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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 16 (setup 1, season 29)
Birmingham City
v.
Swansea City
Formation:
3-4-1-2
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Loris KARIUS1RUI Pedro dos Santos PATRÍCIO
Formation:
4-1-3-2
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Ashley WILLIAMS728Branislav IVANOVIC
Fabian JOHNSON3MARCELO Vieira da Silva Junior
Gareth BARRY84Claudio MARCHISIO
Eliaquim MANGALA757Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, PEPE
Ogenyi Eddy ONAZI767Giorgio CHIELLINI
Jason PUNCHEON77Luka MODRIC
Michael CARRICK78Eden HAZARD
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING797David Jiménez SILVA
Sadio MANÉ106Anthony MARTIAL
Ahmed MUSA6117Sergio Leonel AGÜERO
Hugh G. RectionManagerMark Rose
Matt TARGETT12Jason DENAYER
Saido BERAHINO13Nicola LEALI
Damien DELANEY14Marcus RASHFORD
Andy KING15Youri TIELEMANS
Nathan DYER16MBaye NIANG

Birmingham City 2 Swansea City 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 44,261, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Paul TAYLOR 7)
22 Mané, 31 JohnsonScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings33 Martial
5Corners8
17Fouls6
9Offsides12
7Shots on7
5Shots off9
12Total shots16
4Shots saved7
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: Branislav IVANOVIC
5A lovely effort from MODRIC scraped the top of the crossbar.
10A penalty box scramble resulted in MODRIC cracking the ball wide.
15A header from MANÉ was booted off the line by IVANOVIC.
16An outswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by CHOUPO-MOTING.
19AGÜERO dummied WILLIAMS but drove the ball into the arms of KARIUS.
20A corner was collected by MARTIAL who nodded an effort inches wide.
22GOAL!! A cross from the left was nodded down by WILLIAMS for MANÉ to score. (1-0 Birmingham City)
26A shot from JOHNSON was smothered by the 'keeper.
27MARTIAL touched the ball through a crowd of players but KARIUS was a match for it as he dived to his left.
28MARTIAL brought the ball away from MANGALA and rattled a tame shot over.
31GOAL!! Birmingham City's JOHNSON beat four defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's righthand post. (2-0 Birmingham City)
32AGÜERO ran onto a delightful ball from SILVA but pulled his shot wide of the lefthand post.
33TAYLOR books MARTIAL for a high foul.
39The 'keeper saved a refined strike from HAZARD.
40MARTIAL shot over.
 
51MANÉ scuffed an easy chance.
61MARCHISIO played the ball to MODRIC who fired it just beyond the near post.
64MARTIAL's shot beat KARIUS but rebounded off the Birmingham City post.
68A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled IVANOVIC to thump an effort over.
76CHOUPO-MOTING steamed through the Swansea City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
80A poor strike from HAZARD trickled agonisingly wide.
81A wonderful save prevented HAZARD from scoring a lovely goal.