41	65	-24
24	Doncaster Rovers	36	46	8	12	26	43	80	-37

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Birmingham City 2-0 Reading - April 28, 2012 / Championship 2011/2012

Birmingham City

2 - 0

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

Hughton vs Reading

Hughton vs McDermott

Manager

McDermott vs Birmingham City

McDermott vs Hughton

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