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Commentary
2¹A weak strike from AÏT-NOURI trickled agonisingly wide.
3¹AYEW cautioned for a poor tackle on JUTKIEWICZ.
19¹LAWS books DECORDOVA-REID for a cynical foul.
26¹GORDEICHUK shot over.
27¹GOAL!! After being forced wide SØRLOTH managed to hammer the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (1-0 Birmingham City)
30¹GERARD headed the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.
40¹A great effort from GORDEICHUK scraped the top of the crossbar.
2²GOAL!! A long drive from GERARD deflected off the boot of BACUNA and into his own net. (1-1)
3²A penalty box meleé resulted in SØRLOTH cracking the ball over.
8²A drive from BUDKIVSKYI seemed a certain goal but ETHERIDGE managed to punch the ball away.
10²A useful ball from AYEW on the left was collected by GORDEICHUK who sliced his effort wide.
12²GOAL!! An inswinging corner nodded out by HALL was hit into the back of the net by GERARD. (2-1 Morecambe)
17²McLOUGHLIN scuffed an easy chance.
22²TANGANGA ran onto a wonderful ball from GORDEICHUK but fumbled his shot wide of the goal.
24²The Birmingham City 'keeper dived to his right to stop a lovely shot from Morecambe's PHILLIPS.
25²GERARD beat two Birmingham City players and drove a great chance over the bar.
27²Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled ANDERSEN to crack an effort over.
31²An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Morecambe 'keeper by SØRLOTH.
32²PHILLIPS made space on the right and knocked the ball to GORDEICHUK who rasped the ball over.
38²A header from SØRLOTH was headed off the line by AÏT-NOURI.
41²The Birmingham City 'keeper saved a swerving shot from GORDEICHUK.
46²ANDRÉSSON was able to claw away a weak shot from FORREST.

 
Morecambe
 
League position: -
Home league form: XL--
Overall league form: XXL-----
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Jökull ANDRÉSSON7 16½Neil ETHERIDGE
Bobby DECORDOVA-REID7½27 Maxime COLIN
Rayan AÏT-NOURI8½37 Jake CLARKE-SALTER
Adam PHILLIPS8½46½George HALL
Joachim ANDERSEN7½56½Jores OKORE
Japhet TANGANGA6 66½Marc ROBERTS
Shane McLOUGHLIN7 76 Juninho BACUNA
Mikhail GORDEICHUK7½86½James FORREST
(p)Pylyp BUDKIVSKYI7 96½Alexander SØRLOTH(c,p)
(f)André AYEW6 105½Jobe BELLINGHAM(f)
(c)GERARD Moreno7½115½Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Manager
Ashley HUNTER  12  Connor MAHONEY
Grant SMITH  13  Connal TRUEMAN
Alfie McCALMONT  14  Josh WILLIAMS
Dylan CONNOLLY  156 Gary GARDNER
Aaron WILDIG  16  Harlee DEAN
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: -
Away league form: XL--
Overall league form: LXL-----
Formation: 4-3-3
Morecambe go through to the next round
Statistics
Morecambe 2 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 6,216, Stadium: Globe Arena, Referee: Graham Laws 6)

Bacuna 2² (og), Gerard 12²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Sørloth 27¹
 ColinóGardner 37²
  
Ayew 3¹, Decordova-Reid 19¹ 
12
85
02
74
132
206
43
62%38%
Man of the match: Rayan Aït-Nouri