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Commentary
The 'keeper dived to his left to stop an accurate shot from Tranmere Rovers's NAMASO.
A corner bobbled toward GRAY who flicked the ball over.
FREY booked for an off-the-ball incident.
13¹The hapless Tranmere Rovers 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from NDIAYE fell just over.
13¹NAMASO ran onto a great ball from NDIAYE but fumbled his effort wide.
19¹GOAL!! A long ball from BENSON down the middle was collected by the lurking MAHONEY who drilled a left foot shot in off the post. (1-0 Tranmere Rovers)
25¹A late tackle gets LONGELO a yellow card.
34¹A drive from NAMASO seemed a certain goal but the Birmingham City 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
34¹ZAKARIA charged through the Tranmere Rovers defence but shot straight at POPE.
36¹GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled WALKER-PETERS to drill the ball into the back of the net. (2-0 Tranmere Rovers)
38¹FREY rushed a simple chance.
42¹VASSILEV booked by HORWOOD for a high tackle.
43¹A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled SONNE to thump an effort wide.
NAMASO nodded the ball wide from the edge of the box.
A penalty box scramble resulted in FREY driving a low shot wide.
14²MURPHY beat two Birmingham City players and slammed a golden opportunity over.
18²ARMSTRONG brought the ball away from NDIAYE and poked a poor shot over.
22²A wonderful save prevented ARMSTRONG from scoring a great goal.
25²MAHONEY booked for a poor tackle.
27²A header by ARMSTRONG at the far post was comfortably collected by the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper.
28²A weak strike from FREY trickled agonisingly wide.
31²VASSILEV drilled a right foot shot just beyond the near post from twenty-five yards out.
35²The Birmingham City 'keeper parried a lovely shot from NAMASO.
36²VASSILEV headed wide.
37²GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with FREY striking the ball into the roof of the net. (2-1 Tranmere Rovers)

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 6
Home league form: W---
Overall league form: XWWL----
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Maduka OKOYE1Nick POPE(c)
(c)Cesar AZPILICUETA2Oliver SONNE
Emmanuel LONGELO3Konstantinos TSIMIKAS
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG4Papa NDIAYE
Luke McNALLY5Tyrone MINGS
Tin PLAVOTIC6Kyle WALKER-PETERS
Tyler BUREY7Jacob MURPHY
Indiana VASSILEV8Connor MAHONEY
(p)Michael FREY9Danny NAMASO(p)
(f)Denis ZAKARIA10Manuel BENSON(f)
Sinclair ARMSTRONG11Andre GRAY
Manager
Jordan JAMES  12  RÚBEN Gonçalo VINAGRE
Pierluigi GOLLINI  13 
Ivan SUNJIC  14Cameron HUMPHREYS
Josh McEACHRAN  15  Jay DASILVA
George HALL  16  Tom LEES
 
Tranmere Rovers
 
League position: 5
Away league form: X---
Overall league form: XLWW----
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 1 Tranmere Rovers 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 28,358, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Graham Horwood 5½)

Frey 37²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Mahoney 19¹, Walker-Peters 36¹
 MingsóHumphreys 19²
  
Frey 9¹, Longelo 25¹, Vassilev 42¹Mahoney 25²
61
812
56
45
75
1110
33
48%52%
Man of the match: Konstantinos Tsimikas