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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 43 (setup 1, season 32)
WBA
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO1Connal TRUEMAN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Gino PERUZZI Lucchetti72Timothy FOSU-MENSAH
Mamadou SAKHO73Faitout MAOUASSA
Simon TIBBLING748Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
Jan-Arie VAN DER HEIJDEN5Dario MARESIC
Jonas OLSSON767Reece BURKE
Louis SCHAUB677Martin ØDEGAARD
André AYEW787Jason PUNCHEON
Filip DJORDJEVIC797Nils PETERSEN
James McCLEAN610Gareth BARRY
Ángelo José HENRÍQUEZ Iturra611Collin QUANER
Manager
Cristian GAMBOA Luna12Eric CHOUPO-MOTING
Rémy RIOU13Chris BRUNT
Leonardo CAPEZZI14Rasmus Nissen KRISTENSEN
Michele SOMMA15Joe LEDLEY
José Agustín MAURI16Glenn WHELAN

WBA 2 Birmingham City 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 42,254, Stadium: The Hawthorns, Referee: MELLIN 5½)
40 Ayew, 71 HenríquezScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
5Corners6
11Fouls13
5Offsides3
3Shots on8
9Shots off9
12Total shots17
1Shots saved6
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
2PUNCHEON hit a looping shot wide from thirty yards out.
5PERUZZI ran onto a wonderful ball from SCHAUB but blasted his effort wide.
5CABALLERO saved a clever strike from QUANER.
12A perfect strike from FOSU-MENSAH was dealt with by a good stop from the WBA 'keeper.
14A free-kick from DJORDJEVIC went over.
18A shot from PUNCHEON was hoofed off the line by VAN DER HEIJDEN.
27A accurate pass bobbled toward QUANER and his right foot effort raced narrowly wide.
29The motionless TRUEMAN stared in disbelief as a backpass from MARESIC fell just wide.
40GOAL!! An energetic OLSSON ran down the left wing and knocked the ball back for AYEW to drill home. (1-0 WBA)
44A corner found PUNCHEON who nodded the ball inches wide.
 
47PETERSEN was put clear by PUNCHEON and he nutmegged CABALLERO but glanced his shot wide.
52BARRY nutmegged PERUZZI but tapped the ball into the arms of CABALLERO.
58A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming WBA 'keeper.
71GOAL!! A delightful drive from SCHAUB was pushed away by the Birmingham City 'keeper only as far as HENRÍQUEZ who drove the ball past the stranded TRUEMAN. (2-0 WBA)
73A great effort from PETERSEN scraped the outside of the righthand post.
77HENRÍQUEZ snapped at a simple chance.
78A tame strike from VAN DER HEIJDEN trickled agonisingly wide.
79BADU made space on the right and pulled the ball to PETERSEN who touched the ball wide.
80PETERSEN headed wide.
85SCHAUB beat BADU and hit the ball to AYEW who fumbled his shot wide.
86The WBA 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame shot from PETERSEN.
87SAKHO shot over.