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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 3 (setup 1, season 28)
Birmingham City
v.
Sheffield United
Formation:
3-4-1-2
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Brad GUZAN71Darren KEET
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Craig DAWSON2Atiba HUTCHINSON
Ashley WILLIAMS73Akwasi ASARE
Michael CARRICK47Sacha KLJESTAN
Winston REID757Marek SUCHÝ
Emmanuel Agyemang BADU6Wes BROWN
Nathan DYER777Will BUCKLEY
Glenn WHELAN78Gary MACKAY-STEVEN
Saido BERAHINO79Kostas MITROGLOU
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING7106Tony WATT
Ahmed MUSA711Imoh EZEKIEL
Manager
Lyle DELLA-VERDE12Tom LAWRENCE
Shane LONG13Jonathan BOND
James BREE14Ted BISHOP
Patrick ROBERTS156Charlie MULGREW
Adam ARMSTRONG16Michael MANCIENNE

Birmingham City 4 Sheffield United 2
after extra time
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 36,295, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Eddie ILDERTON 6½)
34 Choupo-Moting, 55 Choupo-Moting, 95 Berahino, 101 WhelanScorers36 Mitroglou, 44 Mackay-Steven
Substitutions80 Hutchinson <=> Mulgrew
Sendings off
Bookings
7Corners11
13Fouls11
7Offsides10
8Shots on8
16Shots off9
24Total shots17
4Shots saved6
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
2DYER snapped at an easy chance.
15DYER beat BROWN and flicked the ball to WHELAN who dragged his effort wide.
19REID beat a number of Sheffield United players and blasted a shot just wide.
24ASARE rushed through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at the Birmingham City 'keeper.
34HUTCHINSON's shot was well held by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
34GOAL!! A great bit of skill enabled CHOUPO-MOTING to dribble through the Sheffield United defence and score. (1-0 Birmingham City)
36GOAL!! REID tried to play the ball out of the Birmingham City penalty area but was tackled by KLJESTAN who fired the ball to MITROGLOU for a simple goal. (1-1)
44GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of MACKAY-STEVEN who tapped the ball past the helpless Birmingham City 'keeper. (2-1 Sheffield United)
 
47BUCKLEY stroked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
48A free-kick from MITROGLOU raced over the bar.
55GOAL!! A neat one-two left CHOUPO-MOTING clear and he made no mistake by skillfully flicking the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (2-2)
62CHOUPO-MOTING was put clear by WILLIAMS and he pulled away from the 'keeper but struck his shot over.
75A shot from BERAHINO was nodded off the line by ASARE.
77An exceptional effort from REID scraped the upright.
79A corner fell to WATT who flicked the ball just beyond the near post.
81The motionless Sheffield United 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from MACKAY-STEVEN dropped just over.
84CHOUPO-MOTING made space on the right and pulled the ball to MUSA who rasped the ball over.
87A cross from MACKAY-STEVEN left ASARE in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
 
95GOAL!! A terrible backpass by BROWN enabled BERAHINO to nip in and slide the ball past the 'keeper. (3-2 Birmingham City)
101GOAL!! A beautiful outswinging corner was nodded in at the near post by WHELAN. (4-2 Birmingham City)
 
106BUCKLEY knocked the ball to MITROGLOU who forced it over.
115MITROGLOU kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.