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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 9 (setup 4, season 38)
Birmingham City
v.
Rushden&Diamonds
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Milos VESIC1Stephen HENDERSON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Marcel OAKLEY27IVO Daniel Ferreira Mendonça PINTO
George FRIEND73Ciaron BROWN
Jordan JAMES4Jake LIVERMORE
Nathaniel PHILLIPS5Di'Shon BERNARD
Nico GORDON666Scott WHARTON
Jobe BELLINGHAM877Brennan JOHNSON
Tahith CHONG78Onel HERNÁNDEZ
Óscar Eduardo ESTUPIÑÁN Vallesilla97Dennis SRBENY
Ivan SUNJIC106Enso David GONZÁLEZ Medina
Isaac VASSELL11Isaac SUCCESS Ajayi
Manager
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ12Yuta NAKAYAMA
Zach JEACOCK13Eric GRIMES
Juninho BACUNA14Tom TRYBULL
Keyendrah SIMMONDS15Lee PELTIER
George HALL16RAFAEL Pereira da Silva

Birmingham City 2 Rushden&Diamonds 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 17,863, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Roger FREESTONE 7)
15 Estupiñán, 89og BrownScorers47 Srbeny
Substitutions
Sendings off
21 Gordon, 73 FriendBookings42 González, 68 Bernard
6Corners2
5Fouls5
1Offsides0
5Shots on2
4Shots off11
9Total shots13
3Shots saved0
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: Jobe BELLINGHAM
1The 'keeper dived to his right to block an accurate drive from Birmingham City's ESTUPIÑÁN.
3LIVERMORE waltzed past CHONG and stabbed a weak shot wide.
8A accurate pass was collected by CHONG and his deadly shot floated narrowly wide.
11A shot from SRBENY was smothered by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
15GOAL!! A sliced BELLINGHAM shot was collected by ESTUPIÑÁN who made no mistake from just inside the area. (1-0 Birmingham City)
19BROWN beat a number of Birmingham City players and blasted a golden opportunity inches over.
21GORDON booked by FREESTONE.
33OAKLEY drilled a looping shot over the bar from just outside the area.
40A free-kick from SUCCESS floated over.
42SUNJIC shot wide.
42FREESTONE yellow cards GONZÁLEZ.
44The Rushden&Diamonds 'keeper parried a lovely shot from BELLINGHAM.
 
46JOHNSON made space on the right and pulled the ball to SRBENY who rasped the ball over.
47GOAL!! An exceptional ball from HERNÁNDEZ left JOHNSON in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before touching the ball to SRBENY to score. (1-1)
48A neatly crafted pass from VASSELL, was placed goalbound by ESTUPIÑÁN only for the Rushden&Diamonds 'keeper to block.
51HERNÁNDEZ rushed an easy chance.
52A great effort from HERNÁNDEZ scraped the outside of the righthand post.
64GONZÁLEZ knocked the ball to SRBENY who turned it just beyond the far post.
66A penalty box meleé resulted in SUCCESS cracking a low shot over.
68A corner bobbled toward CHONG who forced an effort just wide.
68BERNARD booked.
73The referee yellow cards FRIEND for dangerous play against HERNÁNDEZ.
75A poor shot from LIVERMORE bounced agonisingly wide.
81SUCCESS beat PHILLIPS and whacked the ball to HERNÁNDEZ who fired his shot wide.
86The hapless Birmingham City 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from JAMES fell just over.
89GOAL!! A corner flew across the goalmouth and BROWN fumbled the ball into his own net.