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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 11 (setup 5, season 18)
Birmingham City
v.
Rotherham United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Adam LEGZDINS18Kevin TRAPP
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Jonathan SPECTOR27Maxime COLIN
Jonathan GROUNDS73Ricardo RODRIGUEZ
Alberto AQUILANI47Chris DAWSON
Paolo CANNAVARO57Christian Chagas Tarouco, TÍTI
Michael MORRISON666Niklas HOHENEDER
Koby ARTHUR77Lukás MARECEK
Jacques MAGHOMA8Simon DAWKINS
Ciro IMMOBILE897Luciano Héctor BECCHIO
Robert TESCHE610Jay FULTON
Ché ADAMS611Ziguy BADIBANGA
Manager
David COTTERILL12Emmanuel Jorge LEDESMA
Connal TRUEMAN13Marcus SANDBERG
Clayton DONALDSON614Joe MATTOCK
José Ignacio Peleteiro Ramallo, JOTA15Pablo MILLS
Stephen GLEESON16Peter ODEMWINGIE

Birmingham City 3 Rotherham United 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 21,490, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Russell BOOTH 7½)
44 Spector, 60 Adams, 89 ImmobileScorers
81 Cannavaro <=> DonaldsonSubstitutions
Sendings off
59 TescheBookings80 Hoheneder
1Corners2
10Fouls7
1Offsides1
12Shots on7
5Shots off8
17Total shots15
9Shots saved5
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Ciro IMMOBILE
2A cross from MAGHOMA left IMMOBILE in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
11A left foot shot from TESCHE was stopped by the Rotherham United 'keeper.
16A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
19DAWKINS's shot was well saved by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
22DAWKINS scuffed an easy chance.
30A drive from HOHENEDER seemed a certain goal but the Birmingham City 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
37A header by GROUNDS at the far post was easily collected by the Rotherham United 'keeper.
39The Birmingham City 'keeper was able to claw away a weak shot from BADIBANGA.
44GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed AQUILANI to touch the ball to SPECTOR who whacked a looping shot into the net. (1-0 Birmingham City)
45+1A pin-point pass was collected by DAWKINS and his right foot shot flew narrowly wide.
 
50RODRIGUEZ was put clear by BADIBANGA and he stepped inside the Birmingham City 'keeper but rammed his shot just beyond the near post.
56BECCHIO stormed through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
58TESCHE dribbled away from HOHENEDER and flicked a poor shot well wide.
59A late tackle gets TESCHE a yellow card.
60GOAL!! A scuffed MORRISON shot found ADAMS who made no mistake from just inside the area. (2-0 Birmingham City)
76The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from MORRISON fell just over.
78The 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from IMMOBILE.
79DAWSON made space on the left and touched the ball to BECCHIO who fired the ball wide.
80The ref books HOHENEDER.
85IMMOBILE kicked the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.
89GOAL!! The creative DONALDSON neatly nodded on a cross for IMMOBILE to hammer the ball in. (3-0 Birmingham City)
90BECCHIO's shot beat LEGZDINS but rebounded off the Birmingham City crossbar.