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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 13 (setup 5, season 17)
Birmingham City
v.
Ipswich Town
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Adam LEGZDINS717Dean GERKEN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Carl JENKINSON2Antonio BARRAGÁN Fernández
Jonathan GROUNDS73Arthur MASUAKU
Alberto AQUILANI47RAÚL GARCÍA Escudero
Michael MORRISON757MEHMET Topal
Ryan SHOTTON666Víctor RUÍZ Torre
Koby ARTHUR7Ainsley MAITLAND-NILES
Diego FABBRINI78Luke VARNEY
Ciro IMMOBILE796Brett PITMAN
Nicolai BROCK-MADSEN6106MARIO SUÁREZ Mata
David COTTERILL11SÉRGIO Rodríguez Hurtado
Manager
Maikel KIEFTENBELD12RAÚL RODRÍGUEZ Navarro
Connal TRUEMAN13Jonathan BOND
Paul ROBINSON14Jonas KNUDSEN
Clayton DONALDSON15Jonathan DOUGLAS
Cheick KEITA16Luke HYAM

Birmingham City 2 Ipswich Town 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 21,869, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Mike THORPE 6)
11p Immobile, 38 CotterillScorers14 Masuaku
Substitutions
Sendings off
7 ImmobileBookings35 Pitman, 46 Sérgio
1Corners4
12Fouls15
0Offsides2
5Shots on3
9Shots off7
14Total shots10
3Shots saved2
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Arthur MASUAKU
1BROCK-MADSEN's shot was well held by GERKEN.
3A shot from MARIO SUÁREZ seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
5GROUNDS drove a left foot shot just beyond the near post from thirty yards out.
7A clumsy challenge on MAITLAND-NILES by IMMOBILE results in a booking.
11GOAL!! A dubious penalty was awarded to Birmingham City, after MASUAKU had fouled COTTERILL, which IMMOBILE comfortably converted.
14GOAL!! A long goal-kick from RUÍZ caught the Birmingham City defence napping and MASUAKU nipped in to easily score. (1-1)
16IMMOBILE scuffed a simple chance.
21A shot from MARIO SUÁREZ was nodded off the line by MORRISON.
22FABBRINI rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Ipswich Town 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
31A corner bobbled toward FABBRINI who headed the ball wide.
35PITMAN cautioned for a late tackle.
37AQUILANI was put clear by IMMOBILE and he stepped inside the 'keeper but thrust his shot just beyond the far post.
38GOAL!! An imaginative ARTHUR played a great ball down the left to COTTERILL who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (2-1 Birmingham City)
42A free-kick from IMMOBILE raced wide.
 
46THORPE books SÉRGIO.
50A mix up in the Ipswich Town defence enabled GROUNDS to fire an effort wide.
60MARIO SUÁREZ hoofed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
61COTTERILL beat two Ipswich Town players and fired a shot wide.
65PITMAN headed wide.
67A good ball from GROUNDS on the left found IMMOBILE who sliced his shot over.
73RAÚL GARCÍA shot wide.
83MASUAKU rattled a simple chance past the lefthand post.