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Commentary
ESTUPIÑÁN dribbled away from McATEE and stabbed a weak shot into the crowd.
ESTUPIÑÁN galloped through the Cardiff City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
A cynical foul gets OAKLEY a yellow card.
An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of ALLSOP by ESTUPIÑÁN.
12¹A free-kick from COLLINS went wide.
13¹PHILOGENE scuffed an easy chance.
14¹A pin-point pass found SUNJIC and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
19¹ESTUPIÑÁN receives a yellow card for a bad tackle on KIPRÉ.
28¹SUNJIC nodded the ball wide from just outside the area.
31¹GOAL!! A one-handed save from the 'keeper enabled PHILOGENE to chip the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Cardiff City)
31¹ALLSOP was able to claw away a fierce shot.
33¹GOAL!! A shot from SAMBO deflected off the legs of PHILLIPS and bobbled past the helpless Birmingham City 'keeper and into the net. (2-0 Cardiff City)
35¹A cross from McATEE left DHANDA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
36¹The Birmingham City 'keeper dived to his left to block an accurate drive from Cardiff City's WATTERS.
41¹Uncertainty in the Cardiff City defence enabled OAKLEY to fire the ball inches wide.
44¹GOAL!! A delightful dummy from SUNJIC allowed HOGAN to lay a exceptional ball off to ESTUPIÑÁN who glanced the ball into the net. (2-1 Cardiff City)
48¹A lovely effort from COLWILL scraped the upright.
GOAL!! A shot from CHONG dribbled through a crowd of players and rolled past the unsighted Cardiff City 'keeper. (2-2)
27²GOAL!! A neat one-two left ESTUPIÑÁN clear and he made no mistake by expertly chipping the ball beyond the oncoming ALLSOP. (3-2 Birmingham City)
35²A weak shot from CHONG bounced agonisingly wide.
41²PHILOGENE ran onto a wonderful ball from McATEE but dragged his shot wide.
43²PHILLIPS beat a number of Cardiff City players and stroked a shot over.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 16
Home league form: LXXL
Overall league form: LLXLLXLX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Zach JEACOCK1Ryan ALLSOP
Marcel OAKLEY2Shurandy SAMBO
George FRIEND3Jamilu COLLINS
Jobe BELLINGHAM4James McATEE
(c)Nathaniel PHILLIPS5Steven CAULKER(c)
Nico GORDON6Cédric KIPRÉ
Juninho BACUNA7Rubin COLWILL
Tahith CHONG8Jaden PHILOGENE
(p)Óscar ESTUPIÑÁN9Isaak DAVIES(p)
(f)Ivan SUNJIC10Yan DHANDA(f)
Scott HOGAN11Max WATTERS
Manager
Jordan GRAHAM  12  Tin PLAVOTIC
Marc ROBERTS  13  Neil ETHERIDGE
Josh WILLIAMS  14  Billy KOUMETIO
Jordan JAMES  15Joel BAGAN
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ  16  Callum O'DOWDA
 
Cardiff City
 
League position: 24
Away league form: LXLL
Overall league form: LLLXLLLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 3 Cardiff City 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 12,015, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Graham Laws 6)

Estupiñán 44¹, Chong 9², Estupiñán 27²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Philogene 31¹, Phillips 33¹ (og)
 DaviesóBagan 6²
  
Oakley 5¹, Estupiñán 19¹ 
31
181
30
84
76
1510
52
48%52%
Man of the match: George Friend