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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 14 (setup 1, season 25)
Birmingham City
v.
Oxford United
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Brad GUZAN718Raphael SCHÄFER
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Ashley WILLIAMS2Julien FAUBERT
Liam RIDGEWELL736Carlos Amoldo SALCIDO Flores
Michael CARRICK747Alaixys ROMAO
Michael TURNER57Jean-Alain BOUMSONG
John Chukwridi UTAKA6Francisco Javier Rodríguez Pinedo, MAZA
Jonny HOWSON7Martin PATERSON
Jermaine JONES886Yohan MOLLO
Brown IDEYE Aide96Modibo MAÏGA
Gareth BARRY6106Keith ANDREWS
Kalu UCHE711Mohammed TCHITÉ
D SgManager
Adam CAMPBELL12Kyrylo PETROV
Luke MURPHY13Alexandros TZORVAS
Harry KANE14Curtis THOMPSON
Larnell COLE15Jamie GRIMES
Joe BENNETT166Jay SIMPSON

Birmingham City 4 Oxford United 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 45,738, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Kevin FRIEND 6½)
10 Ideye, 15 Utaka, 62 Utaka, 81 UtakaScorers
Substitutions81 Salcido <=> Simpson
Sendings off
Bookings
7Corners6
14Fouls6
13Offsides7
12Shots on2
7Shots off1
19Total shots3
7Shots saved2
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Raphael SCHÄFER
2The Oxford United 'keeper was able to block a fierce effort.
4UTAKA's shot beat SCHÄFER but rebounded off the Oxford United crossbar.
9The Oxford United 'keeper was able to claw away a weak shot from UTAKA.
10GOAL!! A deep cross from BARRY on the left was nodded home by IDEYE on the edge of the box. (1-0 Birmingham City)
15GOAL!! A CARRICK run down the left resulted in a lovely cross for UTAKA to crack in. (2-0 Birmingham City)
22PATERSON's shot was well saved by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
30A shot from UTAKA seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
31UCHE headed wide.
34An exceptional effort from UTAKA scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
35The hapless SCHÄFER could only watch as a backpass from FAUBERT dropped just over.
36A deadly shot from IDEYE was pushed round the post by the Oxford United 'keeper.
38UCHE flicked a left foot shot inches over from close range.
40A corner was collected by TCHITÉ who nodded the ball over.
42A neatly crafted cross from ANDREWS, was hit goalbound by MOLLO only for the Birmingham City 'keeper to block.
 
57A weak strike from UTAKA bounced agonisingly wide.
62GOAL!! With his back to goal UTAKA wrong-footed the defence and poked the ball past SCHÄFER. (3-0 Birmingham City)
65IDEYE touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
69UCHE chipped the ball to UTAKA who nodded it wide.
71The 'keeper parried a neatly crafted shot from UTAKA.
80A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
81GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled UTAKA to crack the ball into the net. (4-0 Birmingham City)
89A accurate pass found UCHE and his right foot shot went narrowly wide.