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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 29 (setup 4, season 29)
Birmingham City
v.
Nottingham Forest
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Lee CAMP1Jordan SMITH
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Maxime COLIN82Yohan BENALOUANE
Michael MORRISON636Michael HEFELE
Stewart DOWNING4Ben OSBORN
Mike VAN DER HOORN57Alexander MILOSEVIC
Marc ROBERTS66Michael DAWSON
Craig GARDNER77Matty CASH
Marko ARNAUTOVIC86Joe LOLLEY
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ97Lewis GRABBAN
Ché ADAMS610Ryan YATES
Jérémie BOGA7116Jamie WARD
Manager
Jason LOWE12Arvin APPIAH
Milos VESIC13Claudio Ariel YACOB
Carl JENKINSON14DIOGO António Cupido GONÇALVES
Isaac VASSELL15Mustapha CARAYOL
Maikel KIEFTENBELD16Tendayi DARIKWA

Birmingham City 4 Nottingham Forest 1
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 29,810, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Mark HAYWOOD 6)
7 Van Der Hoorn, 10 Arnautovic, 27 Jutkiewicz, 73 GardnerScorers76 Grabban
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings59 Smith, 71 Lolley
5Corners2
8Fouls13
2Offsides1
5Shots on2
10Shots off4
15Total shots6
1Shots saved1
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: Maxime COLIN
1A weak shot from LOLLEY rolled agonisingly wide.
7GOAL!! A long ball from GARDNER had the Nottingham Forest defence back-pedalling and VAN DER HOORN made the most of the opportunity with a good goal. (1-0 Birmingham City)
8A corner was collected by GRABBAN who flicked the ball wide.
10A penalty box meleé resulted in ARNAUTOVIC tapping a low shot wide.
10GOAL!! After some good play on the left ARNAUTOVIC came inside and fired the ball into the top corner. (2-0 Birmingham City)
12ARNAUTOVIC chipped the ball to BOGA who headed it just wide.
12A right foot effort from JUTKIEWICZ was pushed round the post by SMITH.
17A free-kick from VAN DER HOORN floated over.
19JUTKIEWICZ nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
27GOAL!! A weak shot from JUTKIEWICZ seemed to hold no problem for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squeezed over the line. (3-0 Birmingham City)
30JUTKIEWICZ was put clear by MORRISON and he dummied the Nottingham Forest 'keeper but rammed his shot inches over.
30WARD made space on the right and dragged the ball to GRABBAN who rasped the ball over.
 
49An exceptional effort from DOWNING scraped the outside of the post.
53A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing CAMP.
56BOGA dribbled round BENALOUANE and rifled a poor shot over.
59SMITH booked by HAYWOOD.
68A accurate pass found ADAMS and his right foot shot flew narrowly wide.
71The ref yellow cards LOLLEY for dangerous play against GARDNER.
72ADAMS fluffed an easy chance.
73GOAL!! A poor clearance fell to COLIN who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily GARDNER was on hand to hammer the ball into the net. (4-0 Birmingham City)
76GOAL!! An inswinging corner was headed clear only for GRABBAN to hit the ball into the back of the net. (4-1 Birmingham City)
84GARDNER headed just beyond the far post.
90+2WARD beat a number of Birmingham City players and slammed a golden opportunity over.