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Birmingham City Triumphs Over Barnsley in Tense Oakwell Encounter
Birmingham City secured a 2-0 victory against Barnsley in a keenly contested match at Oakwell in Barnsley, South Yorkshire on December 7th, 2024. The League One fixture, refereed by T. Parsons, was marked by Barnsley’s disciplinary issues, resulting in five yellow cards and one red card.
Despite Barnsley possessing 41% of the ball, Birmingham proved more clinical in front of goal. Birmingham held 59% possession and, although registering fewer shots (4 to Barnsley’s 9), all four were on target, leading to two goals. An own goal by Paik Seung-Ho put Birmingham ahead in the 58th minute, before Jonathan Stansfield secured the win with two goals, one in the 60th minute and another in the 79th.
Birmingham’s numerical advantage in the second half, following a Barnsley player’s red card in the 70th minute, proved crucial to the final result. Despite their efforts, Barnsley were unable to breach Birmingham’s defence.
Substitutions birmingham: at minute 6 T. Gardner-Hickman came in and A. Cochrane went out., at minute 46 L. Jutkiewicz came in and L. Harris went out., at minute 61 M. Leonard came in and A. May went out.
Substitutions barnsley: at minute 50 C. McCarthy came in and M. Roberts went out., at minute 77 S. Cosgrove came in and D. Keillor-Dunn went out., at minute 77 K. Nwakali came in and C. McCarthy went out., at minute 77 B. Cotter came in and C. O’Keeffe went out., at minute 90 K. Lofthouse came in and S. Humphrys went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Barnsley
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