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Match Centre: West Bromwich Albion vs Birmingham City

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Championship Matchday 9 Sat 10 Oct

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Home West Bromwich Albion
Full-time 0:1
Away Birmingham City

Flyger 41′ (p)

Player of the match Phil Neumann 8.1

GolVolt ratingHighlights will do 7.0/10 more watchable than 70% of Championship matches West Midlands derby, keeper O'Leary: 6 saves. How we rate

GolVolt rating 7.0GolVolt rating

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The match in 30 seconds

Turning point: 41' Flyger, 0:1
  1. 33% → 93%

    Birmingham City: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 93.

  2. 11 → 7

    Birmingham City climb 4 places in the table. West Bromwich Albion: 7 → 8.

The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 0:1, from 31% to 57% (Birmingham City).

How the match went

One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.

90+5' · 0:1West Bromwich Albion 0%draw 6%Birmingham City 93%

Key stats

54% Possession 46%
0.92 xG (expected goals) 2.40
14 Shots 15
2 On target 7
2 Big chances 3
7 Corners 9
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Why this rating

Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.

How we rate

West Midlands derby, keeper O'Leary: 6 saves.

  • Dramaweight 50% Settled by 83′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 4.2 out of 10
  • Heroesweight 20% Keeper O'Leary: 6 saves, Flyger scored the winner.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 8.1 out of 10
  • Stakesweight 15% West Midlands derby. Stakes: 9.6 out of 10
  • Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 7.4 out of 10

Match ECG

A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.

Worth watching: Highlights will do

GolVolt rating 7.0more watchable than 70% of Championship matches

The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).

Similar matches

A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.

How the match went

1 goal6 cards

Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.

Timeline

  1. 8' Rabby Nzingoulayellow card · dissent
  2. 31' Alex Cochraneyellow card · foul
  3. 41' Goal: August Priske Flygerpenalty0:1
  4. Half-time · 0:1
  5. 55' SubstitutionRoberts for Millar
  6. 69' 2 substitutionsBird for SolísDucksch for Flyger
  7. 70' SubstitutionStewart for Heggebø
  8. 75' Carlos Vicenteyellow card · foul
  9. 79' Jay Stansfieldyellow card · foul
  10. 79' SubstitutionPrice for Myhre
  11. 80' SubstitutionWhitwell for Collyer
  12. 85' 2 substitutionsGray for VicenteGardner-Hickman for Stansfield
  13. 89' Jimmy-Jay Morganyellow card · dissent
  14. 89' Bright Osayi-Samuelyellow card · dissent
  15. Full-time · 0:1

Match stats

Shooting

0.92 xG (expected goals) 2.40
14 Shots 15
2 On target 7
2 Big chances 3
8 Off target 2
4 Blocked 6
9 Inside the box 13
5 Outside the box 2
2 Big chances missed 2

Play

54% Possession 46%
7 Corners 9
494 Passes 420
85% Pass accuracy 80%
10 Key passes 8
105 Attacks 107
50 Dangerous attacks 58

Defence

20 Tackles 24
8 Interceptions 7
6 Saves 2

Discipline

8 Fouls 12
0 Offsides 2
2 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 0

Lineups and ratings

The highlighted rating is the player of the match.

Starting XIs · provider ratings

4-4-2 –4-2-3-1

West Bromwich Albion

Birmingham City

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Came on

Bench

West Bromwich Albion

Birmingham City

Match sheet

Stadium
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

Player ratings

Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.

  1. Player of the match · Birmingham City Phil Neumann 8.12
  2. 2. place · West Bromwich Albion Max O'Leary 8.02
  3. 3. place · West Bromwich Albion Chris Mepham 7.71

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Absences

West Bromwich Albion · 1 out

  • Mikey Johnston Injured

    since 28 Feb · return date unknown · 26 matches missed · Fatigue Fracture

Birmingham City · 1 out

  • M. Leonard Injured

    since 9 May · until 31 Dec · 16 matches missed · Achilles tendon rupture

Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.

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