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Commentary
1¹SØRLOTH beat BASTOS and drove the ball to PLAVOTIC who hit his shot wide.
5¹A cross from TROSSARD left PLAVOTIC in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
6¹McLOUGHLIN booked for gamesmanship.
10¹A shot from AYEW seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
15¹GOAL!! A deep cross by VITA was met by TROSSARD who rushed in to score. (1-0 Birmingham City)
20¹A free-kick from TROSSARD raced over.
24¹The bemused Birmingham City 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from PLAVOTIC fell just wide.
25¹PATERSON's header was well saved by ANDRÉSSON.
26¹A header by OSMAJIC at the near post was comfortably collected by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
31¹OSMAJIC stepped inside VITA but fired the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
32¹GOAL!! Some patient work by GORDEICHUK on the right, left AYEW yards clear, and he turned the Birmingham City 'keeper and blasted the ball home. (1-1)
34¹SØRLOTH was put clear by TROSSARD and he beat the 'keeper but struck his shot wide.
39¹SØRLOTH shot wide.
42¹TROSSARD fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Morecambe 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
43¹OSMAJIC waltzed round TROSSARD and flicked a poor shot over.
44¹McLOUGHLIN made space on the right and dragged the ball to BUDKIVSKYI who fired the ball wide.
45¹An exceptional effort from MELBOURNE scraped the upright.
2²GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with SØRLOTH firing the ball into the back of the net. (2-1 Birmingham City)
8²AYEW's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Birmingham City crossbar.
11²A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
28²MELBOURNE stroked an easy chance past the righthand post.
31²DALAND flicked a right foot shot just beyond the near post from twenty-five yards out.
35²The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely drive from Morecambe's OSMAJIC.
40²A poor strike from SØRLOTH rolled agonisingly wide.
42²Uncertainty in the Morecambe defence enabled VITA to volley the ball just beyond the near post.

 
Morecambe
 
League position: 19
Home league form: LXLW
Overall league form: LLOXLWLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Jökull ANDRÉSSON6 16½Neil ETHERIDGE
Bobby DECORDOVA-REID7 27 Maxime COLIN
Max MELBOURNE7 38 Rémy VITA
Sasa ZDJELAR7½47 Tin PLAVOTIC
Joachim ANDERSEN6½56½Jesper DALAND
(c)BASTOS6 66½Jake CLARKE-SALTER
Shane McLOUGHLIN6½77 Anthony MUSABA
Mikhail GORDEICHUK6½86½Leandro TROSSARD(c)
(p)Milutin OSMAJIC8 97 Alexander SØRLOTH(p)
(f)Pylyp BUDKIVSKYI5½106 James FORREST(f)
André AYEW6 116 Jamie PATERSON
Manager
JOÃO PEDRO Maturano  12  Juninho BACUNA
Adam SMITH  13  Connal TRUEMAN
Jacob BEDEAU6 14  Billal BRAHIMI
Ashley HUNTER  157½Maxi OYEDELE
Adam PHILLIPS7½16  Gary GARDNER
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 11
Away league form: WLWL
Overall league form: WWXLWLLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Morecambe 1 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 6,270, Stadium: Globe Arena, Referee: Dean Whitestone 7½)

Ayew 32¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Trossard 15¹, Sørloth 2²
GordeichukóPhillips 3², AndersenóBedeau 36²PlavoticóOyedele 16²
  
McLoughlin 6¹ 
32
36
14
74
58
1212
62
51%49%
Man of the match: Milutin Osmajic