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Commentary
An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the Reading 'keeper by ESTUPIÑÁN.
10¹LUCAS JOÃO's shot was well held by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
11¹GOAL!! A free-kick was punched clear by the 'keeper, BELLINGHAM was first to the loose ball and knocked the ball to OAKLEY to drill home. (1-0 Birmingham City)
16¹GOAL!! An inswinging corner was kicked clear only for LUCAS JOÃO to hit the ball into the net. (1-1)
19¹GOAL!! A long clearance by the Birmingham City 'keeper beat the Reading defence and ESTUPIÑÁN stroked the ball past the advancing 'keeper. (2-1 Birmingham City)
25¹HENDRICK worked the ball to BAKER, MEITÉ gathered his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the Birmingham City 'keeper.
25¹A free-kick from BACUNA went over the bar.
32¹LUCAS JOÃO given a yellow card by WEILANDT for a high foul.
34¹A poor challenge gets EJARIA a yellow card.
35¹A useful ball from JONNY on the left bobbled toward HENDRICK who scuffed his shot inches over.
38¹A weak shot from CHONG trickled agonisingly wide.
TRAORÉ dribbled away from FRIEND and flicked a tame shot into the crowd.
A pin-point pass was collected by CHONG and his looping shot flew narrowly wide.
A cross from BARROW left LUCAS JOÃO in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
10²LUCAS JOÃO's shot beat VESIC but rebounded off the Birmingham City woodwork.
11²BARROW cautioned for a bad foul on HOGAN.
17²GOAL!! A short corner was played out to JONNY who shot the ball in off the post. (2-2)
22²GOAL!! A mishit clearance fell to GORDON who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily CHONG was on hand to crack the ball into the net. (3-2 Birmingham City)
29²GOAL!! After some steady play on the right LUCAS JOÃO came inside and blasted the ball into the net. (3-3)
37²A penalty box scramble resulted in ESTUPIÑÁN cracking a low shot wide.
39²A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
44²A refined pass from ESTUPIÑÁN was shot goalbound by CHONG only for the 'keeper to block.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 7
Home league form: LLWX
Overall league form: LLLOLWWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Milos VESIC1Joe LUMLEY
Marcel OAKLEY2JONNY(c)
George FRIEND3Naby SARR
Jobe BELLINGHAM4Jeff HENDRICK
(c)Nathaniel PHILLIPS5Matt MIAZGA
Nico GORDON6Ovie EJARIA
Juninho BACUNA7Bertrand TRAORÉ
Tahith CHONG8Modou BARROW
(p)Óscar ESTUPIÑÁN9LUCAS Eduardo JOÃO(p)
(f)Ivan SUNJIC10Lewis BAKER(f)
Scott HOGAN11Yakou MEITÉ
Manager
Isaac VASSELL  12  Tom INCE
Zach JEACOCK  13  Sam WALKER
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ14Andy CARROLL
Jordan GRAHAM  15  Jahmari CLARKE
Jordan JAMES  16  Jökull ANDRÉSSON
 
Reading
 
League position: 17
Away league form: LLLX
Overall league form: LLWXLLLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 3 Reading 3
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 12,505, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Hilmar Weilandt 7½)

Oakley 11¹, Estupiñán 19¹, Chong 22²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Lucas João 16¹, Jonny 17², Lucas João 29²
BacunaóJutkiewicz 2²MiazgaóCarroll 17²
  
 Lucas João 32¹, Ejaria 34¹, Barrow 11²
64
413
55
58
76
1214
25
47%53%
Man of the match: Nathaniel Phillips