Birmingham City vs Sunderland, 2022-23 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship

Birmingham City

78': Lukas Jutkiewicz

FT
1 - 2

Sunderland

25': Ellis Simms
49': Amad Diallo

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Birmingham City are hosting Sunderland at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham, England, 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.
4': Attempt saved. Amad Diallo (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Neil.
5': Ellis Simms (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
5': Foul by Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City).
5': Attempt blocked. Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
6': Attempt saved. Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
6': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Niall Huggins.
7': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Bailey Wright.
8': Attempt missed. Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Emmanuel Longelo with a cross following a corner.
8': Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Dion Sanderson following a corner.
8': Attempt saved. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
11': Hand ball by Daniel Neil (Sunderland).
12': Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
12': Foul by Trai Hume (Sunderland).
18': Foul by Jack Clarke (Sunderland).
18': Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
23': Foul by Corry Evans (Sunderland).
23': Jobe Bellingham (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Goal! Birmingham City 0, Sunderland 1. Ellis Simms (Sunderland) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Amad Diallo.
27': Foul by Hannibal Mejbri (Birmingham City).
27': Jack Clarke (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
28': Hannibal Mejbri (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
29': Attempt missed. Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
29': Foul by Bailey Wright (Sunderland).
29': Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
33': Offside, Sunderland. Anthony Patterson tries a through ball, but Jack Clarke is caught offside.
40': Attempt saved. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Troy Deeney with a through ball.
40': Attempt blocked. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Krystian Bielik.
42': Foul by Niall Huggins (Sunderland).
42': Hannibal Mejbri (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
42': Niall Huggins (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
42': Attempt saved. Jobe Bellingham (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
44': Attempt blocked. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Troy Deeney.
44': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Bailey Wright.
45'+4': First Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Sunderland 1.
45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 0, Sunderland 1.
49': Goal! Birmingham City 0, Sunderland 2. Amad Diallo (Sunderland) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Neil following a fast break.
52': Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
52': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
58': Attempt blocked. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Auston Trusty.
58': Attempt blocked. Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
58': Foul by Daniel Neil (Sunderland).
58': Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
59': Substitution, Birmingham City. Tahith Chong replaces Hannibal Mejbri.
59': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Maxime Colin.
59': Substitution, Birmingham City. George Hall replaces Jobe Bellingham.
59': Attempt blocked. Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Scott Hogan.
59': Amad Diallo (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
63': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Trai Hume.
63': Attempt blocked. Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with a cross.
64': Attempt missed. George Hall (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Tahith Chong.
66': Substitution, Sunderland. Patrick Roberts replaces Amad Diallo because of an injury.
68': Attempt blocked. Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Auston Trusty.
68': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Corry Evans.
70': Corry Evans (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
72': Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72': Foul by Auston Trusty (Birmingham City).
74': Corry Evans (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
74': Attempt missed. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Troy Deeney with a headed pass.
74': Offside, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz tries a through ball, but Scott Hogan is caught offside.
75': Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
75': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
77': Attempt blocked. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna.
77': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
77': Niall Huggins (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Sunderland 2. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emmanuel Longelo with a cross.
80': Foul by Bailey Wright (Sunderland).
80': Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
81': Offside, Birmingham City. Juninho Bacuna tries a through ball, but Troy Deeney is caught offside.
83': Foul by Bailey Wright (Sunderland).
83': Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
84': Attempt blocked. Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lukas Jutkiewicz.
84': Attempt saved. Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
84': Attempt missed. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
85': Substitution, Sunderland. Elliot Embleton replaces Ellis Simms.
85': Substitution, Sunderland. Jay Matete replaces Alex Pritchard.
86': Offside, Sunderland. Elliot Embleton tries a through ball, but Jack Clarke is caught offside.
87': Offside, Sunderland. Elliot Embleton tries a through ball, but Jack Clarke is caught offside.
87': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan James replaces Krystian Bielik.
87': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Corry Evans.
88': Foul by Jay Matete (Sunderland).
88': Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
88': Jay Matete (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
89': Attempt blocked. George Hall (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Auston Trusty with a headed pass.
89': Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Troy Deeney with a cross.
90'+2': Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Foul by Daniel Neil (Sunderland).
90'+3': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Auston Trusty.
90'+4': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Emmanuel Longelo.
90'+4': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Troy Deeney.
90'+6': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Trai Hume.
90'+7': Attempt missed. Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
90'+7': Foul by Jack Clarke (Sunderland).
90'+7': George Hall (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+7': Jack Clarke (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+7': Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 1, Sunderland 2.
0': Match ends, Birmingham City 1, Sunderland 2.

Statistics

SUN		BIR
12	Fouls	8
4	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	2
3	Corner Kicks	7
4	Saves	2
41.2	Possession	58.8
6	SHOTS	22
4	ON GOAL	6
0.7	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
191	Accurate Passes	274
302	Passes	404
0.6	Pass Completion %	0.7
1	Accurate Crosses	13
8	Crosses	34
0.1	Cross %	0.4
63	Long Balls	74
22	Accurate Long Balls	28
0.3	Long Balls %	0.4
1	Blocked Shots	9
11	Effective Tackles	11
15	Tackles	17
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
7	Interceptions	12
32	Effective Clearances	5
32	Clearances	5

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 18,702

EFL Championship Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Birmingham City	15	+14	29
2	Middlesbrough	15	+11	29
3	Stoke City	15	+6	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	+8	28

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Birmingham City (3-5-2)

No.	Name
21	John Ruddy (GK)
28	Dion Sanderson
5	Auston Trusty
2	Maxime Colin
27	Jobe Bellingham
6	Hannibal Mejbri
31	Krystian Bielik
23	Emmanuel Longelo
7	Juninho Bacuna
9	Scott Hogan
8	Troy Deeney

Birmingham City Substitutes:

Jordan Graham, George Hall, George Friend, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Jordan James, Neil Etheridge, Tahith Chong.

Sunderland (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Anthony Patterson (GK)
6	Danny Batth
26	Bailey Wright
2	Niall Huggins
32	Trai Hume
21	Alex Pritchard
24	Daniel Neil
4	Corry Evans
9	Ellis Simms
20	Jack Clarke
16	Amad Diallo

Sunderland Substitutes:

Patrick Roberts, Jewison Bennette, Elliot Embleton, Abdoullah Ba, Alex Bass, Zak Johnson, Jay Matete.

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