English League Championship

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

· English League Championship
Leicester City
  • 28': Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
  • 87': Stephy Mavididi
FT
2 - 1
Birmingham City
  • 45': Jay Stansfield

About

Leicester City are hosting Birmingham City at King Power Stadium, Leicester, 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': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Lee Buchanan.
  • 5': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 5': Foul by Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City).
  • 5': Attempt missed. Harry Winks (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall following a set piece situation.
  • 11': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Lee Buchanan.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jay Stansfield.
  • 16': Attempt blocked. Jordan James (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna.
  • 17': Attempt blocked. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Buchanan.
  • 18': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
  • 18': Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Jordan James (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 19': Attempt missed. Patson Daka (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Callum Doyle.
  • 22': Attempt blocked. Patson Daka (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdul Fatawu with a cross.
  • 22': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jordan James.
  • 23': Attempt missed. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Wout Faes.
  • 25': Foul by Jordan James (Birmingham City).
  • 25': Patson Daka (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 26': Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).
  • 28': Attempt blocked. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
  • 28': Goal! Leicester City 1, Birmingham City 0. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Patson Daka.
  • 34': Foul by Wout Faes (Leicester City).
  • 34': Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Wout Faes (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 37': Foul by Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City).
  • 37': Jordan James (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 40': Foul by Ethan Laird (Birmingham City).
  • 40': Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 43': Attempt saved. Patson Daka (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 45': Goal! Leicester City 1, Birmingham City 1. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City).
  • 45'+2': Patson Daka (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Ethan Laird (Birmingham City).
  • 45'+2': Harry Winks (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': Emanuel Aiwu (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Leicester City 1, Birmingham City 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Leicester City 1, Birmingham City 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Leicester City. James Justin replaces Callum Doyle.
  • 47': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ethan Laird.
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
  • 49': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Dion Sanderson.
  • 50': Attempt saved. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi with a cross.
  • 51': Attempt saved. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi.
  • 52': Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
  • 52': Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Koji Miyoshi.
  • 54': Attempt saved. Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi with a cross.
  • 55': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Dion Sanderson.
  • 56': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Lee Buchanan.
  • 56': Attempt saved. Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi with a cross.
  • 57': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 57': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
  • 57': Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 58': Substitution, Birmingham City. Keshi Anderson replaces Koji Miyoshi.
  • 58': Substitution, Birmingham City. Alex Pritchard replaces Juninho Bacuna.
  • 58': Substitution, Birmingham City. Ivan Sunjic replaces Krystian Bielik.
  • 60': Substitution, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy replaces Patson Daka.
  • 62': Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall with a cross.
  • 63': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 63': Foul by Lee Buchanan (Birmingham City).
  • 64': Hand ball by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
  • 65': Attempt saved. Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 67': Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City).
  • 67': Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
  • 72': Attempt saved. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 75': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ethan Laird.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Justin.
  • 80': Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
  • 80': Wout Faes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Substitution, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan replaces Jay Stansfield.
  • 80': Substitution, Birmingham City. Siriki Dembélé replaces Jordan James.
  • 81': Substitution, Leicester City. Yunus Akgün replaces Abdul Fatawu.
  • 82': Substitution, Leicester City. Dennis Praet replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
  • 84': Attempt saved. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
  • 86': Attempt saved. Alex Pritchard (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Scott Hogan.
  • 86': Attempt saved. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 87': Goal! Leicester City 2, Birmingham City 1. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Yunus Akgün with a cross.
  • 89': Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  • 90'+4': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City).
  • 90'+5': Foul by Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+5': Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Substitution, Leicester City. Conor Coady replaces Stephy Mavididi.
  • 90'+7': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Dion Sanderson.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Leicester City 2, Birmingham City 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Leicester City 2, Birmingham City 1.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 7
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
0 Corner Kicks 10
8 Saves 4
32 Possession 68
11 SHOTS 17
5 ON GOAL 9
0.5 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
253 Accurate Passes 613
333 Passes 696
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
0 Accurate Crosses 7
3 Crosses 30
0.0 Cross % 0.2
56 Long Balls 56
19 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.3 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 4
18 Effective Tackles 10
24 Tackles 19
0.8 Tackle % 0.5
10 Interceptions 14
31 Effective Clearances 4
31 Clearances 4

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: King Power Stadium
Location: Leicester, England
Attendance: 31,825

EFL Championship Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 West Bromwich Albion 5 +7 13
2 Sunderland 5 +8 12
3 Blackburn Rovers 5 +6 11
4 Burnley 5 +8 10
Full Standings

Line-Ups

LEI Leicester City (4-3-3)

No. Name
30 Mads Hermansen (GK)
23 Jannik Vestergaard
3 Wout Faes Yellow Card
5 Callum Doyle
21 Ricardo Pereira
8 Harry Winks
22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
25 Wilfred Ndidi
20 Patson Daka
10 Stephy Mavididi
18 Fatawu Issahaku
Leicester City Substitutes:
Yunus Akgün, James Justin, Conor Coady, Jamie Vardy, Dennis Praet, Wanya Marcal-Madivadua, Jakub Stolarczyk, Hamza Choudhury, Kelechi Iheanacho.

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

No. Name
21 John Ruddy (GK)
5 Dion Sanderson
44 Emanuel Aiwu
3 Lee Buchanan
2 Ethan Laird
19 Jordan James Yellow Card
6 Krystian Bielik Yellow Card
13 Paik Seung-Ho
28 Jay Stansfield
7 Juninho Bacuna
11 Koji Miyoshi
Birmingham City Substitutes:
Gary Gardner, Neil Etheridge, Cody Drameh, Scott Hogan, Siriki Dembele, Keshi Anderson, Alex Pritchard, Ivan Sunjic, Tyler Roberts.

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