English League Championship

Cardiff City vs Birmingham City, 2026-27 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Cardiff City
  • 31': Yousef Salech
FT
1 - 0
Birmingham City

    About

    Cardiff City are hosting Birmingham City at Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Jack Moylan (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 2': Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
    • 6': Foul by Ollie Tanner (Cardiff City).
    • 6': Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Joel Bagan.
    • 11': Foul by Calum Scanlon (Cardiff City).
    • 11': Liam Millar (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 11': Jack Moylan (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Foul by Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City).
    • 14': Joel Colwill (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 14': Foul by Jhon Solís (Birmingham City).
    • 16': Foul by Joel Bagan (Cardiff City).
    • 16': Carlos Vicente (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Perry Ng (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Foul by Phil Neumann (Birmingham City).
    • 19': Foul by Yousef Salech (Cardiff City).
    • 19': Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 20': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Bright Osayi-Samuel.
    • 21': Penalty Cardiff City. Perry Ng draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 21': Penalty conceded by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 22': Penalty saved. Yousef Salech (Cardiff City) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner by James Beadle (Birmingham City).
    • 25': Offside, Birmingham City. Luis Vázquez is caught offside.
    • 27': Foul by Perry Ng (Cardiff City).
    • 27': Liam Millar (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Foul by Joel Colwill (Cardiff City).
    • 29': Jhon Solís (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 31': Attempt blocked. Jack Moylan (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ollie Tanner.
    • 31': Goal! Cardiff City 1, Birmingham City 0. Yousef Salech (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ollie Tanner with a cross.
    • 33': Perry Ng (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Foul by Luis Vázquez (Birmingham City).
    • 42': Offside, Birmingham City. Luis Vázquez is caught offside.
    • 43': Joel Colwill (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 43': Foul by Jhon Solís (Birmingham City).
    • 45': Offside, Birmingham City. Luis Vázquez is caught offside.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Jack Moylan (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Carlos Vicente (Birmingham City).
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Cardiff City 1, Birmingham City 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Cardiff City 1, Birmingham City 0.
    • 46': Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
    • 46': Alex Robertson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Phil Neumann (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Foul by Cian Ashford (Cardiff City).
    • 50': Attempt saved. Cian Ashford (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by James Beadle (Birmingham City). Assisted by Yousef Salech.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Jack Moylan (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 50': Foul by Jhon Solís (Birmingham City).
    • 50': Joel Colwill (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 50': Jhon Solís (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Yousef Salech (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Will Fish.
    • 51': Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Foul by Joel Colwill (Cardiff City).
    • 52': Attempt blocked. Yousef Salech (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Moylan.
    • 54': Liam Millar (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Foul by Ollie Tanner (Cardiff City).
    • 54': Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
    • 54': Alex Robertson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Attempt missed. Yousef Salech (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
    • 58': Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
    • 58': Calum Scanlon (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Calum Scanlon.
    • 61': Attempt saved. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Nathan Trott (Cardiff City). Assisted by Alex Cochrane with a cross.
    • 62': Foul by Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City).
    • 62': Perry Ng (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Attempt saved. Cian Ashford (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by James Beadle (Birmingham City). Assisted by Joel Colwill.
    • 63': Attempt missed. Carlos Vicente (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Liam Millar with a cross.
    • 64': Substitution, Birmingham City. Marvin Ducksch replaces Luis Vázquez.
    • 64': Substitution, Birmingham City. Patrick Roberts replaces Carlos Vicente.
    • 64': Substitution, Birmingham City. Max Bird replaces Jhon Solís.
    • 66': Attempt blocked. Cian Ashford (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Moylan.
    • 68': Substitution, Cardiff City. Ronan Kpakio replaces Calum Scanlon.
    • 68': Substitution, Cardiff City. Chris Willock replaces Ollie Tanner.
    • 69': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Christoph Klarer.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Yousef Salech (Cardiff City) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joel Bagan with a cross following a corner.
    • 70': Substitution, Birmingham City. Demarai Gray replaces Liam Millar.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marvin Ducksch.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Perry Ng (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Moylan.
    • 72': Offside, Cardiff City. Jack Moylan is caught offside.
    • 73': Handball by Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City).
    • 74': Foul by Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City).
    • 74': Joel Colwill (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 74': Handball by Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City).
    • 75': Attempt blocked. Yousef Salech (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Robertson with a cross.
    • 75': Offside, Birmingham City. Jay Stansfield is caught offside.
    • 77': Foul by Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City).
    • 77': Cian Ashford (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Attempt missed. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Demarai Gray.
    • 78': Substitution, Birmingham City. Ethan Laird replaces Bright Osayi-Samuel.
    • 80': Foul by Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City).
    • 80': Chris Willock (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 81': Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 82': Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 82': Foul by Joel Bagan (Cardiff City).
    • 82': Joel Bagan (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 83': Attempt missed. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Max Bird with a cross.
    • 84': Attempt blocked. Yousef Salech (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 84': Foul by Max Bird (Birmingham City).
    • 84': Cian Ashford (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Attempt blocked. Joel Colwill (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Willock.
    • 86': Attempt blocked. Joel Bagan (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Robertson.
    • 86': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Phil Neumann.
    • 87': Substitution, Cardiff City. David Turnbull replaces Jack Moylan.
    • 88': Offside, Cardiff City. Yousef Salech is caught offside.
    • 89': Attempt saved. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Nathan Trott (Cardiff City).
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 90'+3': Substitution, Cardiff City. Isaak Davies replaces Cian Ashford.
    • 90'+4': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ronan Kpakio.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Cardiff City 1, Birmingham City 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Cardiff City 1, Birmingham City 0.

    Statistics

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    19 Fouls 10
    2 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    4 Offsides 2
    3 Corner Kicks 3
    3 Saves 2
    48.5 Possession 51.5
    7 SHOTS 16
    2 ON GOAL 4
    0.3 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    277 Accurate Passes 307
    385 Passes 413
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.7
    3 Accurate Crosses 6
    16 Crosses 17
    0.2 Cross % 0.4
    72 Long Balls 74
    23 Accurate Long Balls 34
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.5
    1 Blocked Shots 10
    5 Effective Tackles 13
    12 Tackles 17
    0.4 Tackle % 0.8
    8 Interceptions 7
    24 Effective Clearances 25
    24 Clearances 25

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: Cardiff City Stadium
    Location: Cardiff, Wales
    Attendance: 23,280

    EFL Championship Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Middlesbrough 12 +10 25
    2 Swansea City 12 +3 23
    3 West Ham United 12 +17 22
    4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 +4 21
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    CAR Cardiff City (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Nathan Trott (GK)
    3 Joel Bagan Yellow Card
    2 William Fish
    23 Calum Scanlon
    38 Perry Ng
    27 Joel Colwill
    8 Jack Moylan
    18 Alex Robertson
    9 Yousef Salech
    45 Cian Ashford
    11 Ollie Tanner
    Cardiff City Substitutes:
    Chris Willock, Ronan Kpakio, Troy Perrett, Harry Tyrer, Charlie Holt, Isaak Davies, David Turnbull, Rob Tankiewicz, Noah Dafydd Anyadike.

    BIR Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 James Beadle (GK)
    4 Christoph Klarer Yellow Card
    5 Phil Neumann
    20 Alex Cochrane
    26 Bright Osayi-Samuel
    28 Jay Stansfield
    14 Jhon Solís Yellow Card
    24 Tomoki Iwata
    32 Luis Vázquez
    17 Liam Millar
    7 Carlos Vicente
    Birmingham City Substitutes:
    Demarai Gray, Ethan Laird, Patrick Roberts, Lee Buchanan, Max Bird, Dael Fry, Ryan Allsop, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Marvin Ducksch.

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