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Commentary
GOAL!! A one-handed save from the Birmingham City 'keeper enabled OTAVIO to lob the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Sheffield United)
A poor challenge gets KOVACIC a yellow card.
10¹GOAL!! A wonderful drive from OTAVIO was pushed away by the 'keeper only as far as PARTEY who lashed the ball past the stranded Birmingham City 'keeper. (2-0 Sheffield United)
12¹ØSTIGÅRD ran onto a great ball from PARTEY but fired his shot wide.
15¹BAAS flicked an easy chance past the righthand post.
18¹SOLANKE's shot was well saved by CHRISTENSEN.
20¹GOAL!! After a good build-up MINTEH drove the ball past CHRISTENSEN. (2-1 Sheffield United)
23¹A delightful shot from NUSA was dealt with by a useful parry from the 'keeper.
26¹A corner fell to PARTEY who touched the ball wide.
35¹The stunned CHRISTENSEN was all agog as a backpass from ØSTIGÅRD dropped just wide.
40¹TILLMAN beat OTAVIO and placed the ball to NUSA who fumbled his shot wide.
41¹SOLANKE booked for a bad challenge on OTAVIO.
NUSA charged through the Sheffield United defence but shot straight at CHRISTENSEN.
GOAL!! After KOVACIC was pulled to the ground the ref waved play-on and NUSA went on to easily score. (2-2)
12²Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled PARTEY to hit the ball just beyond the near post.
13²HAYWOOD gave KOVACIC a second yellow card for a clumsy foul on ICARDI.
17²MYKOLENKO booked by the ref for a cynical tackle.
22²GOAL!! A long clearance by the Sheffield United 'keeper beat the Birmingham City defence and LEWIS stroked the ball past the oncoming HENDERSON. (3-2 Sheffield United)
31²The referee yellow cards CHRISTENSEN for a poor challenge.
32²GOAL!! A foul on SOLANKE inside the area gave Birmingham City a penalty which NUSA made look easy. (3-3)
39²A free-kick from SESSEGNON went wide.
43²TOTI booked for a late tackle.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 2
Home league form: LWWW
Overall league form: WLWWXWLO
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Line-ups
Dean HENDERSON1Oliver CHRISTENSEN
Kenny TETE2Rico LEWIS
Vitaliy MYKOLENKO3Ryan SESSEGNON
Kouadio KONÉ4LUCAS PAQUETÁ
Youri BAAS5Leo ØSTIGÅRD
TOTI6Christopher WOOH
Yankuba MINTEH7Cole PALMER
(c)Mateo KOVACIC8OTAVIO Edmilson
Dominic SOLANKE9Mauro ICARDI(p)
(f)Malik TILLMAN10Thomas PARTEY(c,f)
(p)Antonio NUSA11Ángel CORREA
Luke MURRAYManager
MATHEUS MARTINS Silva  12  YUNUS Akgün
Maarten VANDEVOORDT  13  Stefan BAJIC
Ismael SAIBARI  14  Tyrell MALACIA
PABLO TORRE Carral  15  Kalvin PHILLIPS
Karim KONATÉ16  Youri REGEER
 
Sheffield United
 
League position: 9
Away league form: LWWW
Overall league form: OLLWWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 3 Sheffield United 3
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 30,040, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Mark Haywood 7½)

Minteh 20¹, Nusa 3², Nusa 32² (pen)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Otavio 4¹, Partey 10¹, Lewis 22²
TillmanóKonaté 23² 
Kovacic 13² 
Kovacic 8¹, Solanke 41¹, Mykolenko 17², Toti 43²Christensen 31²
311
139
62
73
49
1112
40
43%57%
Man of the match: Vitaliy Mykolenko