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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 27 (setup 2, season 18)
Birmingham City
v.
Rotherham United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Neil ETHERIDGE17Caoimhin KELLEHER
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Maxime COLIN26Brooke NORTON-CUFFY
Marc ROBERTS636John KITOLANO
Gary GARDNER847Ben WILES
Jores OKORE75Dominic HYAM
Jake CLARKE-SALTER6Cameron HUMPHREYS
Juninho BACUNA7Jacob BROWN
James FORREST8Grady DIANGANA
Alexander SØRLOTH79Norbert Sándor BALOGH
George HALL710Mutellip IMINQARI
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ611Chiedozie OGBENE
Manager
Connor MAHONEY12Lee PELTIER
Josh WILLIAMS13Daniel IVERSEN
Nico GORDON14Dan BARLASER
Ryan STIRK15Wes HARDING
Harlee DEAN16Peter KIOSO

Birmingham City 3 Rotherham United 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 19,450, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Iain WILLIAMSON 6½)
12 Forrest, 47 Sørloth, 67 ForrestScorers19 Ogbene, 41 Norton-Cuffy
Substitutions
Sendings off
35 ForrestBookings
5Corners2
9Fouls8
3Offsides5
9Shots on2
9Shots off8
18Total shots10
6Shots saved0
59%Possession41%
Man of the match: Gary GARDNER
5An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of the Rotherham United 'keeper by BACUNA.
8The bemused ETHERIDGE stared in disbelief as a backpass from COLIN dropped just wide.
12GOAL!! A nice run by GARDNER on the left was capped by a wonderful cross which FORREST nodded home at the far post. (1-0 Birmingham City)
19GOAL!! A shot from OGBENE dribbled through a ruck of players and rolled past the unsighted 'keeper. (1-1)
24SØRLOTH shot over.
34A good effort from OGBENE scraped the outside of the post.
35FORREST booked for violent conduct.
41GOAL!! . (2-1 Rotherham United)
44FORREST's shot beat KELLEHER but rebounded off the Rotherham United post.
45FORREST headed inches wide.
 
47GOAL!! After being forced wide SØRLOTH managed to ram the ball in from the tightest of angles. (2-2)
51FORREST was put clear by BACUNA and he beat the 'keeper but thrust his shot inches over.
58SØRLOTH stormed through the Rotherham United defence but shot straight at KELLEHER.
65A good ball from IMINQARI on the left found NORTON-CUFFY who scuffed his shot over the bar.
66SØRLOTH made space on the left and touched the ball to FORREST who clipped the ball wide.
67GOAL!! A wonderful shot from ROBERTS was punched clear by the Rotherham United 'keeper only as far as FORREST who flicked the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (3-2 Birmingham City)
71ROBERTS ran onto a great ball from BACUNA but fired his shot wide of the goal.
72A cross from GARDNER left ROBERTS in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
72A shot from COLIN was hoofed off the line by HUMPHREYS.
86GARDNER beat KITOLANO and whacked the ball to SØRLOTH who blasted his shot wide.
89HALL flicked an easy chance past the righthand post.
90+1A corner bobbled toward BALOGH who turned the ball inches wide.