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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 34 (setup 1, season 32)
Birmingham City
v.
Aston Villa
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Tomasz KUSZCZAK61Tomás VACLIK
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Joe LEDLEY27Jack STEPHENS
Chris BRUNT37Johan Andrés MOJICA Palacio
Emmanuel Agyemang BADU47Julian BAUMGARTLINGER
Dario MARESIC85Robin KNOCHE
Reece BURKE666Alfie MAWSON
Moses Daddy SIMON77Martin HARNIK
Jason PUNCHEON8Jesús Manuel CORONA Ruíz
Nils PETERSEN97Christian BENTEKE
Glenn WHELAN10Rodrigo Javier DE PAUL
Collin QUANER711Hachim MASTOUR
ManagerScott Smillie
Max LOWE12Scott McKENNA
Connal TRUEMAN13DIEGO LÓPEZ Rodríguez
Daniel DE SILVA614José Manuel JURADO Marín
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING15Ádám SZALAI
Ryan KENT16Ryad BOUDEBOUZ

Birmingham City 1 Aston Villa 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 22,854, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Trevor KETTLE 7½)
44 PuncheonScorers13 Mojica, 70 Corona
77 Badu <=> De SilvaSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings11 De Paul
5Corners6
21Fouls8
4Offsides6
6Shots on4
5Shots off8
11Total shots12
5Shots saved2
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Dario MARESIC
3The stunned KUSZCZAK stared in disbelief as a backpass from PUNCHEON fell just wide.
8The 'keeper was able to block a poor header from DE PAUL.
9The Aston Villa 'keeper dived to his left to save a fierce shot from Birmingham City's PUNCHEON.
11DE PAUL receives a yellow card for a clumsy challenge.
12A looping effort from QUANER was blocked by the 'keeper.
13GOAL!! STEPHENS drove a wicked shot against the post with MOJICA driving in the rebound. (1-0 Aston Villa)
14A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
16The Aston Villa 'keeper parried a clever shot from PUNCHEON.
20BADU beat DE PAUL and blasted the ball to PETERSEN who dragged his shot wide.
24PUNCHEON pulled away from MOJICA but slammed the ball into the arms of the Aston Villa 'keeper.
26A corner found MASTOUR who fired an effort over.
27PETERSEN poked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
29QUANER nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
34CORONA was put clear by BENTEKE and he beat the Birmingham City 'keeper but drilled his shot wide.
36Uncertainty in the Aston Villa defence enabled QUANER to volley an effort over the bar.
39A good effort from BENTEKE scraped the outside of the righthand post.
44GOAL!! An imaginative SIMON played a wonderful ball down the left to PUNCHEON who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-1)
 
47DE PAUL ran onto a great ball from HARNIK but dragged his shot wide of the goal.
51A penalty box scramble resulted in MASTOUR tapping the ball wide.
70GOAL!! . (2-1 Aston Villa)
78A brilliant strike from PETERSEN was dealt with by a good block from the Aston Villa 'keeper.
79HARNIK hit a right foot shot wide from close range.
80A cross from SIMON left QUANER in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
86A poor shot from HARNIK rolled agonisingly wide.