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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 18 (setup 1, season 33)
Birmingham City
v.
Plymouth Argyle
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Tomasz KUSZCZAK1Péter GULÁCSI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Rasmus Nissen KRISTENSEN62Aïssa MANDI
Faitout MAOUASSA73Iván MARCANO Sierra
Emmanuel Agyemang BADU74Cristian Portugués Manzanera, PORTU
Dario MARESIC57FELIPE Augusto de Almeida Monteiro
Kik PIERIE6Matías Agustín SILVESTRE
Martin ØDEGAARD77Pierre LEES-MELOU
Moses Daddy SIMON78Riyad MAHREZ
Nils PETERSEN97Bas DOST
Andy KING7106CENK Tosun
Collin QUANER11SERGIO LÉON Limones
Manager
Gareth BARRY12Conor COADY
Connal TRUEMAN13Yassine BOUNOU
Jason PUNCHEON147Ander CAPA Rodriguez
Chris BRUNT15Nathan REDMOND
Joe LEDLEY16James WARD-PROWSE

Birmingham City 1 Plymouth Argyle 3
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 28,087, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Barry KNIGHT 8)
37 KingScorers21 Mahrez, 26 Dost, 55 Lees-Melou
Substitutions68 Marcano <=> Capa
Sendings off
Bookings23 Lees-Melou
1Corners2
8Fouls4
10Offsides10
5Shots on4
8Shots off8
13Total shots12
4Shots saved1
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Dario MARESIC
4The hapless KUSZCZAK could only watch as a backpass from KRISTENSEN dropped just wide.
8A cross from KING left QUANER in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
11SIMON kicked the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
15CENK shot over.
20KING was put clear by KRISTENSEN and he raced past the Plymouth Argyle 'keeper but thrust his shot just beyond the near post.
21GOAL!! After a patient build-up MAHREZ drove a low shot past the Birmingham City 'keeper. (1-0 Plymouth Argyle)
23LEES-MELOU booked for a poor tackle on SIMON.
26GOAL!! A lovely set-piece enabled DOST to nudge the ball into the net. (2-0 Plymouth Argyle)
28A strike from KING held no problem for GULÁCSI.
33BADU rushed a simple chance.
34QUANER beat LEES-MELOU and placed the ball to KING who pulled his shot wide.
35DOST placed a deadly shot wide from thirty yards out.
37GOAL!! After PETERSEN was pulled to the ground KNIGHT waved play-on and KING went on to easily score. (2-1 Plymouth Argyle)
 
47A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Birmingham City 'keeper.
48A mix up in the Plymouth Argyle defence enabled MAOUASSA to hammer the ball just beyond the near post.
55GOAL!! With his back to goal LEES-MELOU wrong-footed the defence and flicked the ball past KUSZCZAK. (3-1 Plymouth Argyle)
57An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the 'keeper by SIMON.
62A tame strike from DOST rolled agonisingly wide.
70A good effort from PETERSEN scraped the woodwork.
71A accurate pass fell to DOST and his left foot shot flew narrowly over.
80A shot from SIMON seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
84MAHREZ headed just beyond the near post.
88A corner fell to DOST who turned the ball over.
90+1KRISTENSEN beat two Plymouth Argyle players and fired a great chance over the bar.
90+2The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from PETERSEN.
90+3A penalty box meleé resulted in SILVESTRE knocking a low shot wide.