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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 31 (setup 5, season 17)
Birmingham City
v.
Preston North End
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Adam LEGZDINS61Chris MAXWELL
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Jonathan SPECTOR28Tom CLARKE
Jonathan GROUNDS3Daniel PUDIL
Alberto AQUILANI848RENATO Cardoso Porto NETO
Michael MORRISON75Alberto Tomas BOTÍA Rabasco
Ryan SHOTTON67Bailey WRIGHT
Koby ARTHUR7Alan BROWNE
Diego FABBRINI8Mauro Matías ZÁRATE
Ciro IMMOBILE9Joe GARNER
Maikel KIEFTENBELD107Aiden McGEADY
Ché ADAMS116Paul GALLAGHER
Manager
David DAVIS12Stevie MAY
Connal TRUEMAN13Anders LINDEGAARD
Cheick KEITA14Greg CUNNINGHAM
Clayton DONALDSON15Ben PEARSON
Paul ROBINSON7166Daniel JOHNSON

Birmingham City 1 Preston North End 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 23,272, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Steve TANNER 5)
45 ImmobileScorers39og Shotton, 52 Botía
62 Fabbrini <=> Donaldson, 80 Immobile <=> RobinsonSubstitutions53 McGeady <=> Pearson, 81 Wright <=> Johnson
Sendings off
46 Immobile, 50 AdamsBookings37 McGeady, 51 Garner, 71 Zárate, 72 Wright
3Corners1
5Fouls17
4Offsides1
4Shots on6
7Shots off9
11Total shots15
2Shots saved4
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Tom CLARKE
2MCGEADY hoofed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
3A great strike from FABBRINI was dealt with by a useful parry from the Preston North End 'keeper.
10A refined pass from ZÁRATE, was placed goalbound by GARNER only for the 'keeper to block.
10A cross from BROWNE left ZÁRATE in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
15The 'keeper dived to his left to save a fierce shot from Birmingham City's FABBRINI.
21A mix up in the Preston North End defence enabled IMMOBILE to hammer the ball over the bar.
24FABBRINI blasted a deadly shot wide from thirty yards out.
37The referee yellow cards MCGEADY for dangerous play against GROUNDS.
39GOAL!! A corner was fired into the penalty box and SHOTTON fumbled the ball into his own net.
40An exceptional effort from IMMOBILE scraped the woodwork.
44MCGEADY made space on the right and knocked the ball to ZÁRATE who touched the ball over.
45GOAL!! A cross from the left was flicked down by GROUNDS for IMMOBILE to score. (1-1)
 
46IMMOBILE booked.
50ADAMS booked for violent conduct.
50A corner was collected by PUDIL who turned an effort wide.
51GARNER cautioned by the referee.
52GOAL!! A one-handed save from the 'keeper enabled BOTÍA to volley the ball into the empty net. (2-1 Preston North End)
57A shot from IMMOBILE was smothered by MAXWELL.
69KIEFTENBELD was put clear by SHOTTON and he raced past MAXWELL but glanced his shot over the bar.
71A late foul gets ZÁRATE a yellow card.
72WRIGHT receives a yellow card by TANNER for a poor tackle.
84PEARSON charged through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.