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Commentary
GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from PARKER rebounded off the the post and in the ensuing scramble the ball was headed into the net by COLE. (1-0 Birmingham City)
GARDNER booked for a late foul on TAIWO.
COLE was put clear by TONGE and he turned FIELDING but glanced his shot just wide.
A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
15¹OAKES saved a curling shot from GENTNER.
16¹GENTNER ran onto a wonderful ball from JUN but fumbled his shot wide of the goal.
23¹A free-kick from YAKIN went inches over.
25¹PARKER made space on the left and touched the ball to WICHNIAREK who touched the ball wide.
28¹A good effort from TONGE scraped the upright.
30¹GOAL!! An energetic REID ran down the left wing and pulled the ball back for CHAMAKH to drill home. (1-1)
32¹TONGE cautioned by the referee for a cynical challenge.
34¹GENTNER drove a right foot shot wide from long range.
34¹A tame strike from GENTNER rolled agonisingly wide.
35¹The 'keeper managed to claw away a powerful shot.
CHAMAKH's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Birmingham City woodwork.
A corner fell to CHAMAKH who flicked an effort wide.
COLE shot wide.
FIELDING did well to hold onto a powerful shot from COLE.
13²A shot from DEMEL held no problem for OAKES.
19²CHAMAKH booted the ball wide from just inside the area.
22²A accurate pass found GENTNER and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.
33²Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled ARZO to fire an effort over.
36²A great save prevented HAAS from scoring an exceptional goal.
45²A penalty box scramble resulted in PARKER driving the ball wide.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 21
Home league form: LWLW
Overall league form: XLXWLLWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Michael OAKES1Frank FIELDING
Bernt HAAS2Guy DEMEL(c)
Joleon LESCOTT3Taye TAIWO
Scott PARKER4Andy REID
Anthony GARDNER5Gary CAHILL
CLÁUDIO CAÇAPA6Gianni ZUIVERLOON
Sammy IGOE7SERKAN Balci
Michael TONGE8Christian GENTNER
(c,p)Artur WICHNIAREK9Marouane CHAMAKH(p)
(f)Carlton COLE10Tomás JUN(f)
Hakan YAKIN11Nelson VALDEZ
Manager
Robbie SAVAGE  12  David GIGLIOTTI
Benjamin LAUTH  13César ARZO
Jason ROBERTS  14  Mark WILSON
Sol DAVIS  15  Sébastien GRAX
Wesley SONCK16  Lee CROFT
 
Leyton Orient
 
League position: 18
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: XLLLWXLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 1 Leyton Orient 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 29,794, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Darren Drysdale 6)

Cole 4¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Chamakh 30¹
YakinóSonck 14²ChamakhóArzo 28²
  
Gardner 5¹, Tonge 32¹ 
52
96
23
45
67
1012
24
48%52%
Man of the match: Gary Cahill