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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 6, season 21)
Birmingham City
v.
Sheffield Weds.
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Pierluigi GOLLINI61Thomas KAMINSKI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco2Ashley YOUNG
Emmanuel LONGELO638EMERSON PALMIERI dos Santos
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG748Jordan HENDERSON
Marc ROBERTS65Nicolas Alexis Julio N'KOULOU Ndoubena
Harlee DEAN67Joost VAN AKEN
Denis ZAKARIA777Jack STOBBS
Jordan GRAHAM787Adam LALLANA
Keyendrah SIMMONDS97Jordan RHODES
Ivan SUNJIC106Jürgen LOCADIA
Josh McEACHRAN6116Danny WELBECK
Manager
George FRIEND12Barry BANNAN
Maduka OKOYE13Bailey PEACOCK-FARRELL
Jordan JAMES14Lee GREGORY
Nico GORDON15Steven FLETCHER
George HALL16Fisayo DELE-BASHIRU

Birmingham City 0 Sheffield Weds. 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 20,672, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Dean WHITESTONE 7, TV: highlights)
Scorers14 Welbeck, 54 Locadia
Substitutions
Sendings off
90 DeanBookings
2Corners4
10Fouls5
7Offsides7
7Shots on11
3Shots off11
10Total shots22
7Shots saved9
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: Jordan HENDERSON
2A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Sheffield Weds. 'keeper.
6LALLANA fluffed a simple chance.
14GOAL!! A great dummy from STOBBS allowed HENDERSON to lay a nice ball off to WELBECK who glanced the ball into the net. (1-0 Sheffield Weds.)
17A corner was collected by MCEACHRAN who nodded the ball just beyond the near post.
19A pin-point pass was collected by YOUNG and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.
20A shot from VAN AKEN was kicked off the line by ROBERTS.
26A shot from YOUNG was smothered by the 'keeper.
28A brilliant shot from WELBECK was dealt with by a useful block from the Birmingham City 'keeper.
28GOLLINI dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Sheffield Weds.'s RHODES.
35GRAHAM's header was well saved by KAMINSKI.
37LALLANA waltzed round SUNJIC and flicked a tame shot over the bar.
 
48YOUNG fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
54GOAL!! A short clearance fell to EMERSON PALMIERI who sliced a shot goalward, luckily LOCADIA was on hand to crack the ball into the net. (2-0 Sheffield Weds.)
60The Sheffield Weds. 'keeper saved a refined shot from GRAHAM.
73YOUNG's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Birmingham City post.
74A shot from WELBECK held little difficulty for GOLLINI.
76KAMINSKI managed to claw away a wicked effort.
84ZAKARIA knocked the ball to GRAHAM who nodded it wide.
86YOUNG rifled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
87LALLANA worked the ball to EMERSON PALMIERI, RHODES controlled his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
89A lovely pass from HENDERSON, was hit goalbound by RHODES only for the Birmingham City 'keeper to block.
90DEAN booked by the referee for a clinical challenge.