Birmingham City vs Watford
EFL Championship
St. Andrew’s Stadium
Birmingham City vs Watford: Match report
Full time score: Birmingham 1-1 Watford
Birmingham (3-5-2): John Ruddy, Maxime Colin, Dion Sanderson, Auston Trusty, Josh Williams, Jordan James, Juninho Bacuna, George Hall (Alfie Chang 79), Przemyslaw Placheta (George Friend 90+2), Scott Hogan (Lukas Jutkiewicz 85), Troy Deeney (Captain) (Jonathan Leko 85).
Substitutes not used: Neil Etheridge, Jobe Bellingham, Jonathan Leko, Sam Cosgrove.
Goal: G Hall (19′)
Booking: Eustace 45+3, Sanderson 81.
Watford (3-4-1-2): Daniel Bachmann, Christian Kabasele, Francisco Sierralta, Craig Cathcart (captain), Mario Gaspar, Edo Kayembe (Keinan Davis 89), Hamza Choudhury, Ken Sema (Joseph Hungbo 89), Yaser Asprilla (Dan Gosling 76), Vakoun Bayo (Rey Manaj 55), Joao Pedro.
Substitutes not used: Maduka Okoye, Jeremy Ngakia, William Troost-Ekong.
Goal: K Sema (63′)
Booking: Choudhury 45+3.
Managers’ reaction
Birmingham’s John Eustace: “George has been exceptional since I’ve been here. He’s a top young player and he’s going to have a massive future. He took his goal really well. He was up against fantastic players but he stood up to the plate and I was very pleased for him.
“He’s been brilliant since we came in during pre-season. We’ve given him the confidence that these young players are going to play.”
Watford’s Rob Edwards: “After the performance and the chances we created, I’m a little bit frustrated as well because I felt we could have won. Bayo had a couple of good chances and on another day he might have taken them.
“We had more chances. They were certainly a counter threat and we had to control that – even the throw-in they scored from was the quick, transitional counter-attacking moment.”
