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Commentary
BROADHEAD made space on the right and pulled the ball to DAVIES who rasped the ball wide.
A shot from NUSA seemed a certain goal but BENTLEY managed to palm the ball away.
NUSA was put clear by TETE and he nutmegged the Cardiff City 'keeper but drilled his shot wide.
19¹A looping shot from MYKOLENKO was stopped by the 'keeper.
20¹GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from PABLO TORRE hit the upright and in the ensuing meleé the ball was headed into the net by SOLANKE. (1-0 Birmingham City)
22¹GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled NUSA to waltz through the Cardiff City defence and score. (2-0 Birmingham City)
27¹A cross from KONÉ left PABLO TORRE in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
31¹The stunned 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from KONÉ fell just wide.
32¹A corner found WILSON who headed an effort just beyond the near post.
38¹A fine ball from PABLO TORRE on the right was collected by NUSA who sliced his effort over the bar.
41¹A shot from SOLANKE held no problem for the Cardiff City 'keeper.
A twenty-five yard shot from MINTEH caused the Cardiff City 'keeper no problem.
An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of the 'keeper by HWANG.
10²A mix up in the Cardiff City defence enabled NUSA to blast an effort wide.
11²NUSA ran onto a wonderful ball from MINTEH but toe-poked his effort wide of the lefthand post.
11²MYKOLENKO shot over.
18²A good effort from WILSON scraped the top of the crossbar.
19²NUSA blasted a deadly shot wide from twenty-five yards out.
22²GOAL!! On the right wing DOUVIKAS collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the penalty box for WILSON to hammer it into the roof of the net. (2-1 Birmingham City)
26²MINTEH brought the ball round BACUNA and poked a poor shot wide.
28²BAAS beat four Cardiff City players and thundered a golden opportunity inches wide.
30²GOAL!! A curling outswinging corner was forced in at the far post by TAYLOR. (2-2)
36²A shot from TOFFOLO was smothered by HENDERSON.

 
Cardiff City
 
League position: 18
Home league form: LLLL
Overall league form: LLLXLLLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Dan BENTLEY1Dean HENDERSON
(c)Leandro BACUNA2Kenny TETE
Charlie TAYLOR3Vitaliy MYKOLENKO
Lewis O'BRIEN4Kouadio KONÉ
Tomás KALAS5Youri BAAS
Will VAULKS6TOTI
Harry WILSON7Yankuba MINTEH
HWANG Hee-chan8PABLO TORRE Carral(c)
(p)Isaak DAVIES9Dominic SOLANKE
(f)Nathan BROADHEAD10Malik TILLMAN(f)
Anastasios DOUVIKAS11Antonio NUSA(p)
Manager
Curtis NELSON  12  Kacper URBANSKI
Onel HERNÁNDEZ  13  Maarten VANDEVOORDT
Andrew HUGHES  14  Ismael SAIBARI
Joe RALLS  15Oumar DIAKITE
Harry TOFFOLO16Karim KONATÉ
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 1
Away league form: WWLX
Overall league form: WWLWXWXW
Formation: 4-2-3-1

Statistics
Cardiff City 2 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 27,410, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Thomas Troupkos 5½)

Wilson 22², Taylor 30²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Solanke 20¹, Nusa 22¹
DaviesóToffolo 14²TillmanóDiakite 25², SolankeóKonaté 25²
  
  
53
25
13
46
49
815
23
42%58%
Man of the match: Charlie Taylor