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Commentary
REED cautions GORDON for dangerous play against WOODS.
McCLEAN beat JAMES but blasted the ball into the arms of OKOYE.
16¹BUREY worked the ball to JUTKIEWICZ, VASSILEV collected his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the Stoke City 'keeper.
20¹NGOY stormed through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at the Birmingham City 'keeper.
22¹A shot from ARMSTRONG held little difficulty for the Stoke City 'keeper.
24¹GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of JAMES who hit the ball past the helpless BUTLAND. (1-0 Birmingham City)
25¹CAMPBELL headed wide.
28¹A penalty box meleé resulted in NGOY knocking the ball wide.
36¹MARTINS-INDI whacked a looping shot inches over from just outside the area.
LONGELO shot wide.
A shot from LONGELO was smothered by the Stoke City 'keeper.
11²BUREY knocked the ball to McNALLY who forced it wide.
13²The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from VASSILEV.
23²SPARROW stroked a simple chance past the near post.
28²The 'keeper was able to block a tame shot from SPARROW.
30²CAMPBELL nodded the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
31²GORDON beat two Stoke City players and blasted a shot over.
35²WOODS ran onto a wonderful ball from McCLEAN but fired his effort wide.
36²A neatly crafted pass from JUTKIEWICZ was lashed goalbound by McNALLY only for BUTLAND to palm clear.
38²A mix up in the Stoke City defence enabled DEAN to thump an effort just beyond the far post.
42²A free-kick from LONGELO flew wide.
46²A twenty-five yard drive from McCLEAN caused the Birmingham City 'keeper little difficulty.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 1
Home league form: WLWW
Overall league form: WWLWWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Maduka OKOYE1Jack BUTLAND(c)
(c)Cesar AZPILICUETA2Tom SPARROW
Emmanuel LONGELO3Bruno MARTINS-INDI
Denis ZAKARIA4Joe ALLEN
Luke McNALLY5Ben WILMOT
Nico GORDON6Danny BATTH
Tyler BUREY7James McCLEAN
Indiana VASSILEV8Julien NGOY
(p)Sinclair ARMSTRONG9Tyrese CAMPBELL(p)
(f)Jordan JAMES10Ryan WOODS(f)
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ11Scott HOGAN
Manager
Marc ROBERTS  12  Nick POWELL
Pierluigi GOLLINI  13  Adam DAVIES
Harlee DEAN14  Tom EDWARDS
Josh McEACHRAN  15  Connor TAYLOR
Odin BAILEY  16  Louis THOMPSON
 
Stoke City
 
League position: 18
Away league form: XLLW
Overall league form: XLWLLWWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 1 Stoke City 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 31,185, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Mike Reed 5½)

James 24¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
AzpilicuetaóDean 33² 
  
Gordon 8¹ 
72
417
25
86
77
1513
76
60%40%
Man of the match: Denis Zakaria