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Commentary
GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with SØRLOTH firing the ball into the net. (1-0 Birmingham City)
The Birmingham City 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from STANSFIELD.
MUSABA scuffed a simple chance.
GOAL!! A nice run by COLLINS on the left was capped by a wonderful cross which MEJBRI fired in at the near post. (1-1)
GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from PATERSON shook the woodwork and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by SØRLOTH. (2-1 Birmingham City)
11¹GOAL!! Uncertainty between PLAVOTIC and the Birmingham City 'keeper allowed DEMETRIOU to crack the ball into the empty net. (2-2)
15¹An inswinging corner was forced into the arms of the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper by SØRLOTH.
19¹MENDEZ-LAING stroked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
21¹MEJBRI shot wide.
23¹A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled FRY to hit an effort over.
24¹COLLINS dribbled away from TROSSARD and rifled a poor shot well wide.
28¹A penalty box scramble resulted in PATERSON driving the ball wide.
36¹A great effort from FORREST scraped the outside of the righthand post.
39¹FORREST floated the ball to TROSSARD who turned it wide.
42¹STANSFIELD made space on the right and knocked the ball to MEJBRI who clipped the ball wide.
SØRLOTH nodded the ball wide from the edge of the box.
10²FORREST worked the ball to TROSSARD, BACUNA latched onto his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper.
11²MEJBRI headed just beyond the near post.
13²The hapless Crewe Alexandra 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from MEJBRI dropped just wide.
20²A weak shot from TROSSARD bounced agonisingly wide.
24²GOAL!! Some patient work by BACUNA on the left, left SØRLOTH yards clear, and he raced past the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper and fired the ball into the back of the net. (3-2 Birmingham City)
25²A cross from COLLINS left POWELL in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
33²SWEENEY beat four Birmingham City players and blasted an effort wide.
34²PATERSON beat MEJBRI and whacked the ball to TROSSARD who fired his shot wide.
41²PATERSON ran onto a delightful ball from BACUNA but dragged his shot wide of the goal.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 5
Home league form: WWXW
Overall league form: WWWXWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Neil ETHERIDGE1Arthur OKONKWO
Maxime COLIN2Matthew SORINOLA
Dion DE NEVE3Mickey DEMETRIOU
Juninho BACUNA4Archie COLLINS
Tin PLAVOTIC5Dael FRY
Jesper DALAND6Pierce SWEENEY
Anthony MUSABA7Nathaniel MENDEZ-LAING(c)
(c)Leandro TROSSARD8Hannibal MEJBRI
(p)Alexander SØRLOTH9Jay STANSFIELD(p)
(f)James FORREST10James SCOTT(f)
Jamie PATERSON11Joel ASORO
Manager
Billal BRAHIMI  12  Shilow TRACEY
Connal TRUEMAN  13  Dave RICHARDS
Jores OKORE  14Jack SPARKES
Maxi OYEDELE15  Rio ADEBISI
Connor MAHONEY  16Jack POWELL
 
Crewe Alexandra
 
League position: 16
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: WLLLXWLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 3 Crewe Alexandra 2
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 30,028, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Andy Hall 6)

Sørloth 0¹, Sørloth 8¹, Sørloth 24²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Mejbri 7¹, Demetriou 11¹
ForrestóOyedele 29²StansfieldóPowell 15², DemetriouóSparkes 19²
  
  
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218
34
53
98
1411
21
57%43%
Man of the match: Dion de Neve