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Commentary
GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled PAVLYUCHENKO to run through the Everton defence and score. (1-0 Birmingham City)
FRINGS booked.
A twenty yard drive from RODWELL caused the 'keeper no problem.
20¹GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled DIEGO to slip the ball into the back of the net. (1-1)
25¹A delightful shot from RAÚL was dealt with by a useful stop from the 'keeper.
30¹An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of the 'keeper by AGÜERO.
37¹The Birmingham City 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from RAÚL.
38¹RAÚL dribbled past ÉDERSON and stabbed a weak shot over.
41¹Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled SILVA to fire an effort over the bar.
PAULO FERREIRA poked a simple chance past the far post.
RAÚL hit a right foot shot over the bar from just outside the area.
A wonderful save prevented HITZLSPERGER from scoring an exceptional goal.
PAVLYUCHENKO headed inches wide.
13²FORLÁN touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Everton 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
13²DEAN books PAVLYUCHENKO for a high challenge.
17²DIEGO raced past SKRTEL but fired the ball into the arms of the Birmingham City 'keeper.
21²RAÚL ran onto a delightful ball from RODWELL but fumbled his shot wide.
24²PAVLYUCHENKO beat two Everton players and slammed a shot wide.
26²A great effort from FORLÁN scraped the woodwork.
35²A useful ball from HITZLSPERGER on the right found PAVLYUCHENKO who sliced his shot just beyond the far post.
37²RAÚL was put clear by SILVA and he beat the Birmingham City 'keeper but glanced his shot just beyond the near post.
40²GOAL!! AGÜERO drove a powerful shot against the woodwork with RAÚL tapping in the rebound. (2-1 Everton)

 
Everton
 
League position: 4
Home league form: WLWL
Overall league form: WLWLLWWW
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Gianluigi BUFFON1Shay GIVEN
Daniele BONERA2Arne FRIEDRICH
MARCELO Vieira3Wayne BRIDGE
RAFINHA4Torsten FRINGS(c)
(c)Fabio CANNAVARO5Martin SKRTEL
Jack RODWELL6PAULO Renato FERREIRA
Tranquillo BARNETTA7JUNINHO(f)
(f)DIEGO Ribas8Thomas HITZLSPERGER
(p)Sergio AGÜERO9Roman PAVLYUCHENKO
RAÚL González10ÉDERSON Honorato
David SILVA11Diego FORLÁN(p)
Shane D'IGNAZIOManagerGavin Loftus
MAXWELL Scherer  12  Sebastian LARSSON
Daniel AGGER  13  Allan McGREGOR
John KISSOCK14  Mauro ZÁRATE
Edin DZEKO15  Artur KRYSIAK
Aidan DOWNES  16  Peter CROUCH
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 13
Away league form: LWLX
Overall league form: LLWWLLLX
Formation: 4-1-3-2

Statistics
Everton 2 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 50,900, Stadium: Goodison Park, Referee: Mike Dean 6)

Diego 20¹, Raúl 40²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Pavlyuchenko 2¹
BoneraóKissock 25², RodwellóDzeko 25² 
  
 Frings 5¹, Pavlyuchenko 13²
47
149
66
95
77
1612
74
47%53%
Man of the match: Arne Friedrich