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Commentary
A free-kick from KONATÉ raced inches over.
A bad foul on MINTEH by LUCAS PAQUETÁ results in a booking.
16¹CHRISTENSEN managed to block a fierce shot.
16¹PRZESMYCKI books CORREA for a poor tackle.
24¹TILLMAN was put clear by TETE and he beat CHRISTENSEN but drilled his shot just beyond the far post.
25¹GOAL!! DUBOIS brought the ball forward, looked up and thundered a shot into the Birmingham City net. (1-0 Sheffield United)
30¹PARTEY headed inches over.
33¹GOAL!! A block from the 'keeper enabled TILLMAN to force the ball into the empty net. (1-1)
36¹PARTEY booked for a cynical foul.
37¹A clumsy foul gets OTAVIO a yellow card.
45¹GOAL!! A tame shot from SOLANKE seemed to hold little difficulty for the Sheffield United 'keeper but the ball somehow bobbled into the net. (2-1 Birmingham City)
A good effort from KOVACIC scraped the woodwork.
GOAL!! A tackle from CORREA gave Birmingham City a free-kick on the edge of the area which KONATÉ blasted past the 'keeper. (3-1 Birmingham City)
11²SAIBARI beat SESSEGNON and fired the ball to MINTEH who fumbled his effort wide.
20²A corner found PARTEY who touched the ball wide.
26²OTAVIO red carded for a bad tackle he had already received a yellow card earlier in the match.
27²TILLMAN made space on the right and touched the ball to MINTEH who fired the ball wide.
30²GOAL!! A corner flew through the penalty area and ICARDI fumbled the ball into his own net. (4-1 Birmingham City)
35²Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled LUCAS PAQUETÁ to hit the ball just wide.
37²ICARDI knocked the ball to LUCAS PAQUETÁ who forced it inches wide.
38²FOFANA kicked the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
42²A penalty box scramble resulted in BAAS cracking the ball over.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 1
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: WWWWWWXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Dean HENDERSON1Oliver CHRISTENSEN
Kenny TETE2Léo DUBOIS
Vitaliy MYKOLENKO3Ryan SESSEGNON
(c)Mateo KOVACIC4LUCAS PAQUETÁ
Youri BAAS5Wesley FOFANA
TOTI6Leo ØSTIGÅRD
Yankuba MINTEH7YUNUS Akgün
Malik TILLMAN8OTAVIO Edmilson
(p)Dominic SOLANKE9Mauro ICARDI(p)
(f)Ismael SAIBARI10Thomas PARTEY(c,f)
Karim KONATÉ11Ángel CORREA
Manager
Kouadio KONÉ  12  Ethan AMPADU
Maarten VANDEVOORDT  13  Stefan BAJIC
PABLO TORRE Carral14  Salim BEN SEGHIR
Antonio NUSA  15  Ismaël GHARBI
Oumar DIAKITE  16  Éric DINA EBIMBE
 
Sheffield United
 
League position: 7
Away league form: WLWW
Overall league form: LWLXWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Birmingham City go through to the next round
Statistics
Birmingham City 4 Sheffield United 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 29,957, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Zbigniew Przesmycki 7½)

Tillman 33¹, Solanke 45¹, Konaté 6², Icardi 30² (og)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Dubois 25¹
KovacicóPablo Torre 35² 
 Otavio 26²
 Lucas Paquetá 9¹, Correa 16¹, Partey 36¹, Otavio 37¹
63
820
05
104
117
2111
52
54%46%
Man of the match: Yunus Akgün