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Match report
English Footie
League Trophy: Round 2 (setup 4, season 21)
Birmingham City
v.
Hartlepool United
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Milos VESIC1Sam COWLER
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Juan Alberto Andreu Alvarado, MELLI72Michael DUCKWORTH
Dean MOXEY737Jeffrey SCHLUPP
Scott PARKER847Brad WALKER
José Manuel Flores Moreno, CHICO45Nathan AKÉ
Luis Antonio JIMÉNEZ Garcés667Sam HIRD
Kevin VOLLAND777Matt RITCHIE
Raheem STERLING8Jesse LINGARD
Benjamin LAUTH9Craig BEATTIE
Stewart DOWNING10Chris TAYLOR
Callum WILSON116Eoin DOYLE
Manager
Michael TONGE12Jordan RICHARDS
Jon STEWART13Cameron MASON
Andy WELSH14Scott MALONE
Luke MURPHY15Gary ROBERTS
Patrick BAMFORD166Rhoys WIGGINS

Birmingham City 6 Hartlepool United 1
(Half-time: 4-0, Attendance: 26,936, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Phil CROSSLEY 7½)
13 Lauth, 15 Moxey, 22 Sterling, 33 Sterling, 64 Sterling, 77 JiménezScorers83 Schlupp
66 Chico <=> MurphySubstitutions82 Walker <=> Wiggins
Sendings off81 Beattie
23 DowningBookings1 Taylor, 37 Beattie
3Corners10
7Fouls8
3Offsides5
7Shots on8
7Shots off8
14Total shots16
1Shots saved6
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Scott PARKER
1CROSSLEY yellow cards TAYLOR for a poor foul.
13GOAL!! After being forced wide LAUTH managed to drive the ball in from the tightest of angles. (1-0 Birmingham City)
15GOAL!! A DOWNING run down the left resulted in a perfect cross for MOXEY to fire in. (2-0 Birmingham City)
17LAUTH scuffed a simple chance.
22GOAL!! STERLING hit a glorious twenty-five yard shot past the bemused 'keeper. (3-0 Birmingham City)
23DOWNING receives a yellow card for a poor foul.
29A accurate pass fell to DOYLE and his looping effort went narrowly wide.
33GOAL!! A shot from STERLING bobbled through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted 'keeper. (4-0 Birmingham City)
34TAYLOR worked the ball to LINGARD, BEATTIE collected his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Birmingham City 'keeper.
37The ref books BEATTIE.
38A corner found VOLLAND who nodded the ball wide.
40A tame shot from BEATTIE trickled agonisingly wide.
 
49STERLING ran onto a great ball from VOLLAND but toe-poked his shot wide of the righthand post.
55The Birmingham City 'keeper dived to his left to save a lovely drive from Hartlepool United's LINGARD.
64GOAL!! A two-fisted punch from COWLER enabled STERLING to chip the ball into the empty net. (5-0 Birmingham City)
65An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of the Birmingham City 'keeper by BEATTIE.
73A delightful shot from SCHLUPP was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper.
74A good ball from AKÉ on the right found HIRD who mishit his shot over the bar.
77GOAL!! After PARKER was tripped the ref waved play-on and JIMÉNEZ went on to comfortably score. (6-0 Birmingham City)
81BEATTIE red carded for a clinical tackle.
83GOAL!! . (6-1 Birmingham City)
84LAUTH was put clear by MELLI and he beat the 'keeper but struck his shot over the bar.