Birmingham – Cardiff 1–0

	1H	2H	T
BIR	0	1	1
C	0	0	0

Match report

Birmingham beat Cardiff 1–0 at Birmingham Stadium in Championship. M. Leonard opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Birmingham have 3 wins in their last 5, while Cardiff have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

E. Laird

39'

2H

⚽M. Leonardassist W. Burrell

47'

56'

Pereira

A. Cochrane

73'

⇄Bradley Mayo↓ M. Leonard

75'

⇄Petrov↓ Nielsen

⇄P. Neumann↓ T. Iwata

84'

⇄Walsh↓ Pereira

Momentum

BIR

⚽

C

Match info

TournamentChampionship · England

Kick-offJun 3, 2022 · 18:00

VenueBirmingham Stadium

Attendance58,841 / 64,660 (91%)

RefereeA. Taylor (Eng)

FIFA ranking BIR

#6·

#13

Where to watch

Sky Sports

Statistics

55Ball possession %45

1.1Expected goals (xG)0.6

13Total shots10

6Shots on target3

5Shots off target5

4Blocked shots1

7Corner kicks4

3Offsides3

10Fouls13

1Yellow cards4

0Red cards0

3Goalkeeper saves5

525Passes519

79Pass accuracy %77

16Tackles16

Player of the match

M. Leonard

7.8

Lineups

BIR 4-3-37.25Formation7.094-3-3 C

7.8Leonard 17.6Lindqvist 26.6Rossi 37.6Novak 46.9Hansen 56.3Ferrari 67.8Silva 76.9García 87.8Moreau 96.3Romano 107.1Pereira 117.1Nielsen

Birmingham

Coach: A. Moreno · 4-3-3

Cardiff

Coach: T. Laurent · 4-3-3

1Lindqvist7.6 2Rossi6.6 3Novak7.6 4Hansen6.9 5Ferrari6.3 6Silva7.8 7García6.9 8Moreau7.8 9Romano6.3 10Pereira7.1 11Nielsen7.1

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	+/-	Pts	Form
1	Coventry	46	28	11	7	97:45	+52	95	WWDLW
2	Ipswich	46	23	15	8	80:47	+33	84	WWWWD
3	Millwall	46	24	11	11	64:49	+15	83	WWWWD
4	Southampton	46	22	14	10	82:56	+26	80	LWWWD
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72:47	+25	80	DLWWW
6	Hull City	46	21	10	15	70:66	+4	73	WDDLL
7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69:65	+4	71	WDDLW
8	Derby	46	20	9	17	67:59	+8	69	DLLLW
9	Norwich	46	19	8	19	63:56	+7	65	WDLLL
10	Birmingham	46	17	13	16	57:56	+1	64	DLLLW
11	Swansea	46	18	10	18	57:59	-2	64	LWWWD
12	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59:59	0	62	WWDDL
13	Sheffield Utd	46	18	6	22	66:66	0	60	LLLWW
14	Preston	46	15	15	16	55:62	-7	60	LLWWD
15	QPR	46	16	10	20	61:73	-12	58	LWWWD
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	53:65	-12	57	LLWWD
17	Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51:56	-5	55	LLWWD
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49:64	-15	55	WDDLL
19	Charlton	46	13	14	19	44:58	-14	53	LLWWD
20	Blackburn	46	13	13	20	42:56	-14	52	LWWDL
21	West Brom	46	13	14	19	48:58	-10	51	WDDLL
22	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45:59	-14	47	WWDDL
23	Leicester	46	12	16	18	58:68	-10	46	LWDDD
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	29:89	-60	0	DLLLL