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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 24 (setup 6, season 21)
Birmingham City
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Pierluigi GOLLINI1Marcus BETTINELLI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco727Benoît BADIASHILE Mukinayi
Emmanuel LONGELO37Dylan WILLIAMS
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG4Jorge Luiz Frello Filho, JORGINHO
Marc ROBERTS657Andreas CHRISTENSEN
Harlee DEAN667Chris RICHARDS
Ivan SUNJIC7RODRYGO Silva de Goes
Jordan GRAHAM8Hakim ZIYECH
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ796Mason BURSTOW
George HALL108Sandro TONALI
Keyendrah SIMMONDS11Callum HUDSON-ODOI
Manager
Nico GORDON12Mathias Jørgensen, ZANKA
Maduka OKOYE13Harry TYRER
Josh McEACHRAN14Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK
Ryan STIRK15Jude SOONSUP-BELL
Marcel OAKLEY16Bryan GIL Salvatierra

Birmingham City 1 Chelsea 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 20,886, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Clive PENTON 6, TV: highlights)
39 LongeloScorers4 Tonali, 71 Ziyech
Substitutions60 Christensen <=> Soonsup-Bell
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners3
10Fouls4
7Offsides5
5Shots on2
2Shots off14
7Total shots16
4Shots saved0
41%Possession59%
Man of the match: RODRYGO Silva de Goes
4GOAL!! TONALI hit a beautiful thirty yard shot past the stunned GOLLINI. (1-0 Chelsea)
10RODRYGO floated the ball to TONALI who touched it just wide.
13ZIYECH waltzed away from AZPILICUETA and poked a weak shot into the crowd.
27A pin-point pass bobbled toward ZIYECH and his right foot shot flew narrowly over.
29A great save prevented JUTKIEWICZ from scoring a good goal.
33HUDSON-ODOI snapped at an easy chance.
38RODRYGO beat AZPILICUETA and placed the ball to BURSTOW who pulled his shot wide.
39GOAL!! LONGELO waltzed forward, looked up and slammed a shot into the Chelsea net. (1-1)
39A poor shot from BURSTOW rolled agonisingly wide.
41ZIYECH ran onto a great ball from TONALI but blasted his effort wide of the goal.
44A corner was collected by HALL who touched an effort just beyond the far post.
45A free-kick from TONALI flew just wide.
 
53The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from JUTKIEWICZ.
56A penalty box scramble resulted in ZIYECH cracking the ball wide.
58TONALI made space on the left and dragged the ball to ZIYECH who touched the ball wide.
63A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled WILLIAMS to thump an effort over.
71GOAL!! A cross from WILLIAMS was flicked away by SUNJIC only for HUDSON-ODOI to drill the ball back into the box for ZIYECH to force into the net. (2-1 Chelsea)
72An exceptional effort from JUTKIEWICZ scraped the outside of the righthand post.
74JORGINHO beat four Birmingham City players and drove a golden opportunity wide.
80SUNJIC's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
84RICHARDS booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.
85ZIYECH was put clear by SOONSUP-BELL and he turned the 'keeper but glanced his shot over the bar.
90+1JUTKIEWICZ's shot beat the Chelsea 'keeper but rebounded off the Chelsea post.