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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 5, season 17)
Birmingham City
v.
Sheffield Weds.
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Connal TRUEMAN51Keiren WESTWOOD
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Carl JENKINSON2Michele CANINI
Jonathan GROUNDS36Massimo GOBBI
Alberto AQUILANI748Simone PADOIN
Davide ASTORI75Thomas MANFREDINI
Paolo CANNAVARO67Ross WALLACE
Koby ARTHUR67Barry BANNAN
Diego FABBRINI8Mathieu VALBUENA
Ciro IMMOBILE9Gary HOOPER
Clayton DONALDSON10Sergiu Florin BUS
David COTTERILL11Fernando Martin FORESTIERI
Manager
Maikel KIEFTENBELD12Adam REACH
Cheick KEITA13Michael AGAZZI
Jonathan SPECTOR14MARCO André da Silva Lopes MATIAS
Jacques MAGHOMA156David JONES
Stephen GLEESON16Lewis McGUGAN

Birmingham City 2 Sheffield Weds. 4
after extra time
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 21,423, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Dave FOSTER 7)
26 Immobile, 62 AquilaniScorers24 Forestieri, 58 Valbuena, 110 Jones, 113 Hooper
Substitutions75 Gobbi <=> Jones
Sendings off
10 ImmobileBookings45+3 Wallace, 59 Bus
3Corners5
23Fouls18
4Offsides6
5Shots on5
7Shots off14
12Total shots19
3Shots saved1
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Simone PADOIN
1IMMOBILE's shot was well saved by WESTWOOD.
7A weak shot from GROUNDS trickled agonisingly wide.
10IMMOBILE booked.
13FABBRINI hoofed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
20A fine ball from HOOPER on the right was collected by PADOIN who sliced his shot wide.
21A corner found AQUILANI who nodded an effort inches wide.
24GOAL!! A great piece of skill from WALLACE gave BUS space on the left and FORESTIERI poked in his accurate pass. (1-0 Sheffield Weds.)
26GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed COTTERILL to knock the ball to IMMOBILE who fired a deadly shot into the net. (1-1)
42The hapless TRUEMAN was a mere bystander as a backpass from AQUILANI fell just over.
45WALLACE beat a number of Birmingham City players and slammed a great chance just beyond the far post.
45+3WALLACE given a yellow card by the ref.
 
46HOOPER drove a right foot shot just beyond the far post from twenty yards out.
56BUS headed inches over.
58GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled VALBUENA to run through the Birmingham City defence and score. (2-1 Sheffield Weds.)
59FOSTER books BUS for an off-the-ball incident against AQUILANI.
62GOAL!! A cross from JENKINSON was headed away by CANINI only for COTTERILL to tap the ball back into the box for AQUILANI to force over the line. (2-2)
69VALBUENA rushed a simple chance.
74A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming WESTWOOD.
90+1PADOIN played the ball to VALBUENA who nodded it just wide.
 
110GOAL!! A mishit WALLACE shot bobbled toward JONES who made no mistake from just inside the area. (3-2 Sheffield Weds.)
113GOAL!! A long clearance by the Sheffield Weds. 'keeper beat the Birmingham City defence and HOOPER thundered the ball past the oncoming TRUEMAN. (4-2 Sheffield Weds.)
115FABBRINI turned JONES but nudged the ball into the arms of WESTWOOD.