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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 37 (setup 1, season 25)
Oxford United
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
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Alexandros TZORVAS1Brad GUZAN
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
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Julien FAUBERT62Ashley WILLIAMS
Carlos Amoldo SALCIDO Flores36Liam RIDGEWELL
Alaixys ROMAO747Michael CARRICK
Francisco Javier Rodríguez Pinedo, MAZA85Billy JONES
Jean-Alain BOUMSONG6John Chukwridi UTAKA
Martin PATERSON77Jason PUNCHEON
Yohan MOLLO87Jermaine JONES
AMAURI Carvalho de Oliveira797Brown IDEYE Aide
Modibo MAÏGA10Gareth BARRY
Mohammed TCHITÉ611Kalu UCHE
ManagerD Sg
Curtis THOMPSON12Adam CAMPBELL
Daniel Giménez Hernández, DANI GIMÉNEZ13Luke MURPHY
Keith ANDREWS14Harry KANE
Jamie GRIMES715Larnell COLE
Kyrylo PETROV16Joe BENNETT

Oxford United 2 Birmingham City 3
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 25,551, Stadium: Kassam Stadium, Referee: Christian BEECK 7)
29 Amauri, 36 MolloScorers8 Carrick, 57 Ideye, 72 Uche
57 Faubert <=> GrimesSubstitutions
Sendings off
38 Maïga, 81 TchitéBookings
3Corners4
7Fouls17
7Offsides19
5Shots on5
10Shots off5
15Total shots10
3Shots saved2
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Francisco Javier Rodríguez Pinedo, MAZA
8GOAL!! CARRICK brought the ball forward, glanced up and drove a shot into the Oxford United net. (1-0 Birmingham City)
12The bemused Birmingham City 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from JONES fell just over.
14MOLLO shot over.
16An exceptional shot from MOLLO was dealt with by a good parry from the Birmingham City 'keeper.
18Uncertainty in the Oxford United defence enabled UCHE to hammer an effort over.
23FAUBERT whacked a looping shot over the bar from thirty yards out.
24A drive from IDEYE seemed a certain goal but TZORVAS managed to palm the ball clear.
25SALCIDO waltzed round CARRICK and stabbed a tame shot well wide.
28UTAKA rushed through the Oxford United defence but shot straight at the Oxford United 'keeper.
29GOAL!! As JONES was attempting to hold back BOUMSONG the ball dropped to AMAURI who nudged the ball in off the post. (1-1)
33A lovely effort from AMAURI scraped the outside of the righthand post.
36GOAL!! Unlucky MAÏGA hit the crossbar before MOLLO poked the ball into the back of the net as PUNCHEON failed to clear. (2-1 Oxford United)
38A clinical foul gets MAÏGA a yellow card.
 
51AMAURI fluffed a simple chance.
57GOAL!! A nice run by JONES on the left was capped by a delightful cross which IDEYE touched in at the far post. (2-2)
58MAÏGA beat three Birmingham City players and fired a golden opportunity just beyond the far post.
60An outswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the Birmingham City 'keeper by TCHITÉ.
72GOAL!! A short clearance dropped to CARRICK who mishit a shot goalward, luckily UCHE was on hand to hit the ball in off the post. (3-2 Birmingham City)
75A corner was collected by JONES who fired an effort just beyond the near post.
76CARRICK ran onto a wonderful ball from BARRY but blasted his shot wide of the righthand post.
81The ref books TCHITÉ.
89GRIMES headed over the bar.