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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 7 (setup 1, season 32)
Cambridge United
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
John RUDDY81Tomasz KUSZCZAK
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Ahmed ELMOHAMADY2Joe LEDLEY
Ciaran CLARK3Chris BRUNT
Nuri SAHIN74Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
Vasili BEREZUTSKY857Matthijs DE LIGT
Rio MAVUBA66Reece BURKE
Aleksandr SAMEDOV776Michael CARRICK
Ezequiel Iván LAVEZZI8Andy KING
LEANDRO DAMIÃO da Silva dos Santos96Victor ANICHEBE
Benjamin CORGNET10Jason PUNCHEON
Salomon KALOU116Eric CHOUPO-MOTING
Manager
Oussama ASSAIDI12Max LOWE
David FORDE13Nils PETERSEN
Gabriel AGBONLAHOR14Moses Daddy SIMON
Joe PIGOTT15Glenn WHELAN
Michael SMITH616Ahmed MUSA

Cambridge United 3 Birmingham City 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 30,468, Stadium: Trade Recruitment Stadium, Referee: Patrick MILLER 6½)
38 Lavezzi, 85 Smith, 89 Leandro DamiãoScorers
72 Lavezzi <=> SmithSubstitutions59 King <=> Simon
Sendings off
Bookings
7Corners7
3Fouls13
5Offsides5
6Shots on4
11Shots off8
17Total shots12
3Shots saved4
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: John RUDDY
1LEANDRO DAMIÃO ran onto a wonderful ball from SAHIN but toe-poked his effort wide.
5KALOU headed the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.
9A accurate pass was collected by KING and his left foot shot raced narrowly wide.
13A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Birmingham City 'keeper.
14KING brought the ball past ELMOHAMADY and rifled a weak shot well wide.
17KING placed a right foot shot just wide from just outside the area.
22SAHIN's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
35CHOUPO-MOTING made space on the left and knocked the ball to BADU who rasped the ball over.
38GOAL!! A great solo effort from LAVEZZI who beat a number of defenders before blasting the ball into the net. (1-0 Cambridge United)
43A cross from CARRICK left CHOUPO-MOTING in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
45A poor shot from LAVEZZI rolled agonisingly wide.
 
49LAVEZZI steamed through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at KUSZCZAK.
50CARRICK shot wide.
58A penalty box meleé resulted in KALOU driving a low shot over.
66PUNCHEON poked a simple chance past the far post.
69An exceptional effort from CORGNET scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
73A free-kick from SMITH floated just wide.
75SAMEDOV fluffed a simple chance.
78A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled CORGNET to blast the ball just beyond the near post.
80A shot from PUNCHEON was nodded off the line by MAVUBA.
85GOAL!! A short corner was floated out to SMITH who flicked the ball in off the post. (2-0 Cambridge United)
89GOAL!! Unlucky SAHIN hit the upright before LEANDRO DAMIÃO flicked the ball into the net as PUNCHEON failed to clear. (3-0 Cambridge United)