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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 29 (setup 2, season 18)
Oxford United
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
JOEL Robles Blázquez1Neil ETHERIDGE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Jordan WILLIAMS727Maxime COLIN
Brandon WILLIAMS737Jake CLARKE-SALTER
SALIH Uçan47George HALL
Enzo Pablo ROCO Roco657Jores OKORE
Rob DICKIE66Marc ROBERTS
Valgeir VALGEIRSSON677Juninho BACUNA
Rachid GHEZZAL78James FORREST
Felix PLATTE97Alexander SØRLOTH
Shandon BAPTISTE10Gary GARDNER
Yoshinori MUTO6116Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Manager
Nathan HOLLAND12Josh WILLIAMS
Jack STEVENS13Harlee DEAN
Sam BALDOCK14Connor MAHONEY
Luke McNALLY15Nico GORDON
Jerome SINCLAIR16Ryan STIRK

Oxford United 1 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 12,444, Stadium: Kassam Stadium, Referee: Andy WOOLMER 7)
32 WilliamsScorers5 Forrest, 56 Forrest
Substitutions51 Gardner <=> Stirk
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners1
5Fouls3
0Offsides0
5Shots on5
7Shots off6
12Total shots11
3Shots saved3
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: SALIH Uçan
5GOAL!! . (1-0 Birmingham City)
7The 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from GHEZZAL.
10A cross from SALIH left ROCO in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
15A delightful strike from PLATTE was dealt with by a good parry from the 'keeper.
16FORREST dummied WILLIAMS but shot the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
20BACUNA stroked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
24SØRLOTH's shot was well held by the Oxford United 'keeper.
32GOAL!! A mishit clearance fell to MUTO who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily WILLIAMS was on hand to volley the ball into the top corner. (1-1)
33SØRLOTH rushed an easy chance.
33MUTO made space on the left and knocked the ball to BAPTISTE who rasped the ball wide.
36OKORE beat four Oxford United players and blasted a golden opportunity inches over.
38GHEZZAL worked the ball to PLATTE, MUTO latched onto his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the Birmingham City 'keeper.
 
46The bemused 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from ROCO dropped just over.
52A delightful save prevented ROBERTS from scoring a good goal.
56GOAL!! An outswinging corner was headed clear only for FORREST to hit the ball home. (2-1 Birmingham City)
63Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled BAPTISTE to thump an effort over the bar.
63PLATTE beat BACUNA and drove the ball to GHEZZAL who blasted his shot wide.
64SØRLOTH nodded the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
72BAPTISTE touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Birmingham City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
77A fine ball from WILLIAMS on the right was collected by GHEZZAL who mishit his shot over the bar.
79A free-kick from SØRLOTH went just beyond the near post.
88A penalty box scramble resulted in DICKIE driving the ball over.
90+1A good effort from WILLIAMS scraped the outside of the lefthand post.