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Commentary
A great effort from WELBECK scraped the outside of the post.
11¹An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of the Birmingham City 'keeper by PELUPESSY.
14¹ZAKARIA made space on the left and dragged the ball to FREY who touched the ball over.
17¹A delightful shot from DELE-BASHIRU was dealt with by a fine parry from OKOYE.
19¹PELUPESSY rattled a simple chance past the near post.
22¹GOAL!! A nice run by HØJBJERG on the left was capped by a great cross which VASSILEV fired in at the near post. (1-0 Birmingham City)
22¹The referee books AZPILICUETA for a cynical foul.
24¹A neatly crafted cross from DELE-BASHIRU was hit goalbound by LINGARD only for the Birmingham City 'keeper to claw away.
28¹GOAL!! After being forced wide VASSILEV was able to ram the ball in from the tightest of angles. (2-0 Birmingham City)
37¹ONUACHU worked the ball to DELE-BASHIRU, HENDERSON collected his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
42¹HØJBJERG beat NETO BORGES and blasted the ball to LONGELO who pulled his shot wide.
43¹GOAL!! An inswinging corner nodded out by HØJBJERG was lashed into the back of the net by WELBECK. (2-1 Birmingham City)
46¹The 'keeper was able to palm clear a powerful effort.
12²DELE-BASHIRU's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
15²WELBECK stepped inside VASSILEV but hit the ball into the arms of the Birmingham City 'keeper.
21²The stunned 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from VAN AKEN fell just wide.
22²PELUPESSY beat three Birmingham City players and blasted an effort over.
28²A shot from LINGARD was booted off the line by PLAVOTIC.
32²A useful ball from N'KOULOU on the right was collected by STOBBS who mishit his shot over.
33²A twenty-five yard shot from N'KOULOU caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
36²VASSILEV waltzed round PELUPESSY and poked a tame shot past the post.
41²NETO BORGES hit a left foot shot over the bar from twenty yards out.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 15
Home league form: LW--
Overall league form: LLLXWWL-
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Maduka OKOYE1Thomas KAMINSKI
(c)Cesar AZPILICUETA2Joey PELUPESSY
Emmanuel LONGELO3NETO BORGES
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG4Jordan HENDERSON
Luke McNALLY5Joost VAN AKEN
Tin PLAVOTIC6Nicolas N'KOULOU
Tyler BUREY7Jack STOBBS
Indiana VASSILEV8Jesse LINGARD
(p)Michael FREY9Paul ONUACHU(p)
(f)Denis ZAKARIA10Fisayo DELE-BASHIRU(f)
Sinclair ARMSTRONG11Danny WELBECK(c)
Manager
Jordan JAMES  12  Julian BÖRNER
Pierluigi GOLLINI  13  Pierce CHARLES
Ivan SUNJIC  14  Marvin JOHNSON
Josh McEACHRAN15  Josh WINDASS
George HALL  16  Barry BANNAN
 
Sheffield Weds.
 
League position: 13
Away league form: LX--
Overall league form: XWLXXLW-
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 2 Sheffield Weds. 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 24,208, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Phil Crossley 7½)

Vassilev 22¹, Vassilev 28¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Welbeck 43¹
FreyóMcEachran 14² 
  
Azpilicueta 22¹ 
11
67
57
312
58
820
010
43%57%
Man of the match: Jordan Henderson