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0¹ STERGIAKIS saved a neatly crafted shot from ESTUPIÑÁN. 1¹ A late foul on HALLIDAY by ESTUPIÑÁN results in a booking. 4¹ GOAL!! A Bradford City counter-attack allowed WIJNALDUM to setup MUNIAIN with a simple goal. (1-0 Bradford City) 12¹ MUNIAIN nodded the ball wide from just inside the area. 23¹ GOAL!! A nice run by SUNJIC on the right was capped by a delightful cross which CHONG headed in at the far post. (1-1) 25¹ A shot from SUNJIC seemed a certain goal but the Bradford City 'keeper managed to palm the ball clear. 28¹ The 'keeper managed to claw away a powerful effort. 29¹ GOAL!! On the left wing BACUNA collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the goalmouth for ESTUPIÑÁN to drill it into the net. (2-1 Birmingham City) 30¹ GREENWOOD ran onto a great ball from WIJNALDUM but toe-poked his shot wide of the righthand post. 34¹ FRIEND shot wide. 40¹ MUNIAIN hit a right foot shot over from twenty yards out. 40¹ CRICHLOW booked for a bad challenge on CHONG. 43¹ STERGIAKIS was able to block a poor shot from HOGAN. 4² MUNIAIN's shot beat the Birmingham City 'keeper but rebounded off the Birmingham City upright. 9² HOGAN galloped through the Bradford City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper. 9² GOAL!! A long clearance by the Bradford City 'keeper beat the Birmingham City defence and GREENWOOD blasted the ball past the advancing JEACOCK. (2-2) 15² GOAL!! A long ball from BELLINGHAM down the middle bobbled toward the lurking CHONG who flicked a right foot shot in off the post. (3-2 Birmingham City) 17² A accurate pass bobbled toward ESTUPIÑÁN and his looping shot floated narrowly over. 22² GREENWOOD made space on the right and knocked the ball to MUNIAIN who rasped the ball over. 26² A fine ball from O'CONNOR on the right fell to CRICHLOW who sliced his shot over. 34² GOAL!! A GREENWOOD run down the left resulted in a exceptional cross for DJURICIC to fire in. (3-3) 35² OAKLEY beat two Bradford City players and drove a great chance just beyond the near post.

Birmingham City   League position: 18 Home league form: LXWL Overall league form: LXLXWLLX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Zach JEACOCK 5½ 1 6  Antonis STERGIAKIS Marcel OAKLEY 6½ 2 7  Brad HALLIDAY (c)George FRIEND 5½ 3 7½ Romoney CRICHLOW Jobe BELLINGHAM 7½ 4 8  Georginio WIJNALDUM(c) Nathaniel PHILLIPS 7  5 8  Joe WORRALL Nico GORDON 6½ 6 6½ Paudie O'CONNOR Juninho BACUNA 7  7 6½ Jason LOKILO Tahith CHONG 7½ 8 7½ Iker MUNIAIN (p)Óscar ESTUPIÑÁN 6½ 9 6  Sam GREENWOOD(p) (f)Ivan SUNJIC 7  10 6½ Andy COOK(f) Scott HOGAN 6  11 6½ Filip DJURICIC Manager Jordan JAMES    12    Alex GILLIEAD Marc ROBERTS    13    Scott BANKS George HALL 6½ 14    Sam STUBBS Isaac VASSELL    15    Richard SMALLWOOD Lukas JUTKIEWICZ 6½ 16 6  Emmanuel OSADEBE

Bradford City   League position: 5 Away league form: LWLW Overall league form: LWWLWLWX Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Birmingham City 3 Bradford City 3 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 12,414, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Dave Foster 6) Chong 23¹, Estupiñán 29¹, Chong 15² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Muniain 4¹, Greenwood 9², Djuricic 34² FriendóHall 18², EstupiñánóJutkiewicz 21² CookóOsadebe 26²     Estupiñán 1¹ Crichlow 40¹ 1 2 11 10 8 2 8 5 3 9 11 14 5 1 47% 53% ¶ Man of the match: Georginio Wijnaldum ¶