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0¹ SOLANKE headed the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area. 2¹ The Birmingham City 'keeper saved a swerving shot from BIERETH. 7¹ GOAL!! A delightful shot from NKOUNKOU was pushed away by the 'keeper only as far as SOLANKE who shot the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (1-0 Birmingham City) 8¹ A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Birmingham City 'keeper. 13¹ A corner bobbled toward BIERETH who turned the ball just beyond the far post. 14¹ SOLANKE flicked a simple chance past the far post. 18¹ The Birmingham City 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from ROGERS. 19¹ A bad challenge on SOLANKE by JAUREGIZAR results in a booking. 22¹ GOAL!! An imaginative NUSA played a great ball down the left to CENK who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (2-0 Birmingham City) 25¹ POKU beat MORTON and whacked the ball to ROGERS who fumbled his shot wide. 26¹ A good ball from NUNO MENDES on the left found ROGERS who mishit his shot over. 28¹ A neatly crafted cross from POKU was hit goalbound by BIERETH only for the Birmingham City 'keeper to palm clear. 32¹ Uncertainty in the Notts County defence enabled TILLMAN to blast an effort over the bar. 6² NKOUNKOU fluffed an easy chance. 7² GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled ROGERS to fire the ball into the back of the net. (2-1 Birmingham City) 16² GOAL!! A long goal-kick from NKOUNKOU caught the Notts County defence square and NUSA rushed through to round the 'keeper and score. (3-1 Birmingham City) 26² MINTEH was put clear by EBOSELE and he nutmegged IÑAKI PEÑA but struck his shot wide. 27² MINTEH dribbled past PISILLI and stroked a weak shot over the bar. 29² A penalty box scramble resulted in URBANSKI tapping the ball wide. 37² MORTON chipped the ball to NUSA who turned it over. 40² A delightful save prevented ROGERS from scoring a lovely goal. 40² MINTEH whacked a looping shot over the bar from just outside the area.

Birmingham City   League position: 6 Home league form: LWW- Overall league form: WLLWW--- Formation: 4-2-3-1

Line-ups Dean HENDERSON 6½ 1 6½ IÑAKI PEÑA Festy EBOSELE 7  2 7  HÉCTOR FORT García Niels NKOUNKOU 7½ 3 7  Nathaniel BROWN PABLO TORRE Carral 7  4 7½ Niccolò PISILLI(f) CENK Özkaçar 6  5 6½ Moïse BOMBITO(c) (c)TOTI 6½ 6 6½ Ryan FLAMINGO Yankuba MINTEH 7  7 7  Ernest POKU Tyler MORTON 7  8 6½ NUNO Alexandre MENDES (p)Dominic SOLANKE 7  9 7  Mika BIERETH(p) (f)Malik TILLMAN 5½ 10 6  Mikel JAUREGIZAR Antonio NUSA 6½ 11 6½ Morgan ROGERS Luke MURRAY Manager Anthony Abbey Maxwel CORNET    12    Esmir BAJRAKTAREVIC Maarten VANDEVOORDT    13    Colin COOSEMANS Kacper URBANSKI 6½ 14    Chemsdine TALBI Ismael SAIBARI    15    ISAAC Romero Youssoufa MOUKOKO 8  16    Jérémy JACQUET

Notts County   League position: 23 Away league form: LL-- Overall league form: XLLXL--- Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics

Birmingham City 3 Notts County 1 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 30,043, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Goran Markov 5½) Solanke 7¹, Cenk 22¹, Nusa 16² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Rogers 7² TillmanóUrbanski 25², SolankeóMoukoko 25²         Jauregizar 19¹ 4 4 6 9 0 2 3 7 14 5 17 12 0 5 54% 46% ¶ Man of the match: Youssoufa Moukoko ¶