English League Championship

Swansea City vs Birmingham City, 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Swansea City
  • 76': Jerry Yates
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1 - 1
Birmingham City
  • 45': Siriki Dembele

About

Swansea City are hosting Birmingham City at Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea, 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.
  • 1': Foul by Harry Darling (Swansea City).
  • 1': Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 2': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 2': Foul by Jamie Paterson (Swansea City).
  • 2': Jamie Paterson (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 3': Foul by Harrison Ashby (Swansea City).
  • 3': Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
  • 3': Jerry Yates (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Offside, Birmingham City. Ethan Laird is caught offside.
  • 8': Foul by Harrison Ashby (Swansea City).
  • 8': Lee Buchanan (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Foul by Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City).
  • 10': Matt Grimes (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Offside, Swansea City. Harrison Ashby is caught offside.
  • 12': Attempt saved. Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Krystian Bielik.
  • 14': Foul by Jay Fulton (Swansea City).
  • 14': Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 19': Attempt missed. Harry Darling (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jay Fulton.
  • 20': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Krystian Bielik.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Joshua Key (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
  • 21': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Foul by Joshua Key (Swansea City).
  • 23': Attempt saved. Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ethan Laird.
  • 24': Attempt missed. Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tyler Roberts.
  • 27': Foul by Tyler Roberts (Birmingham City).
  • 27': Joshua Key (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 27': Tyler Roberts (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 31': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Harry Darling.
  • 32': Ben Cabango (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Foul by Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City).
  • 35': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Kevin Long.
  • 37': Foul by Ethan Laird (Birmingham City).
  • 37': Joshua Key (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Offside, Swansea City. Jamie Paterson is caught offside.
  • 41': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
  • 41': Jay Fulton (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Goal! Swansea City 0, Birmingham City 1. Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Keshi Anderson.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Swansea City 0, Birmingham City 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Swansea City 0, Birmingham City 1.
  • 55': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
  • 55': Jamie Paterson (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 56': Attempt saved. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Keshi Anderson with a through ball.
  • 56': Delay in match because of an injury Tyler Roberts (Birmingham City).
  • 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 58': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Foul by Joshua Key (Swansea City).
  • 60': Foul by Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City).
  • 60': Jerry Yates (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 61': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan James replaces Tyler Roberts.
  • 61': Attempt saved. Nathan Wood (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matt Grimes.
  • 62': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Ethan Laird.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 65': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Ethan Laird.
  • 66': Harry Darling (Swansea City) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box following a corner.
  • 68': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
  • 68': Jamie Paterson (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Delay in match because of an injury Ethan Laird (Birmingham City).
  • 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 69': Substitution, Swansea City. Azeem Abdulai replaces Harrison Ashby.
  • 70': Substitution, Swansea City. Liam Cullen replaces Jamie Paterson.
  • 70': Substitution, Birmingham City. Marcel Oakley replaces Ethan Laird because of an injury.
  • 72': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Joshua Key.
  • 73': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Jay Fulton.
  • 73': Attempt missed. Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Keshi Anderson with a cross following a corner.
  • 76': Goal! Swansea City 1, Birmingham City 1. Jerry Yates (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Liam Cullen.
  • 80': Ben Cabango (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
  • 81': Attempt blocked. Joël Piroe (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Wood.
  • 81': Attempt saved. Joël Piroe (Swansea City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 81': Attempt blocked. Nathan Wood (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 82': Attempt saved. Joël Piroe (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jay Fulton.
  • 83': Foul by Jay Fulton (Swansea City).
  • 83': Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 83': Delay in match because of an injury Lee Buchanan (Birmingham City).
  • 84': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 84': Substitution, Birmingham City. Juninho Bacuna replaces Keshi Anderson.
  • 85': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Scott Hogan.
  • 85': Substitution, Birmingham City. Koji Miyoshi replaces Siriki Dembélé.
  • 85': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Joshua Key.
  • 86': Attempt saved. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with a cross.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic with a cross following a corner.
  • 87': Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Liam Cullen (Swansea City).
  • 90'+3': Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+4': Jay Fulton (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+4': Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+5': Jay Fulton (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+5': Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+6': Attempt saved. Joël Piroe (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 90'+6': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Harry Darling.
  • 90'+8': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Dion Sanderson.
  • 90'+9': Attempt missed. Liam Cullen (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Grimes with a cross.
  • 90'+10': Second Half ends, Swansea City 1, Birmingham City 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Swansea City 1, Birmingham City 1.

Statistics

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12 Fouls 9
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
5 Corner Kicks 5
4 Saves 4
40.8 Possession 59.2
11 SHOTS 11
5 ON GOAL 6
0.5 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
254 Accurate Passes 403
342 Passes 510
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 2
16 Crosses 13
0.2 Cross % 0.2
58 Long Balls 48
21 Accurate Long Balls 12
0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
0 Blocked Shots 1
15 Effective Tackles 11
20 Tackles 21
0.8 Tackle % 0.5
13 Interceptions 9
20 Effective Clearances 14
20 Clearances 14

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Swansea.com Stadium
Location: Swansea, Wales
Attendance: 18,051

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

SWA Swansea City (5-3-2)

No. Name
22 Carl Rushworth (GK)
5 Ben Cabango
23 Nathan Wood
6 Harry Darling
2 Joshua Key
30 Harrison Ashby
8 Matt Grimes
12 Jamie Paterson Yellow Card
4 Jay Fulton
17 Joël Piroe
9 Jerry Yates
Swansea City Substitutes:
Josh Ginnelly, Andrew Fisher, Kyle Naughton, Mykola Kukharevych, Liam Cullen, Joe Allen, Oliver Cooper, Azeem Abdulai, Brandon Cooper.

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

No. Name
21 John Ruddy (GK)
26 Kevin Long
5 Dion Sanderson
3 Lee Buchanan
2 Ethan Laird
14 Keshi Anderson
6 Krystian Bielik Yellow Card
34 Ivan Sunjic Yellow Card
9 Scott Hogan
17 Siriki Dembele
8 Tyler Roberts Yellow Card
Birmingham City Substitutes:
Marcel Oakley, Juninho Bacuna, Emmanuel Longelo, Koji Miyoshi, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Sam Cosgrove, Neil Etheridge, Alfie Chang, Jordan James.

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