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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 9 (setup 5, season 17)
Brentford
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Vladimir GABULOV1Adam LEGZDINS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Michael ESSIEN827Carl JENKINSON
TUNAY Torun36Jonathan GROUNDS
Éver Maximiliano David BANEGA84Alberto AQUILANI
Emmanuel ONARIASE5Michael MORRISON
RÔMULO Borges Monteiro66Ryan SHOTTON
Craig GARDNER77Koby ARTHUR
Armindo Tue Na Bangna, BRUMA8Diego FABBRINI
Steve Leo BELECK A'Beka97Ciro IMMOBILE
Lasse VIBE6106Nicolai BROCK-MADSEN
Aleksandr KOKORIN711David COTTERILL
Manager
Akaki GOGIA12Maikel KIEFTENBELD
Sven ULREICH13Connal TRUEMAN
Ryan WOODS14Paul ROBINSON
Josh CLARKE15Clayton DONALDSON
Romaine SAWYERS16Cheick KEITA

Brentford 2 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 22,600, Stadium: Griffin Park, Referee: Mike PIKE 7½)
37 Bruma, 57 VibeScorers1 Immobile, 84 Fabbrini
63 Vibe <=> WoodsSubstitutions
Sendings off
46 Onariase, 63 BrumaBookings
2Corners2
5Fouls5
2Offsides2
3Shots on3
11Shots off8
14Total shots11
1Shots saved1
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Michael ESSIEN
1GOAL!! A quick-witted IMMOBILE pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (1-0 Birmingham City)
7A good ball from JENKINSON on the left was collected by COTTERILL who mishit his shot over the bar.
14KOKORIN headed just beyond the near post.
16LEGZDINS was able to palm clear a poor header from BRUMA.
22BANEGA shot wide.
23A free-kick from GARDNER floated inches over.
28A penalty box meleé resulted in RÔMULO cracking a low shot wide.
35IMMOBILE stroked a simple chance past the near post.
37GOAL!! A weak shot from BRUMA seemed to hold little difficulty for LEGZDINS but the ball somehow squirmed over the line. (1-1)
38COTTERILL worked the ball to FABBRINI, IMMOBILE latched onto his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the Brentford 'keeper.
 
46ONARIASE booked for violent conduct.
48A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled KOKORIN to thump the ball wide.
57GOAL!! Brentford's VIBE beat three defenders before firing just inside LEGZDINS's near post. (2-1 Brentford)
62A cross from BANEGA left BELECK in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
63A poor foul on GROUNDS by BRUMA results in a booking.
65TUNAY was put clear by BELECK and he dummied the Birmingham City 'keeper but struck his shot wide.
67A accurate pass bobbled toward BRUMA and his left foot shot went narrowly wide.
68A poor shot from WOODS trickled agonisingly wide.
82COTTERILL made space on the left and pulled the ball to GROUNDS who clipped the ball wide.
84GOAL!! A one-handed save from GABULOV enabled FABBRINI to head the ball into the empty net. (2-2)
88A lovely effort from IMMOBILE scraped the top of the crossbar.
90+1The hapless GABULOV was a mere bystander as a backpass from WOODS fell just wide.