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Commentary
A penalty box meleé resulted in MOUKOKO driving the ball wide.
10¹A shot from KRUNIC was smothered by VANDEVOORDT.
24¹RULLI was able to palm clear a weak shot from NUSA.
26¹The 'keeper managed to claw away a powerful shot.
29¹GOAL!! On the right wing KARSDORP collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for GÜNTER to nudge it into the roof of the net. (1-0 Reading)
30¹A pin-point pass bobbled toward MOUKOKO and his deadly effort raced narrowly wide.
37¹A neatly crafted pass from MOUKOKO was nudged goalbound by MINTEH only for the Reading 'keeper to palm clear.
43¹GOAL!! A corner was fired across the box and MINGS fumbled the ball into his own net. (1-1)
NUSA cautioned for a late foul on KRUNIC.
The Birmingham City 'keeper dived to his left to block an accurate drive from Reading's POLITANO.
MINTEH chipped the ball to PABLO TORRE who headed it inches over.
SAIBARI headed the ball wide from just inside the area.
MINTEH beat POLITANO and hit the ball to SAIBARI who hit his shot wide.
13²SAIBARI fluffed an easy chance.
16²POLITANO was put clear by GÜNTER and he raced past the 'keeper but struck his shot inches over.
27²A fine ball from MOUKOKO on the right found KONATÉ who scuffed his shot over the bar.
30²KRUNIC touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Birmingham City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
31²WILLIAM CARVALHO shot wide.
34²A shot from WILLIAM CARVALHO held no problem for the 'keeper.
37²MINTEH worked the ball to KOVACIC, NUSA latched onto his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
40²GOAL!! A neat one-two left DAVID NERES clear and he made no mistake by skillfully lobbing the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (2-1 Reading)
42²A free-kick from MOUKOKO floated just beyond the far post.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 2
Home league form: LWWW
Overall league form: LWWXWLOW
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Line-ups
Maarten VANDEVOORDT1Gerónimo RULLI
Kenny TETE2Rick KARSDORP
Vitaliy MYKOLENKO3Christian GÜNTER
PABLO TORRE Carral4WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO
Youri BAAS5Tyrone MINGS
TOTI6JOSÉ Miguel FONTE(c)
Yankuba MINTEH7DAVID NERES Campos
(c)Mateo KOVACIC8Matteo POLITANO
Youssoufa MOUKOKO9Sébastien HALLER(p)
(f)Ismael SAIBARI10Rade KRUNIC(f)
(p)Antonio NUSA11Yakou MEITÉ
Luke MURRAYManager
Festy EBOSELE  12  Mamadou LOUM
Dean HENDERSON  13 
Malik TILLMAN  14Andy CARROLL
MATHEUS MARTINS Silva  15  Omar RICHARDS
Karim KONATÉ16Tom LEES
 
Reading
 
League position: 23
Away league form: LLXL
Overall league form: WLOLXXWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Reading go through to the next round
Statistics
Birmingham City 1 Reading 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 30,030, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Eddie Ilderton 7½)

Mings 43¹ (og)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Günter 29¹, David Neres 40²
SaibarióKonaté 25²KrunicóCarroll 40², HalleróLees 40²
  
Nusa 2² 
11
610
15
57
125
1712
43
49%51%
Man of the match: William Silva Carvalho