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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 14 (setup 2, season 18)
Birmingham City
v.
Colchester United
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Neil ETHERIDGE17Wesley FODERINGHAM
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Maxime COLIN827Ben JOHNSON
Jake CLARKE-SALTER3Kenneth PAAL
Gary GARDNER47ALFA SEMEDO Esteves
Jores OKORE857Mouhamadou 'Naby' SARR
Marc ROBERTS66Mads Juel ANDERSEN
Jobe BELLINGHAM77Sammie SZMODICS
Leandro TROSSARD687Philip ZINCKERNAGEL
Alexander SØRLOTH9Ross STEWART
James FORREST106Allahyar SAYYADMANESH
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ11Luke THOMAS
Manager
George HALL12Erhun Aksel ÖZTÜMER
Connal TRUEMAN13Kieran O'HARA
Josh WILLIAMS614Alex GILBEY
Nico GORDON15Drey WRIGHT
Marcel OAKLEY16Alan JUDGE

Birmingham City 2 Colchester United 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 25,735, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Barry KNIGHT 6½)
39 Okore, 51 SørlothScorers
81 Trossard <=> WilliamsSubstitutions
Sendings off
4 Okore, 12 Trossard, 26 ForrestBookings90+2 Thomas
1Corners0
13Fouls8
2Offsides1
6Shots on5
12Shots off2
18Total shots7
3Shots saved4
63%Possession37%
Man of the match: Jores OKORE
2A shot from ZINCKERNAGEL seemed a certain goal but ETHERIDGE managed to fist the ball clear.
4OKORE booked.
10A good effort from SØRLOTH scraped the outside of the righthand post.
12TROSSARD booked for a late foul on ZINCKERNAGEL.
15A thirty yard shot from SØRLOTH caused the 'keeper no problem.
20BELLINGHAM headed over the bar.
23A pin-point pass found BELLINGHAM and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
26TROSSARD beat JOHNSON but knocked the ball into the arms of the Colchester United 'keeper.
26A clumsy challenge gets FORREST a yellow card.
39GOAL!! A short clearance dropped to GARDNER who mishit a shot goalward, luckily OKORE was on hand to crack the ball into the net. (1-0 Birmingham City)
41SAYYADMANESH fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Birmingham City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
45+2ETHERIDGE was able to claw away a fierce effort.
 
51GOAL!! SØRLOTH hit a swerving thirty yard shot past the motionless FODERINGHAM. (2-0 Birmingham City)
59GARDNER floated the ball to TROSSARD who forced it inches wide.
61BELLINGHAM ran onto a great ball from FORREST but hit his shot wide of the righthand post.
65ZINCKERNAGEL brought the ball past GARDNER and stabbed a tame shot well wide.
71A corner fell to TROSSARD who touched an effort inches over.
83ETHERIDGE saved a swerving effort from THOMAS.
83CLARKE-SALTER beat four Colchester United players and thundered a golden opportunity over the bar.
85ZINCKERNAGEL was put clear by SAYYADMANESH and he raced past the 'keeper but rammed his shot inches over.
90+1WILLIAMS kicked the ball wide from just inside the area.
90+2The referee books THOMAS for a late foul.