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Commentary
A cross from POLITANO left GÜNTER in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
TOTI beat a number of Reading players and stroked a shot just wide.
A clever cross from MINTEH was hit goalbound by PABLO TORRE only for RULLI to claw away.
A twenty-five yard drive from KRUNIC caused the Birmingham City 'keeper little difficulty.
12¹SOLANKE knocked the ball to TILLMAN who forced it just beyond the near post.
19¹MORTON worked the ball to MINTEH, SOLANKE gathered his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of RULLI.
19¹LOUM N nutmegged TETE but tapped the ball into the arms of HENDERSON.
25¹LOUM N headed inches over.
26¹A shot from SOLANKE was smothered by the Reading 'keeper.
32¹An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of HENDERSON by LUCAS JOÃO.
32¹A shot from TILLMAN was booted off the line by KARSDORP.
33¹GOAL!! A patient Birmingham City side were rewarded with a fierce shot from MINTEH. (1-0 Birmingham City)
40¹A pin-point pass was collected by TILLMAN and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.
42¹GOAL!! A terrible clearance dropped to PABLO TORRE who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily SAIBARI was on hand to crack the ball into the back of the net. (2-0 Birmingham City)
A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled KARSDORP to hammer the ball just beyond the near post.
A penalty box scramble resulted in TILLMAN cracking the ball wide.
GOAL!! A mix up between MINGS and RULLI allowed TILLMAN to fire the ball into the empty net. (3-0 Birmingham City)
A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
10²POLITANO's shot was well saved by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
12²The Birmingham City 'keeper saved a beautiful effort from LUCAS JOÃO.
18²A poor challenge on MEITÉ by BAAS results in a booking.
32²GOAL!! A delightful run from BAAS gave MORTON space on the left and MOUKOKO rifled in his accurate pass. (4-0 Birmingham City)
36²A good ball from MINTEH on the left found SAIBARI who scuffed his shot wide.
42²MORTON made space on the left and pulled the ball to MINTEH who touched the ball wide.
45²A good effort from MOUKOKO scraped the outside of the post.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 6
Home league form: XWLW
Overall league form: WXWWLLWW
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Line-ups
Dean HENDERSON1Gerónimo RULLI
Kenny TETE2Rick KARSDORP
Vitaliy MYKOLENKO3Christian GÜNTER
PABLO TORRE Carral4WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO
Youri BAAS5Tyrone MINGS
(c)TOTI6JOSÉ Miguel FONTE(c)
Yankuba MINTEH7Rade KRUNIC
Tyler MORTON8Matteo POLITANO
(p)Dominic SOLANKE9LUCAS Eduardo JOÃO(p)
Ismael SAIBARI10Mamadou LOUM(f)
(f)Malik TILLMAN11Yakou MEITÉ
Luke MURRAYManager
Niels NKOUNKOU  12  Kane WILSON
Maarten VANDEVOORDT  13  Zack STEFFEN
Kacper URBANSKI  14  Harry CLIFTON
Antonio NUSA15  Andy CARROLL
Youssoufa MOUKOKO16  Omar RICHARDS
 
Reading
 
League position: 24
Away league form: LLL-
Overall league form: LXXLLLLO
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 4 Reading 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 30,077, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Goran Markov 7½)

Minteh 33¹, Saibari 42¹, Tillman 6², Moukoko 32²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
TillmanóNusa 25², SolankeóMoukoko 25² 
  
Baas 18² 
24
67
11
86
73
159
46
62%38%
Man of the match: Vitaliy Mykolenko