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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 16 (setup 4, season 28)
Sunderland
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Rob ELLIOT16Milos VESIC
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Ezequiel Matias SCHELOTTO26Michael MORRISON
Fabio BORINI737Maxime COLIN
Jonny WILLIAMS4Maikel KIEFTENBELD
Papy Mison DJILOBODJI75Mike VAN DER HOORN
Marc WILSON6Marc ROBERTS
Jack RODWELL78Kevin VOLLAND
Callum McMANAMAN8Marko ARNAUTOVIC
Nicklas HELENIUS Jensen97Callum WILSON
Ibrahim 'Didier' N'DONG710Martin BRAITHWAITE
Joel ASORO7116Jérémie BOGA
Manager
Tyias BROWNING12Craig GARDNER
Cristian Darío ÁLVAREZ13David STOCKDALE
Marek WASILUK146Jason LOWE
Donald LOVE15Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Duncan WATMORE16Ché ADAMS

Sunderland 2 Birmingham City 3
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 23,632, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Fred GRAHAM 5½)
23 N'Dong, 73 McManamanScorers12 Volland, 26 Arnautovic, 85 Wilson
Substitutions74 Colin <=> Lowe
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners1
1Fouls10
6Offsides4
8Shots on5
5Shots off10
13Total shots15
6Shots saved2
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Kevin VOLLAND
8A corner found HELENIUS who nodded an effort over the bar.
12GOAL!! A BOGA run down the right resulted in an exceptional cross for VOLLAND to drill in. (1-0 Birmingham City)
16BRAITHWAITE made space on the left and knocked the ball to BOGA who fired the ball over.
19BORINI turned ARNAUTOVIC but drove the ball into the arms of VESIC.
23GOAL!! A mix up between ROBERTS and VESIC allowed N'DONG to drill the ball into the empty net. (1-1)
25BRAITHWAITE worked the ball to WILSON, MORRISON collected his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of ELLIOT.
26GOAL!! After VOLLAND was fouled GRAHAM waved play-on and ARNAUTOVIC went on to easily score. (2-1 Birmingham City)
29VOLLAND beat WILSON and blasted the ball to ARNAUTOVIC who dragged his effort wide.
31ARNAUTOVIC waltzed past MCMANAMAN and poked a weak shot over.
34A neatly crafted pass from WILLIAMS, was nudged goalbound by ASORO only for the Birmingham City 'keeper to palm clear.
43The 'keeper managed to block an amazing shot.
45+1A free-kick from HELENIUS floated wide.
 
47A looping shot from WILSON was pushed over by the Sunderland 'keeper.
49WILSON knocked the ball to VOLLAND who flicked it wide.
53A penalty box meleé resulted in HELENIUS tapping a low shot wide.
58ARNAUTOVIC snapped at an easy chance.
72WILSON flicked an easy chance past the near post.
73GOAL!! MCMANAMAN hit a glorious twenty yard shot past the bemused VESIC. (2-2)
84A twenty-five yard shot from N'DONG caused the Birmingham City 'keeper no problem.
85GOAL!! The creative VAN DER HOORN neatly headed on a cross for WILSON to hit the ball in. (3-2 Birmingham City)
86A shot from HELENIUS held no problem for VESIC.
90+2Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled ASORO to blast the ball over.