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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 32 (setup 1, season 31)
Chester
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
DIEGO Alves Carreira81Loris KARIUS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Holger BADSTUBER627Joe LEDLEY
Senad LULIC73Chris BRUNT
Lucas Rodrigo BIGLIA747Gareth BARRY
Gabriel Armando de Abreu, GABRIEL PAULISTA56Matthijs DE LIGT
MEHMET Topal66Reece BURKE
Steven DEFOUR77Andy KING
Eljero ELIA86Jason PUNCHEON
Seydou DOUMBIA796Carlton MORRIS
LUIZ GUSTAVO Dias10Michael CARRICK
Loïc RÉMY611Eric CHOUPO-MOTING
Manager
Jordi AMAT Maas12Ahmed MUSA
SELÇUK Inan136Shane LONG
RUBÉN Pardo Gutiérrez14Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
Antonio VUTOV615Glenn WHELAN
Patrice EVRÀ16Max LOWE

Chester 0 Birmingham City 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 19,894, Stadium: Deva, Referee: Peter WALTON 5½, TV: highlights)
Scorers
66 Lulic <=> Selçuk, 75 Badstuber <=> VutovSubstitutions80 Ledley <=> Long
Sendings off
Bookings
0Corners0
10Fouls19
11Offsides3
4Shots on6
11Shots off8
15Total shots14
4Shots saved5
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: DIEGO Alves Carreira
12DIEGO dived to his left to save a lovely drive from Birmingham City's BARRY.
13A pin-point pass was collected by BARRY and his looping shot flew narrowly wide.
14A right foot effort from BIGLIA was forced wide by the 'keeper.
15A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing DIEGO.
17The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from MORRIS.
18PUNCHEON galloped through the Chester defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
21The hapless KARIUS was all agog as a backpass from BURKE dropped just wide.
24The 'keeper blocked a neatly crafted strike from DOUMBIA.
24A cross from BIGLIA left RÉMY in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
36A poor strike from CHOUPO-MOTING trickled agonisingly wide.
42A delightful strike from ELIA was dealt with by a useful stop from KARIUS.
 
51ELIA scuffed an easy chance.
58A free-kick from LUIZ GUSTAVO raced wide.
64A corner bobbled toward PUNCHEON who turned an effort over the bar.
70MORRIS made space on the left and touched the ball to LEDLEY who touched the ball wide.
73ELIA was put clear by DOUMBIA and he dummied the Birmingham City 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.
74KING played the ball to CARRICK who fired it over.
77LUIZ GUSTAVO beat BURKE and drilled the ball to VUTOV who dragged his shot wide.
78A great effort from GABRIEL PAULISTA scraped the outside of the post.
80RÉMY shot over.
82A fine ball from DE LIGT on the left fell to MORRIS who sliced his effort over the bar.
87PUNCHEON waltzed round SELÇUK and rifled a poor shot wide.