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Commentary
CANTWELL's shot was well saved by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
A cross from BELLINGHAM left CHONG in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
A delightful save prevented CHONG from scoring a great goal.
10¹GOAL!! Birmingham City were awarded a penalty after a foul on WILLIAMS and ESTUPIÑÁN put it past the Oxford United 'keeper sending him the wrong way. (1-0 Birmingham City)
13¹WILLIAMS headed inches wide.
14¹A poor shot from O'MAHONY rolled agonisingly wide.
20¹CANTWELL beat FRIEND but hit the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
22¹SELVIK saved a glorious shot from O'MAHONY.
25¹A neatly crafted pass from O'MAHONY was blasted goalbound by RÚBEN RODRIGUES only for SELVIK to palm clear.
29¹RÚBEN RODRIGUES booked by the ref.
33¹A penalty box meleé resulted in CHONG tapping the ball over.
37¹A strike from JAMES held little difficulty for the Oxford United 'keeper.
39¹A shot from DIJKSTEEL was smothered by SELVIK.
47¹The stunned 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from DIJKSTEEL fell just over.
A corner found O'MAHONY who forced an effort just wide.
ESTUPIÑÁN ran onto a wonderful ball from BELLINGHAM but blasted his shot wide of the lefthand post.
O'MAHONY rattled a simple chance past the far post.
O'MAHONY was put clear by OMOBAMIDELE and he raced past the Birmingham City 'keeper but struck his shot wide.
21²A accurate pass bobbled toward DIJKSTEEL and his looping shot went narrowly over.
21²A lovely effort from GOOCH scraped the woodwork.
23²A poor tackle gets O'MAHONY a yellow card.
36²The Oxford United 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce drive from Birmingham City's ESTUPIÑÁN.
39²SELVIK managed to block a powerful shot.
44²MILLER's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Birmingham City crossbar.
46²WILLIAMS played the ball to ESTUPIÑÁN who turned it wide.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: -
Home league form: WLWW
Overall league form: LWWLLWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Egil SELVIK1Fraser FORSTER(c)
(c)Maxime COLIN2Anfernee DIJKSTEEL
George FRIEND3Rhys NORRINGTON-DAVIES
Jobe BELLINGHAM4Cameron BRANNAGAN
Nico GORDON5Andrew OMOBAMIDELE
Marc ROBERTS6Sondre LANGÅS
Josh WILLIAMS7Lynden GOOCH
Tahith CHONG8Todd CANTWELL
(p)Óscar ESTUPIÑÁN9Mark O'MAHONY(p)
(f)Jordan JAMES10Jayden FEVRIER(f)
Scott HOGAN11RÚBEN da Rocha RODRIGUES
Manager
Niall HUGGINS  12  Steve SEDDON
Milos VESIC  13  Ivor PANDUR
Marcel OAKLEY  14Lewis MILLER
Ivan SUNJIC  15  Matty TAYLOR
Juninho BACUNA  16  Djavan ANDERSON
 
Oxford United
 
League position: 5
Away league form: LWLL
Overall league form: WLWWOLXL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 1 Oxford United 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 17,738, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Aris Galanopoulos 7½)

Estupiñán 10¹ (pen)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
 Norrington-DaviesóMiller 11²
  
 Rúben Rodrigues 29¹, O'Mahony 23²
79
317
32
47
66
1013
25
54%46%
Man of the match: Todd Cantwell