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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 6, season 24)
Stoke City
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Adam DAVIES61Maduka OKOYE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Tom SPARROW62Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
Bruno MARTINS-INDI73Emmanuel LONGELO
Joe ALLEN4Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG
Ben WILMOT57Luke McNALLY
Danny BATTH66Tin PLAVOTIC
Fontaine Ndanu 'Julien' NGOY Bin Cibambi7Tyler BUREY
Xherdan SHAQIRI78Indiana VASSILEV
Tyrese CAMPBELL97Michael FREY
James McCLEAN6107Denis ZAKARIA
Scott HOGAN6116Sinclair ARMSTRONG
Manager
Ryan WOODS12Jordan JAMES
Jack BONHAM13Pierluigi GOLLINI
Connor TAYLOR14Marcel OAKLEY
Alex MIGHTEN15Marc ROBERTS
Louis THOMPSON16Nico GORDON

Stoke City 1 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 20,734, Stadium: bet365, Referee: Andy WOOLMER 7, TV: live)
25 HoganScorers3 Vassilev, 67 Frey
78 Ngoy <=> MightenSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings38 Zakaria, 42 Frey
1Corners3
18Fouls9
1Offsides3
2Shots on4
2Shots off7
4Total shots11
1Shots saved1
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG
3GOAL!! A curling inswinging corner was nodded in at the far post by VASSILEV. (1-0 Birmingham City)
9SHAQIRI fluffed an easy chance.
21A twenty yard shot from FREY caused DAVIES no problem.
23VASSILEV was put clear by BUREY and he dummied the Stoke City 'keeper but struck his shot wide.
25GOAL!! A nice run by ALLEN on the left was capped by a wonderful cross which HOGAN fired in at the far post. (1-1)
31A accurate pass was collected by ZAKARIA and his right foot effort raced narrowly wide.
32A fine ball from ALLEN on the left bobbled toward MCCLEAN who sliced his effort inches wide.
37Uncertainty in the Stoke City defence enabled FREY to hammer an effort just beyond the far post.
38ZAKARIA receives a yellow card by WOOLMER for a high challenge.
42FREY booked.
 
48A lovely effort from VASSILEV scraped the woodwork.
51HØJBJERG made space on the right and knocked the ball to ZAKARIA who rasped the ball over.
58NGOY's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Birmingham City crossbar.
64A right foot effort from ZAKARIA was blocked by DAVIES.
67GOAL!! A VASSILEV run down the left resulted in a lovely cross for FREY to drill in. (2-1 Birmingham City)
79A penalty box scramble resulted in VASSILEV driving the ball over.
90VASSILEV shot wide.