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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 40 (setup 1, season 32)
Birmingham City
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Tomasz KUSZCZAK16Josh LILLIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Timothy FOSU-MENSAH2JOĂO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA
Chris BRUNT838Dennis AOGO
Emmanuel Agyemang BADU747Jérémy TOULALAN
Dario MARESIC57Timo BAUMGARTL
Reece BURKE66Waldemar ANTON
Moses Daddy SIMON77Darko LAZOVIC
Jason PUNCHEON787Levin ÖZTUNALI
Nils PETERSEN97Samuel ETO'O Fils
Glenn WHELAN6107Rafael VAN DER VAART
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING11Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, ALEXANDRE PATO
Manager
Collin QUANER12Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO
Connal TRUEMAN13ADRIANO Correia Claro
Tyler WALKER146Clément GRENIER
Joe LEDLEY15DAVID COSTAS Cordal
Carlton MORRIS16Vurnon ANITA

Birmingham City 3 Rochdale 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 27,638, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: MELLIN 5½)
8 Puncheon, 35 Petersen, 69 PetersenScorers15 Öztunali, 64p Eto'o
Substitutions85 Anton <=> Grenier
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners7
12Fouls7
8Offsides4
4Shots on3
5Shots off13
9Total shots16
1Shots saved1
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Dennis AOGO
8GOAL!! After BADU was fouled the referee waved play-on and PUNCHEON went on to comfortably score. (1-0 Birmingham City)
15GOAL!! A great piece of skill from ETO'O gave LAZOVIC space on the right and ÖZTUNALI stabbed in his accurate pass. (1-1)
21A tame strike from TOULALAN trickled agonisingly wide.
28MARESIC waltzed away from BAUMGARTL and rattled a tame shot past the post.
29A great effort from JOĂO PEREIRA scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
30ÖZTUNALI rattled an easy chance past the far post.
32TOULALAN made space on the right and touched the ball to ÖZTUNALI who rasped the ball over.
33The bemused KUSZCZAK could only watch as a backpass from PUNCHEON fell just over.
35GOAL!! A BRUNT run down the middle resulted in an exceptional cross for PETERSEN to volley in. (2-1 Birmingham City)
38A corner found ETO'O who touched the ball wide.
39A cross from BADU left PETERSEN in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
41PUNCHEON snapped at a simple chance.
 
47VAN DER VAART played the ball to ETO'O who fired it wide.
52A brilliant strike from ÖZTUNALI was dealt with by a fine stop from KUSZCZAK.
54A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled LAZOVIC to thump an effort just wide.
63PUNCHEON's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
64GOAL!! A foul on TOULALAN inside the area gave Rochdale a penalty which ETO'O made look easy.
68ÖZTUNALI was put clear by LAZOVIC and he nutmegged KUSZCZAK but struck his shot wide.
69GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from CHOUPO-MOTING rattled the upright and in the ensuing meleé the ball was kicked into the net by PETERSEN. (3-2 Birmingham City)
74ÖZTUNALI drilled a right foot shot over the bar from thirty yards out.
82JOĂO PEREIRA beat three Birmingham City players and stroked a great chance over.
82ALEXANDRE PATO beat BADU and blasted the ball to ÖZTUNALI who fired his shot wide.
85PETERSEN ran onto a great ball from WHELAN but dragged his shot wide.
88ALEXANDRE PATO hoofed the ball wide from just outside the area.
90PETERSEN shot wide.