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Commentary
MAYENDA was put clear by BANNAN and he pulled away from the Birmingham City 'keeper but thrust his shot just beyond the far post.
A drive from JAMES seemed a certain goal but the Sheffield Weds. 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear.
A poor strike from CHONG bounced agonisingly wide.
10¹GRAHAM yellow cards BANNAN for dangerous play against FRIEND.
12¹MAYENDA galloped through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
13¹BELLINGHAM made space on the left and knocked the ball to HOGAN who rasped the ball over.
15¹SELVIK was able to palm clear a weak shot from WRIGHT.
21¹A shot from MAYENDA was smothered by the 'keeper.
25¹WINDASS stepped inside FRIEND but shot the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
36¹A strike from LEWIS-SKELLY held little difficulty for the Birmingham City 'keeper.
44¹A delightful shot from JOHNSON was dealt with by a good block from the Birmingham City 'keeper.
A penalty box meleé resulted in LEWIS-SKELLY cracking the ball over.
12²JAMES sent off.
15²A accurate pass found BYRAM and his deadly effort flew narrowly wide.
17²GILCHRIST hoofed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
28²SELVIK dived to his right to block a lovely drive from Sheffield Weds.'s DELE-BASHIRU.
29²GOAL!! An imaginative COLIN played a wonderful ball down the left to PHILLIPS who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-0 Birmingham City)
32²A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
34²GOAL!! On the right wing WRIGHT collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the goalmouth for GILCHRIST to flick it into the back of the net. (1-1)
41²SELVIK was able to claw away a fierce effort.
42²A thirty yard drive from MAYENDA caused the Birmingham City 'keeper no problem.
46²BANNAN's shot beat the Birmingham City 'keeper but rebounded off the Birmingham City post.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 13
Home league form: WWLO
Overall league form: WWLLXWWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Egil SELVIK1Jakub STOLARCZYK
(c)Maxime COLIN2Sam BYRAM
George FRIEND3Myles LEWIS-SKELLY
Jobe BELLINGHAM4Fisayo DELE-BASHIRU
Nathaniel PHILLIPS5Alfie GILCHRIST
Nico GORDON6Lewis GIBSON
Josh WILLIAMS7Josh WINDASS
Tahith CHONG8Haji WRIGHT
(p)Óscar ESTUPIÑÁN9Eliezer MAYENDA(p)
(f)Jordan JAMES10Barry BANNAN(c,f)
Scott HOGAN11Marvin JOHNSON
Manager
Marc ROBERTS  12  Dominic IORFA
Milos VESIC  13  Cameron DAWSON
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ  14  Adam REACH
Marcel OAKLEY  15Will VAULKS
Isaac VASSELL  16  Lee GREGORY
 
Sheffield Weds.
 
League position: 3
Away league form: WLWX
Overall league form: XWWLWWLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 1 Sheffield Weds. 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 20,013, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Fred Graham 6)

Phillips 29²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Gilchrist 34²
 JohnsonóVaulks 9²
James 12² 
 Bannan 10¹
16
84
1810
717
1111
1828
516
44%56%
Man of the match: Fisayo Dele-Bashiru