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Reading 2-1 Birmingham City · Championship

Reading beat Birmingham City 2-1 in the Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Reading and Birmingham City met in the Championship at Select Car Leasing Stadium in Reading on Tuesday, 22 February 2022.

Goalscorers

Reading: L. João 67'; J. Swift 73'. Birmingham City: T. McIntyre 82'.

How the match went

The referee showed 3 yellow cards (0 for Reading, 3 for Birmingham City).

Line-ups

Reading started in a 4-2-3-1: Karl Hein, Andy Yiadom, Michael Morrison, Thomas Holmes, Tom McIntyre, Danny Drinkwater, Andy Rinomhota, Tom Ince, John Swift, Junior Hoilett, Lucas João.

Birmingham City started in a 4-3-3: Neil Etheridge, Jordan Graham, Maxime Colin, Kristian Pedersen, Jérémie Bela, Ryan Woods, Gary Gardner, Jordan James, Juninho Bacuna, Lyle Taylor, Onel Hernández.

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Minute by minute

  1. 45'Half-time. Reading 0-0 Birmingham City.
  2. 67'Goal! Reading 1-0 Birmingham City. L. João (Reading) scores, assisted by J. Swift.
  3. 73'Goal! Reading 2-0 Birmingham City. J. Swift (Reading) converts the penalty.
  4. 82'Goal! Reading 2-1 Birmingham City. Own goal by T. McIntyre.
  5. 90'Full-time. Reading 2-1 Birmingham City.
Full commentary (14 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Reading vs Birmingham City.
  2. 31'Yellow card for K. Pedersen (Birmingham City) for foul.
  3. 45'Half-time. Reading 0-0 Birmingham City.
  4. 46'The second half is under way.
  5. 51'Yellow card for J. Bela (Birmingham City) for foul.
  6. 67'Goal! Reading 1-0 Birmingham City. L. João (Reading) scores, assisted by J. Swift.
  7. 69'Substitution, Birmingham City: L. Jutkiewicz comes on for J. James.
  8. 72'Yellow card for O. Hernández (Birmingham City) for foul.
  9. 73'Goal! Reading 2-0 Birmingham City. J. Swift (Reading) converts the penalty.
  10. 74'Substitution, Reading: Y. Méïté comes on for J. Hoilett.
  11. 82'Goal! Reading 2-1 Birmingham City. Own goal by T. McIntyre.
  12. 89'Substitution, Reading: T. Dele-Bashiru comes on for T. Ince.
  13. 90'4 minutes of added time.
  14. 90'Full-time. Reading 2-1 Birmingham City.
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