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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 37 (setup 4, season 34)
Birmingham City
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Milos VESIC717Marco SILVESTRI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Maxime COLIN726Victor MOSES
George FRIEND73Robbie BRADY
Ivan SUNJIC747Anton WALKES
Jake CLARKE-SALTER65Matt CLARKE
Marc ROBERTS6Sean RAGGETT
Gary GARDNER67Mauro Abel FORMICA
Jérémie BOGA87Ronan CURTIS
Kemar ROOFE797Jordan HUGILL
Lewis GRABBAN106Andy CARROLL
Scott HOGAN116Ellis HARRISON
Manager
Nico GORDON12Saidy JANKO
Zach JEACOCK13Thomas KAMINSKI
Troy DEENEY614Liam FONTAINE
IVÁN Sánchez Aguayo15Joe MORRELL
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ166Stuart O'KEEFE

Birmingham City 2 Portsmouth 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 24,797, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Jirí LERCH 7, TV: highlights)
55 Hogan, 66 BogaScorers
63 Gardner <=> DeeneySubstitutions80 Raggett <=> O'Keefe
Sendings off
59 Clarke-SalterBookings10 Curtis, 82 Brady
3Corners4
10Fouls13
1Offsides0
7Shots on2
9Shots off8
16Total shots10
4Shots saved2
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Robbie BRADY
9A penalty box meleé resulted in HUGILL driving a low shot over.
10LERCH books CURTIS for violent conduct against FRIEND.
11ROOFE's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Portsmouth upright.
17ROBERTS's shot was well held by SILVESTRI.
18A poor shot from CLARKE-SALTER rolled agonisingly wide.
21The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from BOGA.
23VESIC was able to claw away a weak shot from CARROLL.
24FRIEND dribbled round BRADY and poked a weak shot wide.
41A fine ball from COLIN on the right found ROOFE who sliced his shot wide.
 
49HOGAN pulled away from WALKES but knocked the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
55GOAL!! A long ball from ROBERTS had the Portsmouth defence back-pedalling and HOGAN made the most of the opportunity with a good goal. (1-0 Birmingham City)
59CLARKE-SALTER booked for a high foul.
61The stunned SILVESTRI stared in disbelief as a backpass from MOSES fell just over.
62A mix up in the Portsmouth defence enabled ROOFE to hit the ball just wide.
66GOAL!! A mishit clearance fell to FRIEND who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily BOGA was on hand to hit the ball into the net. (2-0 Birmingham City)
75HOGAN made space on the left and pulled the ball to BOGA who touched the ball wide.
76An exceptional effort from FORMICA scraped the upright.
78FORMICA shot over.
82A clumsy challenge gets BRADY a yellow card.
83A cross from CURTIS left WALKES in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
87A pin-point pass bobbled toward HUGILL and his deadly effort raced narrowly wide.
90O'KEEFE beat four Birmingham City players and stroked an effort over.