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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 3 (setup 1, season 31)
Manchester United
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-1-4-1
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Sergio Germán ROMERO17Loris KARIUS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Nenad TOMOVIC727Joe LEDLEY
Gregory VAN DER WIEL3Chris BRUNT
Steven DEFOUR4Gareth BARRY
Salvatore BOCCHETTI756Michael CARRICK
James TOMKINS6Marouane FELLAINI
Matías VECINO Falero76Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
Mohamed SALAH87Andy KING
Shinji OKAZAKI96Carlton MORRIS
Santiago Cazorla González, SANTI CAZORLA106Shane LONG
Giovanni Pablo SIMEONE611Eric CHOUPO-MOTING
C OsborneManager
Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER12Ryan KENT
Emiliano VIVIANO136Matt TARGETT
ALEIX VIDAL Parreu14Max LOWE
Jérémy MENEZ15Daniel DE SILVA
Giacomo BONAVENTURA616Tyler WALKER

Manchester United 1 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 37,660, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Keith HILL 8)
18 OkazakiScorers73 Choupo-Moting
74 Santi Cazorla <=> BonaventuraSubstitutions74 Fellaini <=> Targett
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners5
10Fouls12
2Offsides0
9Shots on5
7Shots off3
16Total shots8
8Shots saved4
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Steven DEFOUR
3The 'keeper saved a glorious effort from OKAZAKI.
4A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
13The 'keeper parried a neatly crafted shot from SALAH.
14A useful ball from TOMOVIC on the left was collected by SANTI CAZORLA who mishit his shot inches wide.
14TOMOVIC ran onto a great ball from DEFOUR but toe-poked his shot wide.
18GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with OKAZAKI blasting the ball into the net. (1-0 Manchester United)
29A perfect shot from CHOUPO-MOTING was dealt with by a fine stop from the 'keeper.
31SANTI CAZORLA beat LEDLEY and placed the ball to SIMEONE who blasted his effort wide.
38KING headed just wide.
41DEFOUR drove a looping shot over the bar from thirty yards out.
42A drive from OKAZAKI seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to force the ball away.
44SIMEONE beat two Birmingham City players and stroked a great chance over.
45+1An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of the 'keeper by OKAZAKI.
 
49A twenty-five yard shot from SANTI CAZORLA caused the Birmingham City 'keeper no problem.
49SIMEONE shot over.
55CARRICK's shot was well saved by ROMERO.
60The Birmingham City 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce strike from SANTI CAZORLA.
63The Birmingham City 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame shot from OKAZAKI.
63A cross from LONG left BADU in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
65A penalty box meleé resulted in SANTI CAZORLA tapping the ball over.
68KING clipped the ball through a ruck of players but ROMERO was a match for it as he dived to his left.
73GOAL!! A wonderful run from BARRY gave FELLAINI space on the right and CHOUPO-MOTING stroked in his pin-point pass. (1-1)
80ROMERO dived to his left to save a lovely drive from Birmingham City's CHOUPO-MOTING.
89LONG made space on the right and dragged the ball to KING who rasped the ball wide.