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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 21 (setup 2, season 18)
Birmingham City
v.
Hartlepool United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Neil ETHERIDGE17Nemanja STEVANOVIC
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Maxime COLIN2James TAVERNIER
Jake CLARKE-SALTER3AHMET Çalik
Gary GARDNER747Vladislav RYZHKOV
Jores OKORE57LUAN Garcia Teixeira
Marc ROBERTS76IAGO Justen MAIDANA Martins
Juninho BACUNA876Keijiro OGAWA
James FORREST87Aleksei MIRANCHUK
Alexander SØRLOTH79Luka JOVIC
Jobe BELLINGHAM6106Marcus INGVARTSEN
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ6116Marco Antonio BUENO Ontiveros
Manager
Josh WILLIAMS12Michal SKVARKA
Connal TRUEMAN13Dimitris KONSTANTOPOULOS
Connor MAHONEY14Patricio MATRICARDI
George HALL15Dimitris DIAMANTAKOS
Ryan STIRK616Albion AVDIJAJ

Birmingham City 3 Hartlepool United 1
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 19,800, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Chris FOY 7)
2 Forrest, 16 Forrest, 31 ForrestScorers20 Miranchuk
51 Clarke-Salter <=> Mahoney, 80 Roberts <=> StirkSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings41 Bueno
3Corners3
4Fouls17
6Offsides6
5Shots on4
6Shots off10
11Total shots14
2Shots saved3
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: Juninho BACUNA
2GOAL!! An energetic OKORE ran down the wing and dragged the ball back for FORREST to drill home. (1-0 Birmingham City)
6A shot from SØRLOTH was smothered by the 'keeper.
8A mix up in the Hartlepool United defence enabled FORREST to hammer an effort wide.
11INGVARTSEN scuffed a simple chance.
12JOVIC waltzed round OKORE and stabbed a tame shot over.
15The motionless Hartlepool United 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from IAGO MAIDANA fell just wide.
16GOAL!! A long ball from BELLINGHAM had the Hartlepool United defence back-pedalling and FORREST made the most of the opportunity with a lovely goal. (2-0 Birmingham City)
20GOAL!! A weak drive from MIRANCHUK seemed to hold little difficulty for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed into the net. (2-1 Birmingham City)
25A cross from RYZHKOV left MIRANCHUK in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
29SØRLOTH's shot beat STEVANOVIC but rebounded off the Hartlepool United crossbar.
31GOAL!! A CLARKE-SALTER run down the right resulted in a nice cross for FORREST to crack in. (3-1 Birmingham City)
32JOVIC's shot was well held by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
36BUENO headed just wide.
38OKORE beat a number of Hartlepool United players and drove an effort wide.
41BUENO given a yellow card for a clinical foul on COLIN.
 
49JOVIC headed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
56MIRANCHUK shot wide.
57A good ball from BELLINGHAM on the left was collected by SØRLOTH who mishit his effort over.
60A delightful save prevented JOVIC from scoring a good goal.
61AHMET ran onto a great ball from MIRANCHUK but toe-poked his effort wide.
72A lovely effort from TAVERNIER scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
76A penalty box scramble resulted in SØRLOTH knocking a low shot over.
82INGVARTSEN was put clear by RYZHKOV and he raced past ETHERIDGE but struck his shot inches wide.
86OGAWA made space on the right and dragged the ball to JOVIC who clipped the ball over.
88A corner bobbled toward SØRLOTH who touched the ball just wide.
90INGVARTSEN rushed through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.