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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 24 (setup 5, season 17)
Watford
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Daniel BACHMANN1Adam LEGZDINS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Daniel WASS82Carl JENKINSON
Miguel Ángel BRITOS Cabrera73Jonathan GROUNDS
Abdoulaye DOUCOURÉ847Alberto AQUILANI
Christian KABASELE75Jonathan SPECTOR
Michal PAZDAN66Michael MORRISON
Sébastien CORCHIA76Koby ARTHUR
Chaouki BEN SAADA78David COTTERILL
Jerome SINCLAIR797Ciro IMMOBILE
Nathaniel CHALOBAH710Clayton DONALDSON
Andre GRAY611Ché ADAMS
Manager
RICHARLISON de Andrade12Ryan SHOTTON
Younes KABOUL13Connal TRUEMAN
Will HUGHES714Paul CADDIS
Daniele BONERA15Paul ROBINSON
FRANCISCO Santos da Silva JÚNIOR16Cheick KEITA

Watford 2 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 20,723, Stadium: Vicarage Road, Referee: Andy HALL 6)
24 Ben Saada, 79 ChalobahScorers40 Cotterill, 45+4 Immobile
67 Pazdan <=> Hughes, 69 Sinclair <=> BoneraSubstitutions64 Spector <=> Caddis
Sendings off
Bookings28 Donaldson
1Corners7
9Fouls8
0Offsides0
4Shots on2
15Shots off8
19Total shots10
2Shots saved0
58%Possession42%
Man of the match: Abdoulaye DOUCOURÉ
3A pin-point pass fell to CORCHIA and his right foot shot raced narrowly over.
17A free-kick from DONALDSON went wide.
19CHALOBAH scuffed an easy chance.
24GOAL!! The Birmingham City 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from MORRISON and BEN SAADA managed to poke the ball home. (1-0 Watford)
28DONALDSON booked for dangerous play.
36GRAY rattled a simple chance past the near post.
40GOAL!! A long ball from MORRISON had the Watford defence back-pedalling and COTTERILL made the most of the opportunity with a lovely goal. (1-1)
43SINCLAIR drove a right foot shot over from close range.
45+1A cross from DOUCOURÉ left BEN SAADA in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
45+4GOAL!! A short clearance dropped to COTTERILL who sliced a shot goalward, luckily IMMOBILE was on hand to hit the ball into the net. (2-1 Birmingham City)
 
46IMMOBILE nodded the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
51A useful ball from GROUNDS on the left found COTTERILL who scuffed his shot wide.
56A shot from SINCLAIR held little difficulty for the Birmingham City 'keeper.
61A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled GRAY to volley the ball wide.
62An exceptional effort from GRAY scraped the top of the crossbar.
70The hapless LEGZDINS was a mere bystander as a backpass from CADDIS fell just over.
74A corner fell to BEN SAADA who nodded an effort just wide.
79GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with CHALOBAH striking the ball into the net. (2-2)
80COTTERILL beat CORCHIA and flicked the ball to IMMOBILE who toe-poked his shot wide.
83JENKINSON ran onto a wonderful ball from AQUILANI but fired his shot wide of the lefthand post.
86CORCHIA knocked the ball to GRAY who nodded it over the bar.
88GRAY made space on the right and knocked the ball to BEN SAADA who clipped the ball over.