Reading vs Birmingham CityResult, Lineups & H2H

League One (England)

2024/2025

Reading

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Feb 22, 2025

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Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Michael Craig

Reading

8.2

90'+1Substitution

Billy Bodin· In

Mamadi Camara· Out

Reading

90'Substitution

Taylor Gardner-Hickman· In

Kieran Dowell· Out

Birmingham City

90'Substitution

Grant Hanley· In

Keshi Anderson· Out

Birmingham City

72'Substitution

Jayden Wareham· In

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan· Out

Reading

61'Substitution

Alfie May· In

Lyndon Dykes· Out

Birmingham City

45'+3Yellow Card

Charlie Savage

Reading

23'Yellow Card

Seung-Ho Paik

Birmingham City

9'Substitution

Willum Thor Willumsson· In

Scott Wright· Out

Birmingham City

Statistics of the Game

Reading

Birmingham City

49%Ball Possession51%

8Shots Total12

4Shots On Target1

4Corners7

11Fouls12

1Yellow Cards1

2Offsides3

1Saves4

399Passes413

109Attacks112

38Dangerous Attacks51

5Goal Attempts6

4Shots Off Target10

4Shots Inside Box8

4Shots Outside Box4

0Goals0

1Shots Blocked2

2Substitutions4

20Tackles9

275Accurate Passes302

0Red Cards0

95Ball Safe89

1Injuries3

68.92%Pass Accuracy73.12%

Reading

Manager: N. Hunt

Starting XI

6.8

8.2

7.9

8.1

7.2

7.3

7.2

7.3

6.8

6.8

7.0

Substitutes

6.8

Manager: C. Davies

Starting XI

7.6

6.8

7.4

7.6

7.6

6.7

7.0

6.6

7.1

7.8

6.9

Substitutes

Krystian Bielik

Emil Hansson

Alfie May

6.5

Willum Thór Willumsson

Taylor Gardner-Hickman

6.6

Grant Hanley

7.0

Bailey Peacock-Farrell

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Michael Craig DF	8.2	90'	-	50(82%)	6	10/16
Tyler Bindon DF	8.1	90'	-	41(80%)	-	7/10
Amadou Mbengue DF	7.9	90'	-	46(49%)	2	9/12
Charlie Savage MF	7.3	90'	-	37(71%)	3	5/9
Harvey Knibbs MF	7.3	90'	0/1	23(74%)	5	11/20
Andre Garcia DF	7.2	90'	-	36(59%)	1	5/8
Lewis Wing MF	7.2	90'	1/2	47(73%)	1	4/8
Mamadi Camará FW	7.0	90'	1/1	29(83%)	1	3/10
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan FW	6.8	72'	-	12(67%)	-	5/14
Chem Campbell FW	6.8	90'	2/3	27(79%)	2	6/16
Joel Pereira GK	6.8	90'	-	34(44%)	-	0/1
Jayden Wareham FW	6.8	18'	0/1	7(57%)	-	0/3
Billy Bodin FW	-	1'	-	2(50%)	-	0/1

Reading vs Birmingham City — computed insights

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Reading	15	W1	4	0	2	2	8/15	6-5
Birmingham City	15	W3	3	0	13	1	12/15	10-4

Reading — last 5 games

L2-3 @ Burton Albion2025-01-28
W1-0 vs Bolton Wanderers2025-02-01
D0-0 @ Huddersfield Town2025-02-08
D1-1 vs Shrewsbury Town2025-02-11
W2-1 vs Rotherham United2025-02-15

Birmingham City — last 5 games

W1-0 @ Stevenage2025-02-04
L2-3 vs Newcastle United2025-02-08
W4-0 vs Cambridge United2025-02-11
W1-0 vs Charlton Athletic2025-02-15
W2-1 vs Bradford City2025-02-18

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 24
Period covered: 2011-11-06 – 2024-08-10
Reading wins: 9
Draws: 4
Birmingham City wins: 11
Avg goals per meeting: 2.54
Over 2.5 goals: 46%
Both teams scored: 54%
Home side won: 42%share of all meetings won by whichever club hosted
Last 5 meetings: 2W 2D 1L (Reading view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 3 vs 2.54

Most recent meetings (5 of 24)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2024-08-10	Birmingham City	1-1	Reading
2023-04-07	Reading	1-1	Birmingham City
2022-12-16	Birmingham City	3-2	Reading
2022-02-22	Reading	2-1	Birmingham City
2021-11-06	Birmingham City	1-2	Reading

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 372 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Reading	9	31	49	3	LWDDW	7	+2
Birmingham City	1	29	69	32	DWWWW	1	0

Table context

Points gap: 20 ptsReading 49 · Birmingham City 69
Positions: #9 vs #1
Goals per game: 1.48/1.39 vs 1.76/0.66scored/conceded per game · league average 1.3

How we calculate this