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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 2 (setup 4, season 27)
Birmingham City
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Jon STEWART1Daniel HAAS
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Juan Alberto Andreu Alvarado, MELLI827Chris BAIRD
Dean MOXEY37Marcus OLSSON
Stewart DOWNING46Josh THOMPSON
José Manuel Flores Moreno, CHICO5Vedran CORLUKA
Mike VAN DER HOORN66John O'SHEA
Kevin VOLLAND876Igor SHEVCHENKO
Marko ARNAUTOVIC8Barry BANNAN
Callum WILSON96Mika ÄÄRITALO
Luis Antonio JIMÉNEZ Garcés7106RÚBEN Gonçalo Silva Nascimento VINAGRE
David COTTERILL6116Ross WALLACE
Manager
Stephen GLEESON12Libor KOZÁK
Maxime COLIN13Sam JOHNSTONE
Luke MURPHY714Santiago VERGINI
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ15Danny LIVESEY
Carlton COLE16Stephen PEARSON

Birmingham City 5 Rochdale 2
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 24,550, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Roger FREESTONE 7)
14 Arnautovic, 27 Arnautovic, 35 Wilson, 48 Wilson, 83p ColeScorers23 Wallace, 76 Ääritalo
64 Moxey <=> Murphy, 67 Wilson <=> ColeSubstitutions
Sendings off
9 DowningBookings
1Corners1
7Fouls29
9Offsides8
6Shots on3
4Shots off5
10Total shots8
1Shots saved1
60%Possession40%
Man of the match: Carlton COLE
9DOWNING cautioned for a late challenge on O'SHEA.
14GOAL!! As O'SHEA was attempting to hold back MELLI the ball fell to ARNAUTOVIC who nudged the ball into the net. (1-0 Birmingham City)
20A weak shot from ARNAUTOVIC bounced agonisingly wide.
23GOAL!! A shot from BANNAN was booted off the line only for WALLACE to tuck the ball home. (1-1)
27GOAL!! A cross from JIMÉNEZ was flicked away by CORLUKA only for WILSON to drill the ball back into the box for ARNAUTOVIC to force into the net. (2-1 Birmingham City)
30A drive from CHICO seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to force the ball away.
35GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with WILSON blasting the ball into the net. (3-1 Birmingham City)
36A penalty box meleé resulted in ÄÄRITALO driving a low shot wide.
39A free-kick from BANNAN flew over.
42A accurate pass bobbled toward MOXEY and his right foot shot raced narrowly over.
 
48GOAL!! OLSSON tried to play the ball out of the Rochdale penalty area but was tackled by COTTERILL who turned the ball to WILSON for a simple tap in. (4-1 Birmingham City)
55JIMÉNEZ was put clear by VOLLAND and he beat the Rochdale 'keeper but thrust his shot just beyond the far post.
57ÄÄRITALO ran onto a wonderful ball from RÚBEN VINAGRE but fumbled his shot wide of the goal.
66ÄÄRITALO floated the ball to BANNAN who forced it wide.
70The Birmingham City 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from WALLACE.
76GOAL!! On the left wing RÚBEN VINAGRE collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for ÄÄRITALO to drive it into the roof of the net. (4-2 Birmingham City)
79A useful ball from CHICO on the left was collected by ARNAUTOVIC who mishit his shot wide.
83GOAL!! A foul on DOWNING inside the area gave Birmingham City a penalty which COLE scored.
88A corner bobbled toward BANNAN who fired an effort wide.