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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 8 (setup 1, season 26)
Rochdale
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
3-4-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Roman WEIDENFELLER16Brad GUZAN
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
ADRIANO Correia Claro727Ashley WILLIAMS
Adil RAMI73Liam RIDGEWELL
Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo47Michael CARRICK
DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho57Billy JONES
Benedikt HÖWEDES766Saido BERAHINO
Santiago Cazorla González, SANTI CAZORLA67Jason PUNCHEON
Toni KROOS78Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
Antonio DI NATALE96Brown IDEYE Aide
Ezequiel Iván LAVEZZI10Gareth BARRY
Samuel ETO'O Fils11Kalu UCHE
Simon HealeyManagerD Sg
Valon BEHRAMI12Kwame THOMAS
Kevin VOLLAND613Patrick ROBERTS
Lars BENDER14Harry KANE
Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR15Cauley WOODROW
Wesley SNEIJDER16Adam ARMSTRONG

Rochdale 1 Birmingham City 3
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 52,335, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Andre MARRINER 5)
52 KroosScorers20 Berahino, 54 Ideye, 59 Carrick
76 Eto'o <=> VollandSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners6
12Fouls12
17Offsides17
6Shots on6
5Shots off6
11Total shots12
5Shots saved3
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: Antonio DI NATALE
10A free-kick from BERAHINO raced just beyond the far post.
13SANTI CAZORLA was put clear by LAVEZZI and he dummied the 'keeper but glanced his shot just beyond the near post.
20GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of BERAHINO who knocked the ball past the helpless 'keeper. (1-0 Birmingham City)
26KROOS clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
34A cross from VIDAL left LAVEZZI in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
 
46A penalty box meleé resulted in DI NATALE knocking a low shot over.
52GOAL!! A deep corner left the Birmingham City 'keeper struggling and KROOS side-footed the ball over the line. (1-1)
54GOAL!! After CARRICK was bundled over the ref waved play-on and IDEYE went on to easily score. (2-1 Birmingham City)
55An outswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by DAVID LUIZ.
58UCHE headed just wide.
59GOAL!! An imaginative BADU played a delightful ball down the middle to CARRICK who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (3-1 Birmingham City)
60A left foot shot from DI NATALE was pushed round the post by GUZAN.
62The hapless 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from VIDAL dropped just over.
64A weak shot from BADU bounced agonisingly wide.
67DI NATALE shot wide.
69The 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from DI NATALE.
72The Rochdale 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from PUNCHEON.
72ETO'O made space on the left and dragged the ball to KROOS who fired the ball wide.
75WEIDENFELLER dived to his left to stop a lovely drive from Birmingham City's RIDGEWELL.
78CARRICK's shot beat the Rochdale 'keeper but rebounded off the Rochdale crossbar.
83A clever pass from DI NATALE, was slammed goalbound by LAVEZZI only for the Birmingham City 'keeper to claw away.
88PUNCHEON booted the ball wide from just inside the area.
90+1IDEYE stabbed a simple chance past the near post.