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8¹ Uncertainty in the Newport County defence enabled BACUNA to fire the ball wide. 15¹ GOAL!! A weak drive from SØRLOTH seemed to hold no problem for the Newport County 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed over the line. (1-0 Birmingham City) 17¹ DE VITA was put clear by KIPRÉ and he dummied the Birmingham City 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the far post. 17¹ HERNÁNDEZ fired the ball through a crowd of players but ETHERIDGE was a match for it as he dived to his right. 23¹ BACUNA knocked the ball to TROSSARD who forced it wide. 24¹ MUSABA kicked the ball wide from just outside the area. 27¹ TROSSARD ran onto a wonderful ball from BACUNA but fired his effort wide of the righthand post. 28¹ A header by MUSABA at the near post was easily collected by BONHAM. 32¹ GOAL!! A one-handed save from the 'keeper enabled BELA to volley the ball into the empty net. (1-1) 34¹ GOAL!! A great solo effort from SØRLOTH who beat two defenders before firing the ball in off the post. (2-1 Birmingham City) 36¹ A fine ball from LEISTNER on the left found VUCKIC who sliced his shot wide. 44¹ A tame shot from HERNÁNDEZ rolled agonisingly wide. 45¹ GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from BACUNA hit the post and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by TROSSARD. (3-1 Birmingham City) 0² A penalty box meleé resulted in DE VITA driving the ball wide. 2² A cross from TROSSARD left PATERSON in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. 8² DE NEVE shot wide. 23² A pin-point pass found TROSSARD and his deadly shot floated narrowly over. 23² A corner found TROSSARD who headed the ball just wide. 31² GOAL!! A SØRLOTH run down the left resulted in a exceptional cross for TROSSARD to tap in. (4-1 Birmingham City) 34² SØRLOTH beat two Newport County players and slammed a great chance just beyond the far post. 36² A good effort from HERNÁNDEZ scraped the outside of the lefthand post. 41² PATERSON made space on the right and dragged the ball to PLAVOTIC who touched the ball wide. 42² TROSSARD flicked a looping shot over the bar from close range. 44² TROSSARD stroked an easy chance past the far post.

Birmingham City   League position: 4 Home league form: WWWW Overall league form: XXWLWWWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Neil ETHERIDGE 7  1 6½ Jack BONHAM Maxime COLIN 7  2 6½ Junior TCHAMADEU Dion DE NEVE 8½ 3 7  Amari'i BELL Juninho BACUNA 7½ 4 7  Rico STRIEDER Tin PLAVOTIC 7½ 5 6½ Cédric KIPRÉ Jesper DALAND 6½ 6 6½ Toni LEISTNER(c) Anthony MUSABA 6½ 7 7  Jérémie BELA (c)Leandro TROSSARD 8  8 6  Onel HERNÁNDEZ (p)Alexander SØRLOTH 8  9 6½ Raffaele DE VITA(p) (f)James FORREST 6½ 10 6  Haris VUCKIC(f) Jamie PATERSON 6  11 6  Patrick WEIHRAUCH K R Manager Billal BRAHIMI    12    Dan BUTLER Connal TRUEMAN    13    Vitus EICHER Jores OKORE    14    Fankaty DABO Maxi OYEDELE    15    Scott HOGAN Connor MAHONEY    16    Ryan HAYNES

Newport County   League position: 21 Away league form: LLLO Overall league form: XLLLLLOL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Birmingham City 4 Newport County 1 (Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 27,819, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Jarnail Singh 7½) Sørloth 15¹, Sørloth 34¹, Trossard 45¹, Trossard 31² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Bela 32¹             1 6 1 17 7 6 5 2 12 5 17 7 0 1 57% 43% ¶ Man of the match: Dion de Neve ¶