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Commentary
7¹KROMKAMP given a yellow card by RUI CARLOS.
9¹The Crystal Palace 'keeper was able to block a powerful shot.
11¹A right foot shot from YAKIN was saved by the 'keeper.
19¹COLE worked the ball to JIMENEZ, DOWNING controlled his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the Crystal Palace 'keeper.
20¹A bad tackle on DAVIS by RODALLEGA results in a booking.
22¹GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with JIMENEZ firing the ball into the net. (1-0 Birmingham City)
39¹DAVIS booked for a clumsy foul.
41¹GOAL!! A lovely set-piece enabled DOWNING to tuck the ball into the net. (2-0 Birmingham City)
2²RODALLEGA red carded for a clumsy foul.
4²DOWNING ran onto a delightful ball from PARKER but dragged his shot wide.
5²PARKER made space on the left and pulled the ball to DOWNING who fired the ball wide.
6²A tame strike from KROMKAMP trickled agonisingly wide.
7²GOAL!! A delightful dummy from DIARRA allowed ALIADIÈRE to lay a low ball off to PARK who struck the ball home. (2-1 Birmingham City)
9²DAVIS placed a looping shot just wide from thirty yards out.
16²BURDISSO given a yellow card by the referee for a bad foul.
27²DOWNING was put clear by JIMENEZ and he dummied RÜSTÜ but glanced his shot over.
33²COLE chipped the ball to JIMENEZ who touched it wide.
34²A refined cross from PARKER was slammed goalbound by JIMENEZ only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
37²GOAL!! A cross from the left was headed down by JIMENEZ for YAKIN to score. (3-1 Birmingham City)
40²A delightful save prevented DAVIS from scoring an exceptional goal.
43²A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Birmingham City 'keeper.
44²COLE's header was well saved by the Crystal Palace 'keeper.

 
Crystal Palace
 
League position: 20
Home league form: WWXL
Overall league form: XWWXWLXL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)RÜSTÜ Reçber5½15½Tim DEASY
Jan KROMKAMP5½27½MELLI
Aaron DOWNES6½36 Sol DAVIS
Radoslav KOVÁC6 47½Scott PARKER(c)
Nicolás BURDISSO6 57 Anthony GARDNER
Sean DAVIS5½67 CLÁUDIO CAÇAPA
Jérémie ALIADIÈRE6½77 Luis JIMENEZ
PARK Ji-sung6 87½Stewart DOWNING
(p)Hugo RODALLEGA6½97½Carlton COLE(p)
(f)Drissa DIARRA5½107½Steed MALBRANQUE(f)
Marco DI VAIO6½117 Hakan YAKIN
Manager
Oleksandr MELASCHENKO  12  Goran LOVRÉ
Ulrich RAMÉ  13  Michael TONGE
Mark GILLESPIE  14  Benjamin LAUTH
Nicky FEATHERSTONE  15  Sammy IGOE
Craig KING  16  Wesley SONCK
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 24
Away league form: WLLL
Overall league form: XWLLLLLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Crystal Palace 1 Birmingham City 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 26,213, Stadium: Selhurst Park, Referee: Rui Carlos Madureira 8)

Park 7²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Jimenez 22¹, Downing 41¹, Yakin 37²
  
Rodallega 2² 
Kromkamp 7¹, Rodallega 20¹, Davis 39¹, Burdisso 16² 
417
154
33
211
210
421
07
33%67%
Man of the match: Scott Parker