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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 41 (setup 6, season 21)
Tranmere Rovers
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Nick POPE71Pierluigi GOLLINI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Tom LEES72Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
Konstantinos TSIMIKAS83Emmanuel LONGELO
Papa Alioune NDIAYE4Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG
Tyrone MINGS75Marc ROBERTS
Jamaal LASCELLES66Denis ZAKARIA
Jacob MURPHY676Ivan SUNJIC
Connor MAHONEY86Jordan GRAHAM
Danny LOADER97Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Manuel BENSON Hedilazio10Jordan JAMES
Andre GRAY6116Keyendrah SIMMONDS
Manager
David McGOLDRICK12George HALL
Matt TURNER13Maduka OKOYE
Kyle WALKER-PETERS14Josh McEACHRAN
RÚBEN Gonçalo Silva Nascimento VINAGRE15Marcel OAKLEY
Cameron HUMPHREYS16Odin BAILEY

Tranmere Rovers 1 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 16,603, Stadium: Prenton Park, Referee: Graham SALISBURY 6½)
19 GrayScorers51 Longelo
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners3
1Fouls5
1Offsides2
6Shots on4
4Shots off12
10Total shots16
5Shots saved3
59%Possession41%
Man of the match: Konstantinos TSIMIKAS
2The stunned Birmingham City 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from AZPILICUETA dropped just wide.
3A free-kick from JAMES flew inches over.
6GRAHAM knocked the ball to HØJBJERG who turned it just beyond the far post.
10AZPILICUETA beat four Tranmere Rovers players and drove an effort over.
12GRAHAM brought the ball past MINGS and rattled a poor shot over.
17Uncertainty in the Tranmere Rovers defence enabled GRAHAM to thump an effort wide.
18MAHONEY galloped through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at GOLLINI.
19GOAL!! ROBERTS tried to play the ball out of the Birmingham City penalty area but was tackled by MURPHY who nodded the ball to GRAY for a simple goal. (1-0 Tranmere Rovers)
20JUTKIEWICZ raced past NDIAYE but blasted the ball into the arms of POPE.
24The Tranmere Rovers 'keeper saved a curling effort from JUTKIEWICZ.
25BENSON whacked a deadly shot inches over from just outside the area.
30LOADER was put clear by LEES and he stepped inside GOLLINI but rammed his shot over the bar.
31A pin-point pass bobbled toward JUTKIEWICZ and his deadly shot raced narrowly wide.
34SUNJIC made space on the left and dragged the ball to GRAHAM who clipped the ball wide.
36A brilliant shot from BENSON was dealt with by a fine stop from the 'keeper.
40ROBERTS snapped at an easy chance.
44A delightful save prevented TSIMIKAS from scoring a good goal.
 
47JUTKIEWICZ shot wide.
48LONGELO stroked a simple chance past the near post.
49A penalty box scramble resulted in JUTKIEWICZ cracking a low shot over.
51GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was expertly blasted into the back of the net by LONGELO. (1-1)
53A shot from LOADER was smothered by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
60JAMES headed over.
62A drive from BENSON seemed a certain goal but GOLLINI managed to palm the ball clear.
64JUTKIEWICZ rasped the ball through a ruck of players but POPE was a match for it as he dived to his right.
68A great effort from TSIMIKAS scraped the upright.