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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 13 (setup 5, season 18)
Birmingham City
v.
Colchester United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Adam LEGZDINS717Sinan BOLAT
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Ryan SHOTTON627Daniel Tawiah OPARE
Jonathan GROUNDS3Alexander BUTTNER
Alberto AQUILANI4Nenad KRSTICIC
Davide ASTORI85Federico Julián FAZIO
Paolo CANNAVARO67Kirk BROADFOOT
Koby ARTHUR677GÖKHAN Töre
José Ignacio Peleteiro Ramallo, JOTA78Filip DJURICIC
Ciro IMMOBILE96Steven FLETCHER
Clayton DONALDSON6106Wout BRAMA
David COTTERILL116Anas SHARBINI
Manager
Jacques MAGHOMA12Chris GUNTER
Connal TRUEMAN13James SHEA
Paul ROBINSON14Kristján Gauti EMILSSON
Maikel KIEFTENBELD15David VAUGHAN
Nicolai BROCK-MADSEN16Mark WILSON

Birmingham City 1 Colchester United 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 29,770, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Clive PENTON 6)
2 ImmobileScorers38 Brama
47 Cannavaro <=> KieftenbeldSubstitutions
Sendings off
3 Shotton, 5 Cotterill, 36 CannavaroBookings9 Sharbini
4Corners1
13Fouls3
0Offsides3
4Shots on5
5Shots off8
9Total shots13
3Shots saved4
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Davide ASTORI
2GOAL!! A long ball from GROUNDS down the middle bobbled toward the lurking IMMOBILE who placed a right foot shot into the top corner. (1-0 Birmingham City)
3A bad foul gets SHOTTON a yellow card.
5COTTERILL booked.
6DJURICIC galloped through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at LEGZDINS.
9SHARBINI booked for violent conduct.
14GÖKHAN scuffed an easy chance.
24A useful ball from COTTERILL on the left found JOTA who scuffed his shot inches over.
31IMMOBILE beat DJURICIC and hit the ball to COTTERILL who dragged his shot wide.
36CANNAVARO receives a yellow card for a bad challenge.
38GOAL!! A poor drive from BRAMA seemed to hold no problem for LEGZDINS but the ball somehow squeezed over the line. (1-1)
43The motionless BOLAT was a mere bystander as a backpass from DJURICIC dropped just over.
45BUTTNER was put clear by SHARBINI and he beat the 'keeper but glanced his shot over.
 
46A shot from FLETCHER held little difficulty for LEGZDINS.
46A pin-point pass bobbled toward DONALDSON and his left foot shot floated narrowly wide.
53GROUNDS rattled an easy chance past the far post.
56DJURICIC worked the ball to KRSTICIC, FLETCHER controlled his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of LEGZDINS.
58SHARBINI waltzed past GROUNDS and rifled a poor shot into the crowd.
64FAZIO beat two Birmingham City players and blasted a shot over the bar.
67SHARBINI knocked the ball to DJURICIC who touched it just wide.
70The Colchester United 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from JOTA.
74A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
75A drive from FLETCHER seemed a certain goal but LEGZDINS managed to palm the ball clear.
80FLETCHER headed over the bar.
86Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled GÖKHAN to crack the ball just beyond the near post.
86A clever cross from COTTERILL, was flicked goalbound by IMMOBILE only for the Colchester United 'keeper to block.
90An exceptional effort from DJURICIC scraped the outside of the post.