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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 5 (setup 1, season 32)
Birmingham City
v.
Leicester City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Tomasz KUSZCZAK717José Manuel REINA Páez
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Joe LEDLEY62HUGO MALLO Novegil
Chris BRUNT38MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
Michael CARRICK748RAÚL GARCÍA Escudero
Matthijs DE LIGT5Sokratis PAPASTATHOPOULOS
Emmanuel Agyemang BADU66Federico Julián FAZIO
Jason PUNCHEON778Ivan PERISIC
Andy KING87Thiago MOTTA
Nils PETERSEN79Radamel FALCAO García Zárate
Ahmed MUSA10IAGO Aspas Juncal
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING6117Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO
Manager
Glenn WHELAN12Yacine BRAHIMI
Max LOWE13Lovre KALINIC
Shane LONG14LUCAS Vázquez Iglesias
Daniel DE SILVA15ALEX Nicolao TELLES
Victor ANICHEBE16Geoffrey KONDOGBIA

Birmingham City 2 Leicester City 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 35,500, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Andy PENN 5)
13 Petersen, 21 KingScorers23 Iago
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings6 Iago, 14 Motta, 65 Falcao
5Corners5
8Fouls19
5Offsides12
6Shots on4
8Shots off8
14Total shots12
3Shots saved3
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: RAÚL GARCÍA Escudero
1A corner fell to PETERSEN who turned an effort wide.
3REINA was able to block a weak header from MUSA.
6A thirty yard drive from RAÚL GARCÍA caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
6IAGO given a yellow card by the referee.
13GOAL!! A glorious outswinging corner was headed in at the near post by PETERSEN. (1-0 Birmingham City)
14MOTTA booked for a late challenge.
21GOAL!! With his back to goal KING turned and flicked the ball past REINA. (2-0 Birmingham City)
23GOAL!! A strike from HUGO MALLO was cleared off the line only for IAGO to slip the ball in. (2-1 Birmingham City)
27RAÚL GARCÍA played the ball to IAGO who turned it just beyond the far post.
29FALCAO ran onto a great ball from PERISIC but pulled his shot wide.
39The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from PUNCHEON fell just wide.
44KING rifled a simple chance past the far post.
45+1RAÚL GARCÍA made space on the left and knocked the ball to FAZIO who fired the ball wide.
 
46FAZIO beat three Birmingham City players and thundered a golden opportunity over the bar.
55The 'keeper blocked a neatly crafted strike from IAGO.
60A cross from KING left PUNCHEON in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
64A accurate pass bobbled toward CHOUPO-MOTING and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
65A poor tackle gets FALCAO a yellow card.
68CHOUPO-MOTING brought the ball away from SUSO and stabbed a poor shot over.
71Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled MARCOS ALONSO to crack the ball inches wide.
72MARCOS ALONSO was put clear by FAZIO and he nutmegged the 'keeper but drilled his shot wide.
89PERISIC beat KING and hit the ball to IAGO who fired his shot wide.