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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 12 (setup 2, season 18)
Birmingham City
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Neil ETHERIDGE71Alex BASS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Maxime COLIN72Zak SWANSON
Jake CLARKE-SALTER837Ylli SALLAHI
Gary GARDNER747John LUNDSTRAM
Jores OKORE57Francisco SIERRALTA Carvallo
Marc ROBERTS76Mattie POLLOCK
Jobe BELLINGHAM7GONÇALO Manuel Ganchinho GUEDES
Leandro TROSSARD87Nikola VLASIC
Alexander SØRLOTH79Michail ANTONIO
James FORREST10George HIRST
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ116Dane SCARLETT
Manager
George HALL12Ovie EJARIA
Connal TRUEMAN13Josh OLUWAYEMI
Josh WILLIAMS614Ronan CURTIS
Nico GORDON15Ryan TUNNICLIFFE
Marcel OAKLEY16Denver HUME

Birmingham City 3 Portsmouth 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 23,329, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Lee MASON 7)
1 Sørloth, 29og Gonçalo Guedes, 90+1 SørlothScorers47 Lundstram
81 Trossard <=> WilliamsSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners1
10Fouls9
0Offsides2
4Shots on4
7Shots off11
11Total shots15
1Shots saved3
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Jake CLARKE-SALTER
1GOAL!! After BELLINGHAM was tripped the referee waved play-on and SØRLOTH went on to easily score. (1-0 Birmingham City)
2A poor strike from ANTONIO rolled agonisingly wide.
13A penalty box scramble resulted in VLASIC driving the ball over.
14POLLOCK beat a number of Birmingham City players and slammed a great chance over.
15A free-kick from LUNDSTRAM went wide.
16SØRLOTH nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
19TROSSARD was put clear by CLARKE-SALTER and he beat the Portsmouth 'keeper but struck his shot just wide.
29GOAL!! A long shot from BELLINGHAM deflected off the legs of GONÇALO GUEDES and into his own net.
33A strike from SCARLETT held no problem for ETHERIDGE.
36BELLINGHAM floated the ball to SØRLOTH who flicked it inches over.
36A refined cross from VLASIC, was nudged goalbound by ANTONIO only for the Birmingham City 'keeper to claw away.
40Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled VLASIC to volley an effort over.
41LUNDSTRAM made space on the left and dragged the ball to GONÇALO GUEDES who rasped the ball wide.
43SØRLOTH shot over.
44COLIN headed wide.
45+2An exceptional effort from ANTONIO scraped the top of the crossbar.
 
47GOAL!! A great bit of skill enabled LUNDSTRAM to dribble through the Birmingham City defence and score. (2-1 Birmingham City)
56VLASIC rushed a simple chance.
59GONÇALO GUEDES ran onto a wonderful ball from HIRST but blasted his shot wide of the goal.
72VLASIC stroked an easy chance past the near post.
79A shot from VLASIC seemed a certain goal but ETHERIDGE managed to palm the ball away.
81A cross from HIRST left VLASIC in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
84COLIN hit a left foot shot over the bar from close range.
86The bemused BASS could only watch as a backpass from VLASIC fell just over.
87The Portsmouth 'keeper was able to claw away a wicked shot.
90+1GOAL!! A shot from SØRLOTH raced through a ruck of players and bounced past the unsighted Portsmouth 'keeper. (3-1 Birmingham City)