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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 10 (setup 1, season 33)
Birmingham City
v.
Northampton Town
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Tomasz KUSZCZAK71SERGIO ÁLVAREZ Conde
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Rasmus Nissen KRISTENSEN26Gustavo Raúl GÓMEZ Portillo
Chris BRUNT3Salvatore BOCCHETTI
Emmanuel Agyemang BADU4Yann M'VILA
Reece BURKE57Ragnar KLAVAN
Faitout MAOUASSA66Assane DIOUSSÉ
Martin ØDEGAARD777David CONCHA Salas
Andy KING78Bryan Jafet RUIZ González
Nils PETERSEN79Daniel STURRIDGE
Jason PUNCHEON10Anderson HERNANES de Carvalho Viana Lima
Collin QUANER116Rafael Santos BORRÉ Maury
Manager
Max LOWE12Jonas HOFMANN
Connal TRUEMAN13Sam HOSKINS
Gareth BARRY714Shaun McWILLIAMS
Glenn WHELAN15Francesco DI NOLFO
Moses Daddy SIMON16Francesco CASSATA

Birmingham City 3 Northampton Town 1
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 21,318, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Steve BENNETT 6½)
31 King, 36 King, 41 KingScorers7 Sturridge
51 Burke <=> BarrySubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners3
7Fouls6
4Offsides5
8Shots on3
11Shots off4
19Total shots7
4Shots saved2
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Chris BRUNT
2The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from PETERSEN.
4BADU made space on the left and pulled the ball to PUNCHEON who touched the ball wide.
7GOAL!! A poor shot from STURRIDGE seemed to hold no problem for the Birmingham City 'keeper but the ball somehow squeezed over the line. (1-0 Northampton Town)
8PETERSEN nutmegged BOCCHETTI but tapped the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
17A shot from MAOUASSA was smothered by SERGIO ÁLVAREZ.
22A corner bobbled toward KING who fired an effort over the bar.
27A wonderful save prevented ØDEGAARD from scoring a great goal.
31GOAL!! A cross from the right was nodded down by MAOUASSA for KING to score. (1-1)
36GOAL!! Some fine work by QUANER on the right, left KING yards clear, and he nutmegged SERGIO ÁLVAREZ and slammed the ball over the line. (2-1 Birmingham City)
37A drive from STURRIDGE seemed a certain goal but KUSZCZAK managed to punch the ball away.
40RUIZ dribbled past ØDEGAARD and stabbed a weak shot wide.
41GOAL!! The creative BURKE neatly nodded on a cross for KING to hammer the ball in. (3-1 Birmingham City)
42QUANER was put clear by BADU and he dummied the Northampton Town 'keeper but thrust his shot inches wide.
45A useful ball from PUNCHEON on the left was collected by PETERSEN who sliced his shot just beyond the far post.
 
57A penalty box scramble resulted in STURRIDGE driving a low shot over.
60CONCHA floated the ball to RUIZ who touched it over.
64A cross from HERNANES left BOCCHETTI in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
67KING ran onto a delightful ball from ØDEGAARD but fumbled his shot wide.
68An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of KUSZCZAK by RUIZ.
72KRISTENSEN's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
73QUANER stroked a simple chance past the near post.
75BADU beat two Northampton Town players and stroked a great chance inches over.
77KING blasted a deadly shot wide from thirty yards out.
79A mix up in the Northampton Town defence enabled KING to fire the ball inches over.
82QUANER shot wide.
90A poor strike from KING bounced agonisingly wide.