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Commentary
An exceptional effort from SOLANKE scraped the outside of the righthand post.
An exceptional strike from TAYLOR was dealt with by a good parry from the 'keeper.
NUSA waltzed away from DOWNES and flicked a poor shot into the crowd.
A accurate pass was collected by MYKOLENKO and his deadly shot raced narrowly wide.
14¹A useful ball from KONÉ on the right bobbled toward MINTEH who sliced his shot over the bar.
21¹MINTEH booked.
24¹SOLANKE shot wide.
31¹SOLANKE's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Blackburn Rovers crossbar.
31¹The referee yellow cards TILLMAN.
32¹MINTEH kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.
37¹GOAL!! A delightful drive from KONÉ was pushed away by the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper only as far as MYKOLENKO who slammed the ball past the stranded Blackburn Rovers 'keeper. (1-0 Birmingham City)
39¹TETE was put clear by KONÉ and he raced past TURNER but glanced his shot wide.
41¹A cross from NUSA left TETE in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
42¹TAYLOR's shot was well saved by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper saved a glorious effort from NUSA.
20²TAYLOR beat KOVACIC and drove the ball to KIWIOR who pulled his effort wide.
25²A lovely cross from KOVACIC was slammed goalbound by MINTEH only for TURNER to block.
31²A tame strike from KONÉ rolled agonisingly wide.
33²MINTEH rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
39²A clumsy challenge gets BAAS a yellow card.
41²KONÉ made space on the right and knocked the ball to KOVACIC who touched the ball over.
44²DOWNES ran onto a delightful ball from DOLAN but hit his shot wide.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 2
Home league form: XLWW
Overall league form: XWLWWXWL
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Line-ups
Dean HENDERSON1Matt TURNER(c)
Kenny TETE2Lewis TRAVIS
Vitaliy MYKOLENKO3Jakub KIWIOR
Kouadio KONÉ4James GARNER
Youri BAAS5Chrislain MATSIMA
TOTI6Wesley HOEDT
Yankuba MINTEH7Tyrhys DOLAN
(c)Mateo KOVACIC8Kenneth TAYLOR
Dominic SOLANKE9Sam GALLAGHER(p)
(f)Malik TILLMAN10Flynn DOWNES(f)
(p)Antonio NUSA11Adam ARMSTRONG
Luke MURRAYManager
MATHEUS MARTINS Silva  12  Ben WHITEMAN
Maarten VANDEVOORDT  13  Aynsley PEARS
Ismael SAIBARI  14  David WOLFE
PABLO TORRE Carral15  Jake BIDWELL
Karim KONATÉ16  Tyler BINDON
 
Blackburn Rovers
 
League position: 19
Away league form: LXLL
Overall league form: XLLXLWLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 1 Blackburn Rovers 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 29,949, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Roger Freestone 7½)

Mykolenko 37¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
TillmanóPablo Torre 25², SolankeóKonaté 25² 
  
Minteh 21¹, Tillman 31¹, Baas 39² 
12
817
01
53
144
197
43
49%51%
Man of the match: Kenny Tete