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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 2 (setup 4, season 29)
Rushden&Diamonds
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Alan JULIAN51David STOCKDALE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
RAFAEL Pereira da Silva2Michael MORRISON
Alexander BUTTNER736Maxime COLIN
Jake LIVERMORE847Stewart DOWNING
Shkodran MUSTAFI57Mike VAN DER HOORN
Emanuel POGATETZ66Marc ROBERTS
Giles BARNES77Kevin VOLLAND
Ashley COLE787Marko ARNAUTOVIC
Mauro BOSELLI97Jérémie BOGA
Joaquín Antonio BOGHOSSIAN Lorenzo6106Maikel KIEFTENBELD
Isaac SUCCESS Ajayi711Ché ADAMS
Manager
Andrew TAYLOR12Jason LOWE
Eric GRIMES13Jon STEWART
Will PATCHING146Craig GARDNER
Massimo MACCARONE15Isaac VASSELL
Paul LINWOOD16Carl JENKINSON

Rushden&Diamonds 3 Birmingham City 3
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 6,557, Stadium: Nene Park, Referee: Jarnail SINGH 6½)
42 Success, 76 Success, 84 SuccessScorers48 Volland, 55 Volland, 63 Volland
Substitutions85 Arnautovic <=> Gardner
Sendings off
2 Boselli, 65 BoghossianBookings1 Morrison, 12 Arnautovic
7Corners6
10Fouls6
1Offsides4
7Shots on4
4Shots off6
11Total shots10
4Shots saved1
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Jake LIVERMORE
1A high challenge gets MORRISON a yellow card.
2BOSELLI booked for a clinical challenge.
5A fine ball from DOWNING on the right was collected by VOLLAND who sliced his shot wide.
8BOSELLI worked the ball to BARNES, COLE collected his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of STOCKDALE.
11A corner found MUSTAFI who forced an effort over.
12The ref cautions ARNAUTOVIC for a poor foul.
26A weak strike from ARNAUTOVIC trickled agonisingly wide.
28A perfect shot from BUTTNER was dealt with by a fine block from the 'keeper.
31BOSELLI was put clear by POGATETZ and he pulled away from the Birmingham City 'keeper but drilled his shot over the bar.
42GOAL!! A Rushden&Diamonds counter-attack allowed BOGHOSSIAN to setup SUCCESS with an easy goal. (1-0 Rushden&Diamonds)
45+1An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of STOCKDALE by SUCCESS.
 
48GOAL!! A strike from VOLLAND which JULIAN was able to palm clear was deemed over the line by the linesman and the ref awarded the goal. (1-1)
54VOLLAND beat two Rushden&Diamonds players and blasted a golden opportunity over.
55GOAL!! The creative ADAMS neatly headed on a cross for VOLLAND to blast the ball in. (2-1 Birmingham City)
61A penalty box scramble resulted in KIEFTENBELD cracking the ball wide.
63GOAL!! An outswinging corner was booted clear only for VOLLAND to hammer the ball into the back of the net. (3-1 Birmingham City)
65BOGHOSSIAN cautioned by the ref.
67ARNAUTOVIC headed just beyond the far post.
71SUCCESS kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.
74RAFAEL nutmegged COLIN but drove the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
76GOAL!! A delightful dummy from BOGHOSSIAN allowed BOSELLI to lay a lovely ball off to SUCCESS who glanced the ball into the back of the net. (3-2 Birmingham City)
82ARNAUTOVIC shot over.
84GOAL!! A deep goal-kick from RAFAEL caught the Birmingham City defence square and SUCCESS ran on to easily score. (3-3)
87A neatly crafted pass from VOLLAND, was slammed goalbound by BOGA only for the 'keeper to block.
90+2BOSELLI poked a simple chance past the far post.