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Commentary
SAIBARI worked the ball to PABLO TORRE, TETE controlled his pass and kicked the ball within easy reach of ALLSOP.
GOAL!! The Derby County 'keeper got into difficulty with a backpass from PONGRACIC and TETE was able to squeeze the ball home. (1-0 Birmingham City)
13¹GOAL!! A long goal-kick from NKOUNKOU caught the Derby County defence napping and NUSA ran on to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (2-0 Birmingham City)
21¹GOAL!! A Birmingham City counter-attack allowed BELA to setup NUSA with an easy goal. (3-0 Birmingham City)
25¹PABLO TORRE made space on the left and touched the ball to BELA who touched the ball wide.
27¹Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled PONGRACIC to thump the ball over the bar.
31¹A cross from NIANZOU left McDONALD in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
44¹An exceptional effort from TETE scraped the top of the crossbar.
REINIER booked by the ref.
A tame shot from NUSA bounced agonisingly wide.
The Derby County 'keeper dived to his right to save an accurate drive from Birmingham City's NUSA.
10²AREZO rushed a simple chance.
14²A shot from TILLMAN seemed a certain goal but the Derby County 'keeper managed to punch the ball away.
17²TOTI beat three Derby County players and blasted a great chance wide.
19²A pin-point pass bobbled toward TILLMAN and his left foot shot went narrowly over.
23²SOLANKE stabbed a simple chance past the far post.
24²The ref books SINISTERRA for a clumsy tackle.
25²MATHEUS MARTINS shot over.
29²GOAL!! BELA made space for DIAKITE who, after an interchange of passes on the edge of the area, rammed the ball past the 'keeper. (4-0 Birmingham City)
35²A fine ball from MATHEUS MARTINS on the right found TETE who mishit his effort wide.
43²BELA beat NIANZOU and flicked the ball to TOTI who hit his shot wide.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 3
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: WWWWWXWW
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Line-ups
ADRIÁN San1Ryan ALLSOP
Kenny TETE2Kornell McDONALD
Niels NKOUNKOU3Melvin BARD
PABLO TORRE Carral4Tanguy NIANZOU
CENK Özkaçar5Marin PONGRACIC
(c)TOTI6Connor GOLDSON(c)
Jérémie BELA7Jason KNIGHT
Ismael SAIBARI8Luis SINISTERRA
(p)Dominic SOLANKE9Douglas AREZO(p)
(f)Malik TILLMAN10REINIER Jesus(f)
Antonio NUSA11Tom BARKHUIZEN
Luke MURRAYManager
Kacper URBANSKI  12  Ben WILMOT
Tommy SIMKIN  13  Krisztián HEGYI
MATHEUS MARTINS Silva14  Eiran CASHIN
Festy EBOSELE  15  Krystian BIELIK
Oumar DIAKITE16  Nathan BYRNE
 
Derby County
 
League position: 11
Away league form: WLXL
Overall league form: LWWLXWXX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 4 Derby County 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 30,030, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Kenny Stamatopoulos 5½)

Tete 6¹, Nusa 13¹, Nusa 21¹, Diakite 29²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
SolankeóDiakite 25², NusaóMatheus Martins 25² 
  
 Reinier 2², Sinisterra 24²
55
78
58
70
93
163
30
56%44%
Man of the match: Niels Nkounkou