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Commentary
A great strike from ESTUPIÑÁN was dealt with by a fine stop from the 'keeper.
A right foot shot from MAY was clawed past the post by SELVIK.
FRIEND brought the ball away from CRNAC and flicked a poor shot into the crowd.
ESTUPIÑÁN's shot was well held by KLAESSON.
A pin-point pass fell to ESTUPIÑÁN and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.
16¹A tame strike from BELLINGHAM rolled agonisingly wide.
17¹PHILLIPS headed wide.
21¹A shot from OHASHI was smothered by the 'keeper.
25¹An inswinging corner was forced into the arms of the 'keeper by MAY.
29¹SELVIK managed to block a fierce shot.
36¹GOAL!! A quick-witted SUNJIC pounced on a loose ball on the right and made no mistake. (1-0 Birmingham City)
42¹OHASHI dummied FRIEND but hit the ball into the arms of SELVIK.
46¹CHONG beat LACHMAN and placed the ball to BELLINGHAM who fired his effort wide.
OHASHI made space on the left and dragged the ball to MAY who touched the ball wide.
The 'keeper dived to his left to save a fierce drive from Newport County's CRNAC.
15²GOAL!! A great solo effort from CHAIR who beat two defenders before blasting the ball into the net. (1-1)
26²ESTUPIÑÁN hoofed the ball wide from just inside the area.
26²A useful ball from ESTUPIÑÁN on the right found CHONG who mishit his effort inches wide.
35²Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled TRIANTIS to hit an effort just beyond the near post.
43²GOAL!! A long ball from VASSELL down the middle bobbled toward the lurking ESTUPIÑÁN who drove a right foot shot into the top corner. (2-1 Birmingham City)
44²A corner bobbled toward CHAIR who flicked the ball wide.
46²The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from AYLING.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 15
Home league form: LOWL
Overall league form: WLOWLLLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Egil SELVIK1Kristoffer KLAESSON
(c)Maxime COLIN2Luke AYLING(c)
George FRIEND3Djed SPENCE
Jobe BELLINGHAM4Ilias CHAIR
Nathaniel PHILLIPS5Nectarios TRIANTIS
Nico GORDON6Darryl LACHMAN
Juninho BACUNA7Ante CRNAC
Tahith CHONG8Lewis FIORINI
(p)Óscar ESTUPIÑÁN9Alfie MAY(p)
(f)Ivan SUNJIC10Ben WHITEMAN(f)
Scott HOGAN11Yuki OHASHI
Manager
Marc ROBERTS  12  Luka RACIC
Milos VESIC  13  Shamal GEORGE
Isaac VASSELL14  Matthew SORINOLA
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ  15Shane McLOUGHLIN
Jordan GRAHAM  16  Mohamed BELLOUMI
 
Newport County
 
League position: 7
Away league form: WXXW
Overall league form: WWXXOWLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 2 Newport County 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 15,692, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Russell Booth 8)

Sunjic 36¹, Estupiñán 43²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Chair 15²
SunjicóVassell 25²SpenceóMcLoughlin 9²
  
  
41
199
68
79
135
2014
57
52%48%
Man of the match: Jobe Bellingham