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Commentary
The 'keeper was able to block a wicked shot.
ALEX charged through the Blackburn Rovers defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
GOAL!! A quick-witted RENATO AUGUSTO pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (1-0 Birmingham City)
11¹GOAL!! After being forced wide GUARDADO was able to hammer the ball in from the tightest of angles. (1-1)
17¹A strike from GUARDADO held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
18¹The ref books BEREZUTSKY.
19¹A cross from KATSOURANIS left ROSSI in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
24¹A weak shot from GUARDADO trickled agonisingly wide.
26¹RENATO AUGUSTO waltzed past DEMICHELIS and flicked a poor shot over.
32¹RENATO AUGUSTO beat UJFALUSI and hit the ball to COMPPER who fumbled his shot wide.
33¹The 'keeper dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Blackburn Rovers's BALOTELLI.
34¹Uncertainty in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled CASSANI to fire the ball over.
36¹A penalty box scramble resulted in ALEX tapping the ball wide.
40¹An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the 'keeper by UJFALUSI.
DIARRA beat a number of Blackburn Rovers players and stroked a great chance wide.
ALEX's shot was well saved by the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
ALEX's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
16²GOAL!! After some useful play on the left ROSSI came inside and hit the ball into the roof of the net. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
17²A free-kick from RENATO AUGUSTO floated just beyond the near post.
18²ALEX ran onto a delightful ball from BARNETTA but blasted his shot wide.
19²GOAL!! A shot from ROSSI which the Birmingham City 'keeper was able to block seemed to have crossed the line and the ref gave the goal. (3-1 Blackburn Rovers)
28²PIRLO made space on the right and knocked the ball to PIZARRO who rasped the ball wide.
32²GOAL!! A long goal-kick from COMPPER caught the Blackburn Rovers defence napping and ALEX ran on to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (3-2 Blackburn Rovers)
32²A good effort from ROSSI scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
36²SIRIGU was able to palm clear a tame shot from GUARDADO.
40²A good ball from BEREZUTSKY on the right fell to REINARTZ who mishit his shot over the bar.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 16
Home league form: XWWW
Overall league form: LXLWXWLL
Formation: 3-2-4-1
Line-ups
Salvatore SIRIGU1EDUARDO dos Reis
Mattia CASSANI2Tomás UJFALUSI(c)
Demy DE ZEEUW3Salvatore BOCCHETTI
Alou DIARRA4Kostas KATSOURANIS
Marvin COMPPER5Andrea BARZAGLI
Vasili BEREZUTSKY6Martin DEMICHELIS
Tranquillo BARNETTA7Rodrigo TADDEI
ALEX8Andrés GUARDADO(f)
RENATO Soares AUGUSTO9Giuseppe ROSSI(p)
(c,f)Andrea PIRLO10Mario BALOTELLI
(p)Claudio PIZARRO11Kim KÄLLSTRÖM
Gary BirchManagerLee Haigh
Stefan REINARTZ12  André OOIJER
Marco STORARI  13  Vincenzo FIORILLO
Jeronimo CACAU  14  Matteo BRIGHI
Abel HERNÁNDEZ  15  Alessandro MATRI
Alberto LOPO  16  Alberto AQUILANI
 
Blackburn Rovers
 
League position: 20
Away league form: LLXL
Overall league form: LLLLLOXX
Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics
Birmingham City 2 Blackburn Rovers 3
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 29,849, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Phil Dowd 8)

Renato Augusto 7¹, Alex 32²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Guardado 11¹, Rossi 16², Rossi 19²
CassanióReinartz 10² 
  
Berezutsky 18¹ 
24
128
21
58
93
1411
25
57%43%
Man of the match: Demy de Zeeuw