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Commentary
2¹WISSA hit a looping shot inches wide from long range.
5¹OLISE ran onto a delightful ball from SABITZER but fired his shot wide.
7¹GOAL!! A nice run by ISCO on the left was capped by a wonderful cross which AJORQUE headed in at the near post. (1-0 Birmingham City)
8¹GOAL!! SIMEONE dribbled forward, glanced up and stroked a shot into the Birmingham City net. (1-1)
11¹A weak shot from JEONG trickled agonisingly wide.
12¹ISCO nodded the ball wide from the edge of the box.
25¹A accurate pass fell to SIMEONE and his looping shot raced narrowly over.
32¹A great effort from AJORQUE scraped the upright.
41¹MAKSIMOVIC made space on the right and touched the ball to AJORQUE who rasped the ball wide.
43¹JEONG headed just beyond the far post.
2²GOAL!! A patient Birmingham City side were rewarded with an accurate strike from ISCO. (2-1 Birmingham City)
6²Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled WISSA to crack the ball wide.
10²SABITZER rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
14²MAKSIMOVIC played the ball to ISCO who headed it over.
16²GOAL!! A great run from LONG gave MAKSIMOVIC space on the left and ISCO rifled in his pin-point pass. (3-1 Birmingham City)
20²DANILO beat two Birmingham City players and blasted an effort over.
24²A header by PASALIC at the far post was comfortably collected by SEPE.
31²ISCO was put clear by MAKSIMOVIC and he dummied the York City 'keeper but thrust his shot inches wide.
34²SIMEONE shot wide.
36²A penalty box scramble resulted in ISCO driving the ball over.
40²SIMEONE fluffed an easy chance.
42²WISSA pulled away from LO CELSO but blasted the ball into the arms of SEPE.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 22
Home league form: LLLW
Overall league form: LLLLLLWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Luigi SEPE7 17 Yassine BOUNOU
Enrico DEL PRATO7 26½MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
Dylan WILLIAMS7 37 Dusan TADIC
Giovani LO CELSO7½47 Marcel SABITZER
Michael KEANE7 56½NACHO
Kevin LONG7 67 DANILO Luiz
JEONG Sang-bin6½77 Michael OLISE(f)
(c)ISCO7½86½Filip KOSTIC
(p)Ludovic AJORQUE6½96½Giovanni SIMEONE(c,p)
(f)Nemanja MAKSIMOVIC7 107 Yoane WISSA
Josh COBURN6 115½Mario PASALIC
ManagerLes TOMBS
Todd CANTWELL  12  Alexandre LACAZETTE
Carl RUSHWORTH  13  Antonio ADÁN
Maksim PASKOTSI  14  Thorgan HAZARD
JOAN JORDÁN Moreno  15  Felix NMECHA
Ryan ANDREWS  16  Matt O'RILEY
 
York City
 
League position: 17
Away league form: WLLL
Overall league form: WLLLLLXL
Formation: 4-3-3
Birmingham City go through to the next round
Statistics
Birmingham City 3 York City 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 23,736, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Scott Mathieson 5½)

Ajorque 7¹, Isco 2², Isco 16²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Simeone 8¹
  
  
  
37
66
09
33
88
1111
01
57%43%
Man of the match: Giovani Lo Celso