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Commentary
3¹NORWOOD flicked an easy chance past the far post.
6¹The stunned BURSIK was a mere bystander as a backpass from CLARK fell just wide.
14¹A poor shot from GIBBS-WHITE bounced agonisingly wide.
17¹A corner fell to BACUNA who turned the ball over.
25¹GOAL!! A delightful drive from COLIN was punched clear by the 'keeper only as far as TROSSARD who drove the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (1-0 Birmingham City)
31¹GOAL!! A long ball from CANNON had the Birmingham City defence back-pedalling and BURGESS made the most of the opportunity with an exceptional goal. (1-1)
33¹GOAL!! A shot from BACUNA deflected off the legs of GIBBS-WHITE and bobbled past the helpless Sheffield United 'keeper and into the net. (2-1 Birmingham City)
36¹A penalty box scramble resulted in NDIAYE tapping the ball wide.
37¹SØRLOTH scuffed a simple chance.
40¹GIBBS-WHITE headed over the bar.
46¹A accurate pass found OKORE and his right foot shot raced narrowly over.
2²TROSSARD clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
9²GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled TROSSARD to run through the Sheffield United defence and score. (3-1 Birmingham City)
14²NDIAYE shot over.
14²ÂNGELO played the ball to BERGE who flicked it wide.
18²GOAL!! Some good work by VOGLSAMMER on the left, left NDIAYE yards clear, and he turned the Birmingham City 'keeper and stroked the ball into the back of the net. (3-2 Birmingham City)
20²DOWD books PATERSON for a bad foul.
23²A lovely effort from TROSSARD scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
32²STEVENS beat three Birmingham City players and fired a shot just wide.
35²BURGESS brought the ball round STIRK and poked a weak shot into the crowd.
39²VOGLSAMMER made space on the left and dragged the ball to OSBORN who rasped the ball over.
46²A free-kick from GIBBS-WHITE went just beyond the near post.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 24
Home league form: LWLL
Overall league form: LLXWWXLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Neil ETHERIDGE6 16½Joe BURSIK
Maxime COLIN6½27 Reggie CANNON
Rémy VITA6½38 Cameron BURGESS
Juninho BACUNA6 46 Sander BERGE
Tin PLAVOTIC6½57 Ciaran CLARK
Jores OKORE6½66½Enda STEVENS
Anthony MUSABA7 76½ÂNGELO Gabriel
(c)Leandro TROSSARD7½88 Morgan GIBBS-WHITE
(p)Alexander SØRLOTH7 97½Iliman NDIAYE(p)
(f)James FORREST5½106 Oliver NORWOOD(c,f)
Jamie PATERSON6 115½Andreas VOGLSAMMER
Manager
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ  12  Sam MORSY
Connal TRUEMAN  13  Jed STEER
Marc ROBERTS  14  Ben HENEGHAN
Dion DE NEVE  156 Ben OSBORN
Ryan STIRK6 167 Lys MOUSSET
 
Sheffield United
 
League position: 2
Away league form: WLWL
Overall league form: WWWWLWWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 3 Sheffield United 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 20,248, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Phil Dowd 6)

Trossard 25¹, Gibbs-White 33¹ (og), Trossard 9²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Burgess 31¹, Ndiaye 18²
ForrestóStirk 31²ClarkóMousset 21², CannonóOsborn 30²
  
Paterson 20² 
24
317
02
56
712
1218
23
46%54%
Man of the match: Cameron Burgess