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Commentary
A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Peterborough Utd 'keeper.
A free-kick from CANDREVA floated just wide.
GOAL!! On the right wing ASTORI collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for CASSANO to fire it home. (1-0 Birmingham City)
15¹CASSANO was put clear by IMMOBILE and he beat the Peterborough Utd 'keeper but rammed his shot just wide.
18¹CANDREVA fired the ball through a crowd of players but MUSLERA was a match for it as he dived to his right.
31¹TADIC beat MARCHISIO but tapped the ball into the arms of the Birmingham City 'keeper.
34¹GOAL!! A short backpass by LULIC enabled CANDREVA to run in and fire the ball past the 'keeper. (2-0 Birmingham City)
36¹GIGNAC charged through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at the Birmingham City 'keeper.
41¹IMMOBILE booked.
44¹The referee cautions OGBONNA for a bad foul.
MOTTA booked for a late tackle.
The motionless Peterborough Utd 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from LOMBAERTS dropped just over.
TADIC worked the ball to BENDER, TOPRAK collected his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of DE SANCTIS.
17²LUIS GUSTAVO hoofed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
18²CASSANO made space on the left and pulled the ball to IMMOBILE who clipped the ball over.
19²A accurate pass found IMMOBILE and his looping shot flew narrowly wide.
20²A lovely effort from NOLAN scraped the outside of the righthand post.
21²The 'keeper was able to palm clear a weak shot from NOLAN.
24²The ref books CASSANO.
28²GIGNAC flicked an easy chance past the near post.
29²The 'keeper blocked a refined shot from NOLAN.
34²GOAL!! As LUIS GUSTAVO was trying to hold back IMMOBILE the ball fell to CANDREVA who blasted the ball into the top corner. (3-0 Birmingham City)
42²The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from GIGNAC.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: -
Home league form: OWWW
Overall league form: LLOWWXWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Morgan DE SANCTIS1Nestor MUSLERA
Christian MAGGIO2DANILO Luiz
Angelo OGBONNA3Senad LULIC
Claudio MARCHISIO4Lars BENDER
Andrea BARZAGLI5Ömer TOPRAK
Davide ASTORI6Nicolas LOMBAERTS
Alberto AQUILANI7LUIS GUSTAVO Dias
Antonio CANDREVA8Dusan TADIC
(p)Ciro IMMOBILE9André-Pierre GIGNAC(p)
(f)Thiago MOTTA10Kevin NOLAN(c,f)
Antonio CASSANO11MEVLÜT Erdinç
Manager
Daniel OSVALDO  12  Steven PIENAAR
Paolo DE CEGLIE  13  Antonio MIRANTE
Emanuele GIACCHERINI  14Cristian TELLO
Paolo CANNAVARO  15  GÖKHAN Gönül
Lorenzo INSIGNE16  Fabricio COLOCCINI
 
Peterborough Utd
 
League position: 16
Away league form: LLWL
Overall league form: LXLXWLLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 3 Peterborough Utd 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 29,870, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Mark Halsey 7½)

Cassano 7¹, Candreva 34¹, Candreva 34²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
MaggioóInsigne 8²DaniloóTello 24²
  
Immobile 41¹, Ogbonna 44¹, Motta 0², Cassano 24² 
43
225
14
56
53
109
26
45%55%
Man of the match: Nestor Muslera