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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 39 (setup 4, season 34)
Cardiff City
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Alex SMITHIES617Milos VESIC
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Callum PATERSON2Maxime COLIN
Joe BENNETT38George FRIEND
Víctor CAMARASA Ferrando748Ivan SUNJIC
Will VAULKS5Jake CLARKE-SALTER
Aden FLINT6Marc ROBERTS
Junior HOILETT67Gary GARDNER
Joe RALLS88Jérémie BOGA
Gary MADINE9Kemar ROOFE
Craig NOONE10Lewis GRABBAN
Danny WARD11Scott HOGAN
Manager
Loďc DAMOUR12Nico GORDON
Neil ETHERIDGE13Zach JEACOCK
Filip BENKOVIC14Troy DEENEY
Lee TOMLIN15IVÁN Sánchez Aguayo
Nathaniel MENDEZ-LAING16Lukas JUTKIEWICZ

Cardiff City 1 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 15,567, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Mark HAYWOOD 6½)
67 CamarasaScorers22 Roofe, 74 Boga
Substitutions63 Gardner <=> Deeney
Sendings off
Bookings3 Clarke-Salter, 54 Hogan
2Corners3
19Fouls5
0Offsides3
3Shots on7
2Shots off8
5Total shots15
2Shots saved5
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: George FRIEND
3FRIEND's shot was well held by the Cardiff City 'keeper.
3The referee books CLARKE-SALTER.
15FRIEND ran onto a wonderful ball from BOGA but toe-poked his shot wide.
22GOAL!! ROBERTS made space for ROOFE who, after an interchange of passes just outside the area, struck the ball past the Cardiff City 'keeper. (1-0 Birmingham City)
33Uncertainty in the Cardiff City defence enabled FRIEND to fire the ball wide.
45A delightful save prevented BOGA from scoring a good goal.
45+3BOGA flicked a simple chance past the far post.
 
48GRABBAN beat a number of Cardiff City players and thundered a shot over.
54A refined cross from ROOFE, was shot goalbound by BOGA only for the Cardiff City 'keeper to claw away.
54HOGAN cautioned for a bad challenge.
55A pin-point pass bobbled toward RALLS and his right foot shot went narrowly wide.
62A twenty yard shot from ROOFE caused SMITHIES no problem.
63A cross from NOONE left RALLS in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
64A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing VESIC.
67GOAL!! DEENEY tried to play the ball out of the Birmingham City penalty area but was tackled by RALLS who touched the ball to CAMARASA for a simple goal. (1-1)
68ROOFE booted the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
69A useful ball from HOGAN on the left found ROOFE who mishit his shot over the bar.
70A right foot effort from HOILETT was saved by the 'keeper.
72DEENEY beat BENNETT but hit the ball into the arms of SMITHIES.
74GOAL!! An outswinging corner nodded out by BENNETT was nudged home by BOGA. (2-1 Birmingham City)
82A free-kick from BOGA went just beyond the near post.
89A penalty box scramble resulted in DEENEY driving a low shot wide.