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Commentary
MOUKOKO played the ball to MYKOLENKO who nodded it inches over.
10¹MOUKOKO booked for a clumsy tackle on HOFMANN.
12¹The ref yellow cards SARABIA for a clumsy challenge.
14¹PASVEER did well to hold onto a wicked shot from SAIBARI.
23¹The motionless PASVEER could only watch as a backpass from SARABIA dropped just over.
32¹An outswinging corner was turned into the arms of the Walsall 'keeper by NUSA.
35¹A shot from CHAMBERS was smothered by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
36¹TOMIYASU nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
KOVACIC booked.
10²A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming HENDERSON.
15²A penalty box meleé resulted in TETE knocking a low shot wide.
17²A fine ball from SAIBARI on the right was collected by NUSA who mishit his shot just wide.
23²A right foot effort from SAIBARI was pushed over by PASVEER.
25²A tame strike from BAAS trickled agonisingly wide.
26²CASEMIRO placed a looping shot just beyond the near post from twenty-five yards out.
29²NUSA's header was well saved by PASVEER.
31²GOAL!! Some good work by TETE on the right, left SOLANKE yards clear, and he dummied the 'keeper and blasted the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Birmingham City)
34²TOMIYASU shot over.
38²GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from SOLANKE struck the woodwork and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by NUSA. (2-0 Birmingham City)
39²The Birmingham City 'keeper stopped a neatly crafted shot from PAULINHO.
41²SOLANKE dribbled round SARABIA and rattled a tame shot wide.
43²MYKOLENKO headed wide.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 1
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: XWWWWWWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Dean HENDERSON1Remko PASVEER(c)
Kenny TETE2Takehiro TOMIYASU
Vitaliy MYKOLENKO3Luke CHAMBERS
(c)Mateo KOVACIC4Bryan CRISTANTE
Youri BAAS5Chris SMALLING
TOTI6Loubadhe SYLLA
Yankuba MINTEH7Jonas HOFMANN
Antonio NUSA8Pablo SARABIA
(p)Dominic SOLANKE9PAULINHO(p)
(f)Ismael SAIBARI10Carlos CASEMIRO(f)
Youssoufa MOUKOKO11Alassane PLÉA
Manager
Ronnie EDWARDS  12  GIOVANI Henrique
Maarten VANDEVOORDT  13RAFINHA
Kouadio KONÉ  14  Perr SCHUURS
PABLO TORRE Carral  15Jack CLARKE
Kacper URBANSKI  16  JOSÉ Manuel FONTÁN
 
Walsall
 
League position: 10
Away league form: LWWL
Overall league form: XLWLWLLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 2 Walsall 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 29,942, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Mick Russell 6)

Solanke 31², Nusa 38²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
 SmallingóClarke 31², ChambersóRafinha 32²
  
Moukoko 10¹, Kovacic 2²Sarabia 12¹
32
105
00
77
93
1610
57
51%49%
Man of the match: Mateo Kovacic