Championship (Week 42) : Birmingham City beats Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1

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Posted on 11 April 2015 17:00

ENGLAND, Apr. 11, 2015 (AMP) — Championship / Match day 42: After losing 4-2 to Bournemouth on April 6, the Blues returned to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers this Saturday.

Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Benik Afobe opened the score in the 21st minute, before seeing Birmingham City catch up in the 25th minute thanks to Rob Kiernan. 1-1 at half time. The Blues eventually won the game in the second period with with a goal by Gray in the 61st minute.

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC are down in 8th place with 71 points from 42 games, tie on points with Brentford FC.

View : Full Championship table (as of April 11, 2015) »

		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bournemouth	42	23	11	8	89	43	46	80
2	Norwich City	42	23	10	9	81	44	37	79
3	Watford	42	24	7	11	84	48	36	79
4	Middlesbrough	42	23	9	10	62	32	30	78
5	Derby County	42	20	12	10	74	46	28	72
6	Ipswich Town	42	20	11	11	64	48	16	71
7	Brentford	42	21	8	13	71	56	15	71
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	11	11	63	51	12	71
9	Nottingham Forest	42	15	13	14	65	59	6	58
10	Blackburn Rovers	41	15	13	13	54	50	4	58
11	Charlton Athletic	42	13	17	12	51	54	-3	56
12	Cardiff City	42	14	13	15	51	55	-4	55
13	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	16	13	38	44	-6	55
14	Birmingham City	41	13	14	14	49	61	-12	53
15	Leeds United	42	14	10	18	47	56	-9	52
16	Huddersfield Town	42	13	12	17	52	69	-17	51
17	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	10	19	51	60	-9	49
18	Reading	41	12	11	18	44	63	-19	47
19	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	10	15	17	43	50	-7	45
20	Fulham	42	12	9	21	54	75	-21	45
21	Rotherham United	42	10	13	19	42	64	-22	43
22	Wigan Athletic	42	8	12	22	37	57	-20	36
23	Millwall	41	8	12	21	35	67	-32	36
24	Blackpool	42	4	13	25	34	83	-49	25

Fixtures and Results : Championship 2014-2015

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Overview

Birmingham City FC

Position: 14
+1
Best performance of the season:
Birmingham City 6-1 Reading (13 Dec.)
Previous game:
Bournemouth 4-2 Birmingham City (6 Apr.)
Next game:
Birmingham City - Blackburn Rovers (14 Apr.)

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

Position: 8
-2
Best performance of the season:
Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-0 Rotherham United (21 Feb.)
Previous game:
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-3 Leeds United (6 Apr.)
Next game:
Middlesbrough - Wolverhampton Wanderers (14 Apr.)

Birmingham City

2:1

Wolverhampton Wanderers

2:1 (1:1)

11 April 2015
15:00
Birmingham

Table

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Bournemouth	80
2	Norwich City	79
3	Watford	79
4	Middlesbrough	78
5	Derby County	72

View full Championship table

Week 42 Results

Friday 10 April 2015
	Brighton & Hove Albion	0-2	Bournemouth
	Fulham	2-2	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 11 April 2015
	Derby County	1-1	Brentford
	Millwall	0-2	Watford
	Reading	0-0	Blackburn Rovers
	Ipswich Town	3-2	Blackpool
	Leeds United	1-2	Cardiff City
	Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Charlton Athletic
	Birmingham City	2-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	Bolton Wanderers	1-2	Norwich City
	Middlesbrough	2-0	Rotherham United
	Nottingham Forest	0-1	Huddersfield Town