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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 9 (setup 1, season 25)
Birmingham City
v.
Stockport County
Formation:
3-4-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Brad GUZAN1Guy Rolland N'DY ASSEMBE
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Anton FERDINAND27Craig GARDNER
Liam RIDGEWELL63Bradley JOHNSON
Michael CARRICK4John Obi MIKEL
Michael TURNER757Anele NGCONGCA
John Chukwridi UTAKA66Mike WILLIAMSON
Jonny HOWSON777Steve SIDWELL
Jermaine JONES78Jean MAKOUN
Brown IDEYE Aide797Steven FLETCHER
Gareth BARRY610Steven PIENAAR
Kalu UCHE711Steven NAISMITH
D SgManagerDavide Speari-Gellario
Adam CAMPBELL12Adam LE FONDRE
Luke MURPHY13Jack ROBINSON
Leo CHAMBERS14Scott DANN
Larnell COLE15Alex McCARTHY
Joe BENNETT16Joel WARD

Birmingham City 2 Stockport County 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 45,675, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Colin WEBSTER 7, TV: live)
18 Carrick, 55 UtakaScorers81 Pienaar
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
11Corners7
13Fouls16
25Offsides31
7Shots on6
4Shots off3
11Total shots9
5Shots saved5
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Anton FERDINAND
2UTAKA's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Stockport County crossbar.
10A pin-point pass fell to UCHE and his deadly shot flew narrowly wide.
11A penalty box meleé resulted in JOHNSON tapping a low shot over.
18GOAL!! An energetic UCHE ran down the right wing and knocked the ball back for CARRICK to nudge home. (1-0 Birmingham City)
20A poor shot from PIENAAR bounced agonisingly wide.
24HOWSON shot over.
25An exceptional shot from CARRICK was dealt with by a fine block from N'DY ASSEMBE.
34GUZAN saved a neatly crafted shot from SIDWELL.
38PIENAAR's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
45+1UCHE knocked the ball to UTAKA who nodded it over.
 
46FLETCHER nutmegged RIDGEWELL but placed the ball into the arms of the Birmingham City 'keeper.
52A clever pass from MIKEL, was nudged goalbound by PIENAAR only for GUZAN to palm clear.
55GOAL!! A long clearance by the Birmingham City 'keeper beat the Stockport County defence and UTAKA drove the ball past the advancing N'DY ASSEMBE. (2-0 Birmingham City)
65A thirty yard shot from PIENAAR caused GUZAN little difficulty.
66A drive from UTAKA seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to palm the ball away.
74The Stockport County 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful strike from UTAKA.
78A shot from IDEYE held no problem for the Stockport County 'keeper.
81GOAL!! An imaginative MAKOUN played a wonderful ball down the right to PIENAAR who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (2-1 Birmingham City)
84IDEYE ran onto a great ball from HOWSON but fumbled his shot wide of the goal.
89NAISMITH beat BARRY and whacked the ball to SIDWELL who fumbled his shot wide.