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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 29 (setup 4, season 27)
Birmingham City
v.
Grimsby Town
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Milos VESIC1Gábor BABOS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Carl JENKINSON72Matthew CONNOLLY
Dean MOXEY37Achraf LAZAAR
Stewart DOWNING4Christophe GRONDIN
Mike VAN DER HOORN757Steve COOK
Michael MORRISON667José Manuel CASADO Bizcocho
Kevin VOLLAND76Keith BRIGGS
Marko ARNAUTOVIC68Marc PUGH
Callum WILSON69Adam ROONEY
Martin BRAITHWAITE6106Tommer HEMED
Jérémie BOGA711Marcus RASHFORD
Manager
Marc ROBERTS12Bruno ZUCULINI
Jon STEWART13Yves Makabu MA-KALAMBAY
Maxime COLIN14Patrik GERRBRAND
Jason LOWE15Fernando Martin FORESTIERI
Craig GARDNER16Jamie PATERSON

Birmingham City 0 Grimsby Town 2
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 29,620, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Neil SWARBRICK 6½)
Scorers55 Rooney, 63 Rooney
Substitutions
Sendings off
29 WilsonBookings33 Rooney
4Corners2
10Fouls7
1Offsides2
1Shots on5
9Shots off13
10Total shots18
1Shots saved2
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Adam ROONEY
2DOWNING worked the ball to ARNAUTOVIC, WILSON controlled his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of BABOS.
4ROONEY ran onto a great ball from HEMED but pulled his shot wide.
9A penalty box scramble resulted in PUGH tapping a low shot over.
12A poor shot from ARNAUTOVIC bounced agonisingly wide.
13ARNAUTOVIC placed a right foot shot wide from thirty yards out.
19A accurate pass was collected by COOK and his looping effort flew narrowly wide.
25A free-kick from ARNAUTOVIC floated just wide.
27MOXEY flicked an easy chance past the far post.
29WILSON booked by SWARBRICK.
33ROONEY booked.
44A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Birmingham City 'keeper.
45+2A corner was collected by WILSON who flicked the ball over the bar.
 
51RASHFORD headed over the bar.
53An exceptional strike from PUGH was dealt with by a useful stop from VESIC.
55ROONEY clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Birmingham City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
55GOAL!! After GRONDIN was bundled over the ref waved play-on and ROONEY went on to comfortably score. (1-0 Grimsby Town)
59GRONDIN beat MOXEY and whacked the ball to ROONEY who toe-poked his shot wide.
63GOAL!! . (2-0 Grimsby Town)
66PUGH dribbled past DOWNING and poked a weak shot over.
67PUGH booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
80GRONDIN knocked the ball to PUGH who headed it wide.
82A cross from HEMED left ROONEY in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.