Birmingham City 3–2 Coventry City · Total Bound Football

Birmingham City

3–2

HT 2–1

Coventry City

Championship Sun 4 Jan, 12:00London St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham james linington 27,932 attendance

Timeline

6' Marvin Ducksch assist Kai Wagner
8' Josh Eccles assist Ephron Mason-Clark
17' Lewis Koumas assist Patrick Roberts
36' Marvin Ducksch Yellow Card
51' Kai Wagner Yellow Card
60' Ellis Simms assist Jack Rudoni
63' Marvin Ducksch assist Patrick Roberts
64' Eiran Cashin for Lewis Koumas
67' Haji Wright for Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
71' Alfons Sampsted for Kai Wagner
72' Willum Thór Willumsson for Patrick Roberts
72' Kyogo Furuhashi for Marvin Ducksch
86' Josh Eccles Yellow Card
88' James Beadle Yellow Card
89' Kai Andrews for Josh Eccles
90'+3' Kanya Fujimoto for Jay Stansfield
90'+5' Bobby Thomas Red Card

Match stats

24.3% Possession 75.7%

9 Shots 17

4 On target 6

13 Fouls 8

3 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 1

4 Offsides 2

5 Saves 1

83 Accurate passes 428

Lineups

Birmingham City 4-2-3-1

25 Beadle

31 Wagner 6 Robinson 5 Neumann 24 Iwata

8 Seung-Ho 7 Doyle

30 Koumas 28 Stansfield 16 Roberts

33 Ducksch

Coventry City 4-1-4-1

19 Rushworth

3 Da Silva 15 Kitching 4 Thomas 27 van Ewijk

6 Grimes

10 Mason-Clark 5 Rudoni 28 Eccles 7 Sakamoto

9 Simms

Birmingham City 4-2-3-1

25 James Beadle G
6 Jack Robinson CD-L
5 Phil Neumann CD-R
31 Kai Wagner ▼ LB
24 Tomoki Iwata RB
28 Jay Stansfield ▼ AM
8 Paik Seung-Ho LM
7 Tommy Doyle RM
33 Marvin Ducksch ▼ F
30 Lewis Koumas ▼ AM-L
16 Patrick Roberts ▼ AM-R

Came on

23 Alfons Sampsted ▲ SUB
18 Willum Thór Willumsson ▲ SUB
41 Eiran Cashin ▲ SUB
27 Kanya Fujimoto ▲ SUB
9 Kyogo Furuhashi ▲ SUB

Unused substitutes (4)

21 Ryan Allsop SUB
11 Scott Wright SUB
42 Dan Isichei SUB
40 Menzi Mazwi SUB

Coventry City 4-1-4-1

19 Carl Rushworth G
15 Liam Kitching CD-L
4 Bobby Thomas CD-R
6 Matt Grimes DM
3 Jay Da Silva LB
27 Milan van Ewijk RB
5 Jack Rudoni CM-L
28 Josh Eccles ▼ CM-R
10 Ephron Mason-Clark LM
7 Tatsuhiro Sakamoto ▼ RM
9 Ellis Simms F

Came on

11 Haji Wright ▲ SUB
54 Kai Andrews ▲ SUB

Unused substitutes (7)

41 Callum Perry SUB
22 Joel Latibeaudiere SUB
50 George Shepherd SUB
21 Jake Bidwell SUB
13 Ben Wilson SUB
33 Miguel Ángel Brau SUB
26 Luke Woolfenden SUB

Commentary

Match ends, Birmingham City 3, Coventry City 2.
90'+10' Second Half ends, Birmingham City 3, Coventry City 2.
90'+9' Kai Andrews (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+9' Foul by Kanya Fujimoto (Birmingham City).
90'+8' Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+8' Foul by Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City).
90'+5' Bobby Thomas (Coventry City) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
90'+5' Phil Neumann (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5' Foul by Bobby Thomas (Coventry City).
90'+3' Attempt saved. Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Carl Rushworth (Coventry City). Assisted by Kanya Fujimoto.
90'+3' Substitution, Birmingham City. Kanya Fujimoto replaces Jay Stansfield.
90' Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.

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89' Substitution, Coventry City. Kai Andrews replaces Josh Eccles.
88' Attempt missed. Josh Eccles (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jack Rudoni with a cross.
88' James Beadle (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
86' Josh Eccles (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85' Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
85' Foul by Josh Eccles (Coventry City).
83' Attempt missed. Ellis Simms (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Milan van Ewijk.
83' Attempt missed. Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bobby Thomas.
83' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
82' Delay in match because of an injury James Beadle (Birmingham City).
81' Jay Dasilva (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81' Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City).
76' Jack Robinson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76' Foul by Bobby Thomas (Coventry City).
75' Attempt blocked. Haji Wright (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jay Dasilva.
72' Substitution, Birmingham City. Kyogo Furuhashi replaces Marvin Ducksch.
72' Substitution, Birmingham City. Willum Willumsson replaces Patrick Roberts.
71' Substitution, Birmingham City. Alfons Sampsted replaces Kai Wagner.
71' Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
71' Carl Rushworth (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Jay Dasilva.
70' Attempt blocked. Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
70' Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marvin Ducksch.
68' Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
68' Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
67' Substitution, Coventry City. Haji Wright replaces Tatsuhiro Sakamoto.
67' Offside, Coventry City. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto is caught offside.
65' Attempt missed. Jack Rudoni (Coventry City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Grimes.
64' Substitution, Birmingham City. Eiran Cashin replaces Lewis Koumas.
63' Goal! Birmingham City 3, Coventry City 2. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Patrick Roberts with a through ball.
62' Attempt blocked. Kai Wagner (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
62' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Jay Dasilva.
60' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Coventry City 2. Ellis Simms (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Rudoni.
59' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
55' Delay in match because of an injury Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City).
55' Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
55' Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
54' Offside, Birmingham City. Lewis Koumas is caught offside.
53' Attempt saved. Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by James Beadle (Birmingham City).
51' Kai Wagner (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
51' Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
51' Foul by Kai Wagner (Birmingham City).
50' Attempt missed. Ellis Simms (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Matt Grimes with a cross following a corner.
50' Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Tomoki Iwata.
48' Attempt missed. Liam Kitching (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Grimes with a cross following a corner.
47' Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Phil Neumann.
46' Foul by Jack Robinson (Birmingham City).
46' Bobby Thomas (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46' Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46' Foul by Jack Rudoni (Coventry City).
45' Second Half begins Birmingham City 2, Coventry City 1.
45'+5' First Half ends, Birmingham City 2, Coventry City 1.
45'+1' Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1' Foul by Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City).
45' Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
40' Offside, Birmingham City. Marvin Ducksch is caught offside.
40' Attempt saved. Matt Grimes (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by James Beadle (Birmingham City).
38' Liam Kitching (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38' Foul by Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City).
37' Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37' Foul by Liam Kitching (Coventry City).
37' Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Jack Robinson.
36' Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
36' Josh Eccles (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
36' Foul by Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City).
35' Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35' Foul by Kai Wagner (Birmingham City).
34' Attempt missed. Ellis Simms (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Grimes with a through ball.
33' Attempt missed. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
32' Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32' Foul by Liam Kitching (Coventry City).
32' Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
32' Foul by Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City).
30' Attempt missed. Matt Grimes (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
27' Attempt missed. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Patrick Roberts following a fast break.
24' Attempt missed. Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) header from very close range is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tatsuhiro Sakamoto with a cross.
23' Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23' Foul by Kai Wagner (Birmingham City).
20' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
19' Delay in match because of an injury Bobby Thomas (Coventry City).
17' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Coventry City 1. Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Patrick Roberts with a through ball.
15' Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by James Beadle.
14' Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Tommy Doyle.
14' Attempt saved. Liam Kitching (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by James Beadle (Birmingham City). Assisted by Matt Grimes with a cross.
13' Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
13' Foul by Kai Wagner (Birmingham City).
13' Attempt saved. Ellis Simms (Coventry City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by James Beadle (Birmingham City). Assisted by Bobby Thomas.
13' Attempt blocked. Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jay Dasilva.
11' Offside, Birmingham City. Jack Robinson is caught offside.
10' Offside, Coventry City. Ellis Simms is caught offside.
8' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Coventry City 1. Josh Eccles (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ephron Mason-Clark.
6' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Coventry City 0. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a through ball.
4' Offside, Birmingham City. Lewis Koumas is caught offside.
3' Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Phil Neumann.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Birmingham City L D D L D

D Charlton Athletic 1-1 EFL Championship
L at Sheffield United 3-0 EFL Championship
D Derby County 1-1 EFL Championship
D Southampton 1-1 EFL Championship
L at Watford 3-0 EFL Championship

Coventry City D L W D W

W Bristol City 1-0 EFL Championship
D at Southampton 1-1 EFL Championship
W Swansea City 1-0 EFL Championship
L Ipswich Town 2-0 EFL Championship
D at Charlton Athletic 1-1 EFL Championship

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