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Commentary
A lovely cross from MINTEH was fired goalbound by SOLANKE only for the 'keeper to block.
DERVISOGLU snapped at a simple chance.
DRAXLER clipped the ball through a ruck of players but HENDERSON was a match for it as he dived to his left.
GOAL!! Birmingham City were awarded a penalty after a foul on TILLMAN and SOLANKE put it past the Brentford 'keeper who managed to get a hand to the ball. (1-0 Birmingham City)
12¹GOAL!! A short corner was knocked out to MYKOLENKO who flicked the ball into the net. (2-0 Birmingham City)
15¹SOLANKE dummied FOSU but drove the ball into the arms of NETO.
16¹A clumsy foul on FOSU by BAAS results in a booking.
17¹A free-kick from DERVISOGLU flew just beyond the far post.
25¹SOLANKE flicked a right foot shot over the bar from twenty-five yards out.
31¹MINTEH's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
36¹A penalty box scramble resulted in BAAS driving the ball wide.
37¹A pin-point pass bobbled toward SOLANKE and his deadly shot raced narrowly over.
41¹MINTEH beat FOSU and placed the ball to SOLANKE who toe-poked his shot wide.
43¹SOLANKE's shot beat the Brentford 'keeper but rebounded off the Brentford woodwork.
46¹A shot from FOSU seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
The stunned Brentford 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from EMERSON fell just wide.
NETO managed to claw away a wicked effort.
A corner bobbled toward FOSU who fired the ball over.
SAIBARI made space on the right and touched the ball to KOVACIC who fired the ball wide.
11²A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled DERVISOGLU to fire the ball just beyond the near post.
19²GOAL!! A neat one-two left POBEGA clear and he made no mistake by flicking the ball beyond the oncoming Birmingham City 'keeper. (2-1 Birmingham City)
23²A poor shot from DERVISOGLU bounced agonisingly wide.
29²A shot from SAIBARI was hoofed off the line by THOMAS.
31²DRAXLER ran onto a great ball from PAREDES but blasted his shot wide.
37²THOMAS beat two Birmingham City players and fired a shot just wide.
42²The 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely drive from Birmingham City's SAIBARI.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 1
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: WWWWWXWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Dean HENDERSON1NETO(c)
Kenny TETE2EMERSON Aparecido
Vitaliy MYKOLENKO3Luke THOMAS
(c)Mateo KOVACIC4Leandro PAREDES
Youri BAAS5Charlie GOODE
TOTI6Mads BECH
Yankuba MINTEH7Tarique FOSU
Malik TILLMAN8Julian DRAXLER
(p)Dominic SOLANKE9Halil DERVISOGLU(p)
(f)Ismael SAIBARI10Tommaso POBEGA(f)
Karim KONATÉ11Sergi CANÓS
Manager
Kouadio KONÉ  12  Solomon MARCH
Maarten VANDEVOORDT  13  Daniel BACHMANN
PABLO TORRE Carral14  Vitaly JANELT
Antonio NUSA  15  Jan ZAMBUREK
Oumar DIAKITE  16Emiliano MARCONDES
 
Brentford
 
League position: 13
Away league form: LLWW
Overall league form: XWLLWWOW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 2 Brentford 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 29,995, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Jirí Lerch 8)

Solanke 9¹ (pen), Mykolenko 12¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Pobega 19²
KovacicóPablo Torre 35²PobegaóMarcondes 37²
  
Baas 16¹ 
86
622
124
93
67
1510
72
55%45%
Man of the match: Malik Tillman