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Match report
English Footie
FA Cup: Round 2 (setup 2, season 18)
Oxford United
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
JOEL Robles Blázquez71Neil ETHERIDGE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Luke McNALLY27Maxime COLIN
Brandon WILLIAMS3James FORREST
Shandon BAPTISTE4George HALL
Rob DICKIE75Jores OKORE
SALIH Uçan67Jake CLARKE-SALTER
Gavin WHYTE776Jobe BELLINGHAM
Rachid GHEZZAL8Leandro TROSSARD
Felix PLATTE697Alexander SØRLOTH
Jerome SINCLAIR10Connor MAHONEY
Yoshinori MUTO7117Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Manager
Cameron BRANNAGAN12Marc ROBERTS
Jack STEVENS13Connal TRUEMAN
Herbie KANE14Josh WILLIAMS
Sam BALDOCK15Harlee DEAN
Nathan HOLLAND16Nico GORDON

Oxford United 2 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 12,474, Stadium: Kassam Stadium, Referee: Dave FOSTER 6½)
13 Ghezzal, 26 MutoScorers50 Trossard
Substitutions55 Forrest <=> Dean
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners2
12Fouls3
3Offsides3
7Shots on8
13Shots off5
20Total shots13
4Shots saved6
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Jores OKORE
3The Birmingham City 'keeper dived to his left to stop a fierce shot from Oxford United's PLATTE.
5PLATTE made space on the right and dragged the ball to GHEZZAL who touched the ball wide.
7GHEZZAL was put clear by BAPTISTE and he dummied ETHERIDGE but struck his shot just beyond the far post.
10The 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame header from TROSSARD.
13GOAL!! A deep corner left the Birmingham City 'keeper struggling and GHEZZAL knocked the ball over the line. (1-0 Oxford United)
15A shot from COLIN was headed off the line by DICKIE.
17A delightful save prevented TROSSARD from scoring an exceptional goal.
18A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming Birmingham City 'keeper.
23BAPTISTE worked the ball to PLATTE, WHYTE latched onto his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of ETHERIDGE.
23GHEZZAL waltzed past TROSSARD and stroked a weak shot over the bar.
26GOAL!! A free-kick was palmed away by the 'keeper, WHYTE was first to the loose ball and knocked the ball to MUTO to fire home. (2-0 Oxford United)
30TROSSARD's header was well saved by JOEL.
 
50GOAL!! A shot from SØRLOTH was scuffed off the line only for TROSSARD to fire the ball home. (2-1 Oxford United)
55A accurate pass bobbled toward MUTO and his right foot shot raced narrowly over.
56A cross from SINCLAIR left GHEZZAL in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
63The motionless JOEL stared in disbelief as a backpass from SALIH fell just over.
68A poor strike from GHEZZAL trickled agonisingly wide.
72A free-kick from PLATTE floated just beyond the far post.
74JUTKIEWICZ floated the ball to SØRLOTH who nodded it just beyond the near post.
81OKORE beat four Oxford United players and thundered an effort over the bar.
85MCNALLY shot wide.
87TROSSARD snapped at an easy chance.