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Commentary
A shot from DI NATALE held little difficulty for QUIM.
MILITO was put clear by YAKUBU and he pulled away from QUIM but rammed his shot wide.
MASCHERANO played the ball to HUNTELAAR who turned it inches over.
10¹A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming AMELIA.
11¹The 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely drive from Birmingham City's HUNTELAAR.
27¹An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by HITZLSPERGER.
32¹FRAU raced past POGATETZ but placed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
38¹A wonderful save prevented OKAN from scoring a great goal.
40¹OKAN steamed through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
44¹DYER booked for a clumsy foul.
The ref books JAGIELKA for a poor foul.
HITZLSPERGER clipped the ball through a ruck of players but QUIM was a match for it as he dived to his left.
12²A great effort from DI NATALE scraped the top of the crossbar.
14²A shot from MASCHERANO was smothered by QUIM.
15²A header by KOLKKA at the far post was easily collected by AMELIA.
17²A right foot shot from OKAN was stopped by AMELIA.
19²HITZLSPERGER fluffed an easy chance.
21²PIERRE booked by the referee.
22²The referee cautions KOLKKA.
26²QUIM did well to hold onto a wicked shot from HUNTELAAR.
30²GOAL!! A free-kick was punched clear by QUIM, MASCHERANO was first to the loose ball and knocked the ball to HUNTELAAR to tuck home. (1-0 Birmingham City)
32²MASCHERANO made space on the left and touched the ball to HUNTELAAR who fired the ball wide.

 
Chelsea
 
League position: 4
Home league form: W---
Overall league form: WW------
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
QUIM1Marco AMELIA
(c)Tomás UJFALUSI2Luke YOUNG
Andrew DAVIES3Gabriel MILITO
Danny MURPHY4Javier MASCHERANO
Phil JAGIELKA5Martin DEMICHELIS
Jean-Jacques PIERRE6Emanuel POGATETZ
Pierre-Alain FRAU7Alejandro ALONSO
Joonas KOLKKA8Thomas HITZLSPERGER
(p)OKAN Yilmaz9Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR(p)
(f)Kieron DYER10Aiyegbeni YAKUBU(f)
GEÍLSON de Carvalho11Antonio DI NATALE(c)
Manager
Chris BURKE  12  Fernando CAVENAGHI
Carlo CUDICINI  13  Juan CARRIZO
Craig EASTMOND14Mathieu FLAMINI
Paul HARTLEY  15  DAVID LÓPEZ Moreno
Dianbobo BALDÉ  16  Damien JOHNSON
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 17
Away league form: L---
Overall league form: LX------
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Chelsea 0 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 50,275, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Gheorghe Constantin 6)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Huntelaar 30²
PierreóEastmond 31²YoungóFlamini 18²
  
Dyer 44¹, Jagielka 4², Pierre 21², Kolkka 22² 
41
185
76
97
36
1213
85
51%49%
Man of the match: Danny Murphy