Birmingham vs Reading

10 August 2024 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee W Finnie

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Alfie May 87’ (pen)
  • Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan 42’

Match summary

Birmingham and Reading drew 1-1. Reading led 1-0 at half-time.

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan put Reading ahead in the 42nd minute and Alfie May equalised from the penalty spot in the 87th minute.

Shots finished 13-8 to Birmingham, with 5 on target for Birmingham and 4 for Reading.

Match stats

Birmingham Reading
13 Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 6
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Birmingham Reading
Kick-off
42’
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan0-1 (Reading)
Half-time0-1
Alfie May
Penalty
1-1 (Birmingham)
87’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Reading
  • Lewis Wing

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Reading attacking Birmingham attacking 
2’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, saved 2’ Willum Thor Willumsson (Birmingham), open play, blocked 13’ Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading), from a corner, blocked 28’ Willum Thor Willumsson (Birmingham), open play, saved 33’ Mamadi Camara (Reading), open play, saved 33’ Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (Reading), open play, saved 42’ Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (Reading), open play, goal 44’ Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham), open play, off target 57’ Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham), open play, off target 59’ Ben Elliott (Reading), from a corner, blocked 59’ Harvey Knibbs (Reading), from a corner, saved 64’ Emil Hansson (Birmingham), open play, saved 72’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), direct free kick, blocked 76’ Andre Garcia (Reading), open play, blocked 79’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), open play, off target 87’ Alfie May (Birmingham), penalty, goal 90’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), open play, off target 90+1’ Emil Hansson (Birmingham), open play, blocked 90+4’ Krystian Bielik (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 90+4’ Emil Hansson (Birmingham), from a corner, saved 90+7’ Michael Craig (Reading), set piece, blocked 2’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, saved 2’ Willum Thor Willumsson (Birmingham), open play, blocked 13’ Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading), from a corner, blocked 28’ Willum Thor Willumsson (Birmingham), open play, saved 33’ Mamadi Camara (Reading), open play, saved 33’ Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (Reading), open play, saved 42’ Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (Reading), open play, goal 44’ Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham), open play, off target 57’ Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham), open play, off target 59’ Ben Elliott (Reading), from a corner, blocked 59’ Harvey Knibbs (Reading), from a corner, saved 64’ Emil Hansson (Birmingham), open play, saved 72’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), direct free kick, blocked 76’ Andre Garcia (Reading), open play, blocked 79’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), open play, off target 87’ Alfie May (Birmingham), penalty, goal 90’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), open play, off target 90+1’ Emil Hansson (Birmingham), open play, blocked 90+4’ Krystian Bielik (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 90+4’ Emil Hansson (Birmingham), from a corner, saved 90+7’ Michael Craig (Reading), set piece, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Ethan Laird Taken off
83′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Marc Leonard Taken off
83′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Koji Miyoshi Taken off
61′ – – 1 – – – –
Willum Thor Willumsson Taken off
51′ – – 2 – – – –
Siriki Dembélé Taken off
46′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Emil Hansson Came on as a substitute
44′ – – 3 – – – –
Luke Harris Came on as a substitute
39′ – – – – – – –
Keshi Anderson Came on as a substitute
29′ – – 2 – – – –
Brandon Khela Came on as a substitute
7′ – – – – – – –
Lukas Jutkiewicz Came on as a substitute
7′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Birmingham win 63% Avg odds 1.48
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.40
Reading win 16% Avg odds 5.81

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.