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Commentary
2¹A strike from ARTHUR held no problem for BRKIC.
2¹A twenty yard drive from GIOVANI caused the 'keeper no problem.
4¹The ref books MORRISON for violent conduct against PAPASTATHOPOULOS.
6¹SHISHKIN poked an easy chance past the near post.
7¹A lovely effort from IMMOBILE scraped the outside of the righthand post.
8¹A weak strike from SAN JOSE trickled agonisingly wide.
9¹GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with MAGHOMA striking the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Birmingham City)
12¹LEGZDINS dived to his left to block a fierce shot from Rochdale's GOUFFRAN.
19¹GOAL!! A neat one-two left ALEX TEIXEIRA clear and he made no mistake by instinctively lobbing the ball beyond the oncoming 'keeper. (1-1)
32¹GOAL!! A long goal-kick from PAPASTATHOPOULOS caught the Birmingham City defence square and LONG raced through to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (2-1 Rochdale)
38¹POGATETZ shot over.
44¹The 'keeper managed to palm clear a wicked effort.
3²A shot from GOUFFRAN seemed a certain goal but LEGZDINS managed to palm the ball away.
7²ARTHUR beat SHISHKIN and whacked the ball to MAGHOMA who dragged his shot wide.
8²ARTHUR floated the ball to MAGHOMA who forced it wide.
14²ALEX TEIXEIRA beat two Birmingham City players and drove a shot just wide.
22²The ref books POGATETZ.
29²GOUFFRAN given a yellow card for a poor foul.
36²An outswinging corner was touched into the arms of the Birmingham City 'keeper by ALEX TEIXEIRA.
37²GOAL!! After being forced wide IMMOBILE was able to drive the ball in from the tightest of angles. (2-2)
43²GLEESON galloped through the Rochdale defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
45²The stunned 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from PAPASTATHOPOULOS dropped just wide.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 16
Home league form: WXLX
Overall league form: WWXXWXLX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Adam LEGZDINS6 16½Zeljko BRKIC
Jonathan SPECTOR7 27½Roman SHISHKIN
Jonathan GROUNDS6 36½Emanuel POGATETZ
Alberto AQUILANI7½47½Mikel SAN JOSE
(c)Paolo CANNAVARO7 57 Sokratis PAPASTATHOPOULOS
Michael MORRISON6½67 Matías SILVESTRE(c)
Koby ARTHUR6 77 GIOVANI dos Santos
Jacques MAGHOMA6 87½ALEX TEIXEIRA
(p)Ciro IMMOBILE7 97 Yoan GOUFFRAN(p)
(f)Robert TESCHE6 106 Oliver BURKE(f)
Ché ADAMS6 116 Shane LONG
Manager
David COTTERILL  12  Donal McDERMOTT
Connal TRUEMAN  13  Conrad LOGAN
Clayton DONALDSON  14  Jean-Armel KANA-BIYIK
JOTA  15  Florent HADERGJONAJ
Stephen GLEESON6 16  Jamie ALLEN
 
Rochdale
 
League position: 2
Away league form: WWLX
Overall league form: WWWWXWOL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 2 Rochdale 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 29,835, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Tony Bates 7½)

Maghoma 9¹, Immobile 37²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Alex Teixeira 19¹, Long 32¹
TescheóGleeson 28² 
  
Morrison 4¹Pogatetz 22², Gouffran 29²
21
1510
12
78
75
1413
54
45%55%
Man of the match: Alex Teixeira