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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 45 (setup 5, season 17)
Macclesfield Town
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Pierluigi GOLLINI1Connal TRUEMAN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Sebastian JUNG62Michael MORRISON
Achraf LAZAAR36Jonathan GROUNDS
Magomed OZDOEV47Alberto AQUILANI
RODNEI Francisco de Lima5Davide ASTORI
Ismaël GACE666Paolo CANNAVARO
Izak REID67Koby ARTHUR
Alan KASAEV78José Ignacio Peleteiro Ramallo, JOTA
Facundo FERREYRA9Ciro IMMOBILE
Aleksandar KATAI710Robert TESCHE
Danny WARD6116Greg STEWART
Manager
Francisco Mérida Pérez, FRAN MÉRIDA12Clayton DONALDSON
Dorus DE VRIES13Cheick KEITA
Mislav ORSIC6148Maikel KIEFTENBELD
Nathan FOX15Ryan SHOTTON
José Luís Mendes Lopes, ZEZINHO16Carl JENKINSON

Macclesfield Town 2 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 6,112, Stadium: Moss Rose, Referee: Mike THORPE 5½)
2 Ferreyra, 90+2 FerreyraScorers68 Immobile
51 Gace <=> OrsicSubstitutions75 Grounds <=> Kieftenbeld
Sendings off
Bookings39 Jota, 45+1 Aquilani, 86 Stewart
3Corners2
17Fouls14
5Offsides1
2Shots on10
7Shots off6
9Total shots16
0Shots saved9
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Maikel KIEFTENBELD
2GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled FERREYRA to slip the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Macclesfield Town)
13GOLLINI did well to hold onto a fierce strike from MORRISON.
20A accurate pass fell to RODNEI and his right foot effort went narrowly wide.
23A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled FERREYRA to fire an effort wide.
26JOTA brought the ball away from REID and stabbed a weak shot well wide.
29A penalty box meleé resulted in KASAEV driving a low shot over.
34JOTA scuffed a simple chance.
35A shot from GROUNDS seemed a certain goal but the Macclesfield Town 'keeper managed to palm the ball clear.
39A poor challenge gets JOTA a yellow card.
44A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
45+1AQUILANI cautioned for a clinical foul on REID.
 
47A weak shot from REID trickled agonisingly wide.
56JOTA's shot was well saved by GOLLINI.
64The Macclesfield Town 'keeper was able to block a powerful shot.
67KASAEV drove a right foot shot just beyond the far post from twenty-five yards out.
68GOAL!! A long clearance by the Birmingham City 'keeper beat the Macclesfield Town defence and IMMOBILE stroked the ball past the advancing 'keeper. (1-1)
74A twenty-five yard drive from MORRISON caused the Macclesfield Town 'keeper little difficulty.
77ASTORI headed over.
83A free-kick from KASAEV flew wide.
86STEWART booked.
90A shot from STEWART was headed off the line by JUNG.
90+2GOAL!! After a fine build-up FERREYRA drove a low shot past TRUEMAN. (2-1 Macclesfield Town)