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Commentary
ILDERTON yellow cards VERRATTI for dangerous play against KOVACIC.
A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming BOUNOU.
10¹An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the Bradford City 'keeper by SAIBARI.
13¹SOLANKE's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
22¹SOLANKE booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
25¹HARALDSSON hit a right foot shot wide from thirty yards out.
25¹SOLANKE steamed through the Bradford City defence but shot straight at the Bradford City 'keeper.
29¹A deadly effort from TILLMAN was forced wide by the 'keeper.
32¹GOAL!! A tackle from GABRIEL gave Birmingham City a free-kick on the edge of the area which MINTEH slammed past the Bradford City 'keeper. (1-0 Birmingham City)
38¹A useful ball from MYKOLENKO on the left bobbled toward KOVACIC who sliced his shot just wide.
A wonderful save prevented MYKOLENKO from scoring a good goal.
ZAKARIA's shot was well held by HENDERSON.
MINTEH made space on the right and pulled the ball to TETE who rasped the ball wide.
SOLANKE brought the ball away from BUENDIA and stabbed a tame shot well wide.
ZAKARIA worked the ball to GUILLAMÓN, FÜLLKRUG collected his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
12²GOAL!! A deep cross by SOLANKE was met by MYKOLENKO who rushed in to score. (2-0 Birmingham City)
14²A pin-point pass fell to MINTEH and his deadly effort raced narrowly over.
19²A weak strike from SOLANKE rolled agonisingly wide.
23²VERRATTI's shot beat the Birmingham City 'keeper but rebounded off the Birmingham City upright.
30²SOLANKE headed just beyond the far post.
39²A lovely pass from SOLANKE was placed goalbound by TILLMAN only for BOUNOU to palm clear.
45²GOAL!! A patient Bradford City side were rewarded with an accurate shot from HARALDSSON. (2-1 Birmingham City)

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 1
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: XWWWWWWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Dean HENDERSON1Yassine BOUNOU(c)
Kenny TETE2Matt DOHERTY
Vitaliy MYKOLENKO3ANGELIÑO
(c)Mateo KOVACIC4Denis ZAKARIA
Youri BAAS5Owen WIJNDAL
TOTI6Hugo GUILLAMÓN
Yankuba MINTEH7Emiliano BUENDIA
Malik TILLMAN8Hákon HARALDSSON
(p)Dominic SOLANKE9Niclas FÜLLKRUG(p)
(f)Ismael SAIBARI10Marco VERRATTI(f)
Karim KONATÉ11GABRIEL Barbosa
Manager
Kouadio KONÉ  12  Jeremy SARMIENTO
Maarten VANDEVOORDT  13  Senne LAMMENS
PABLO TORRE Carral14  Emile SMITH ROWE
Antonio NUSA  15  Alassana JATTA
Oumar DIAKITE  16  Malcolm EBIOWEI
 
Bradford City
 
League position: 12
Away league form: WWLL
Overall league form: XWWWWLLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 2 Bradford City 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 29,911, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Eddie Ilderton 7½)

Minteh 32¹, Mykolenko 12²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Haraldsson 45²
KovacicóPablo Torre 35² 
  
 Verratti 0¹
35
912
78
1111
81
1912
89
55%45%
Man of the match: Vitaliy Mykolenko