User:
Password:
Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 2, season 18)
Arsenal
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Jack BUTLAND717Neil ETHERIDGE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Takehiro TOMIYASU2Maxime COLIN
NUNO Albertino Varela TAVARES37James FORREST
Granit XHAKA847Gary GARDNER
Rob HOLDING57Jores OKORE
Auston TRUSTY67Jake CLARKE-SALTER
FÁBIO Daniel Ferreira VIEIRA7Jobe BELLINGHAM
Emile SMITH ROWE886Leandro TROSSARD
Folarin BALOGUN69Alexander SØRLOTH
Albert-Mboyo Sambi LOKONGA106George HALL
Mason GREENWOOD115Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Manager
Tyreece JOHN-JULES12Marcel OAKLEY
Rúnar Alex RÚNARSSON13Connal TRUEMAN
Ainsley MAITLAND-NILES6146Ryan STIRK
Charlie PATINO15Marc ROBERTS
Reuell WALTERS16Harlee DEAN

Arsenal 3 Birmingham City 1
after extra time
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 28,441, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Graham HORWOOD 8)
15 Balogun, 114 Smith Rowe, 118 Fábio VieiraScorers35 Sørloth
82 Nuno Tavares <=> Maitland-NilesSubstitutions76 Gardner <=> Stirk
Sendings off111 Trossard
Bookings8 Trossard
4Corners7
22Fouls16
0Offsides1
8Shots on3
11Shots off10
19Total shots13
5Shots saved2
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Emile SMITH ROWE
4A poor strike from BALOGUN rolled agonisingly wide.
8TROSSARD booked for a bad challenge.
12LOKONGA nutmegged COLIN but flicked the ball into the arms of the Birmingham City 'keeper.
14SMITH ROWE blasted a deadly shot over the bar from close range.
15GOAL!! A neat one-two left BALOGUN clear and he made no mistake by instinctively floating the ball beyond the oncoming Birmingham City 'keeper. (1-0 Arsenal)
21A penalty box scramble resulted in TROSSARD tapping the ball wide.
30The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful strike from SMITH ROWE.
35GOAL!! A twenty yard free-kick was cleverly stroked into the net by SØRLOTH. (1-1)
40SMITH ROWE shot wide.
 
53A corner was collected by FÁBIO VIEIRA who nodded an effort over the bar.
58A looping shot from SMITH ROWE was pushed round the post by ETHERIDGE.
61GARDNER made space on the right and dragged the ball to TROSSARD who fired the ball over.
75A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled LOKONGA to hammer the ball over.
 
93A strike from MAITLAND-NILES held little difficulty for ETHERIDGE.
102The 'keeper was able to palm clear a fierce effort.
103TROSSARD fluffed a simple chance.
 
108A useful ball from CLARKE-SALTER on the left found TROSSARD who sliced his shot inches over.
111TROSSARD sent off for a bad challenge he had already received a yellow card earlier in the match.
113GREENWOOD beat HALL and flicked the ball to SMITH ROWE who toe-poked his shot wide.
114GOAL!! Arsenal's SMITH ROWE beat two defenders before firing just inside ETHERIDGE's righthand post. (2-1 Arsenal)
118GOAL!! . (3-1 Arsenal)
120+1JUTKIEWICZ ran onto a wonderful ball from HALL but fired his shot wide of the goal.