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Commentary
BANGURA's shot was well held by SELVIK.
The stunned 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from McCONNELL fell just over.
BIANCHINI receives a yellow card by the ref.
18¹A thirty yard drive from FRIEND caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
20¹A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled BIANCHINI to blast an effort just beyond the far post.
22¹COZIER-DUBERRY was put clear by MANDRON and he beat SELVIK but rammed his shot just beyond the near post.
25¹COZIER-DUBERRY's shot was well saved by SELVIK.
27¹A wonderful save prevented CHONG from scoring a great goal.
33¹A free-kick from HOGAN raced over.
41¹GOAL!! A sliced CHONG shot was collected by ESTUPIÑÁN who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (1-0 Birmingham City)
41¹A cross from BELLINGHAM left ESTUPIÑÁN in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
STEWART cautioned for a high foul on CHONG.
GOAL!! A shot from CHONG deflected off the head of CUNDLE and flew past the helpless 'keeper and into the net. (2-0 Birmingham City)
10²BELLINGHAM worked the ball to HOGAN, CHONG collected his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the Colchester United 'keeper.
11²A penalty box scramble resulted in BIANCHINI cracking a low shot wide.
13²A poor strike from JAMES trickled agonisingly wide.
16²FRIEND snapped at an easy chance.
24²HOGAN shot over.
27²GOAL!! An outswinging corner was booted clear only for COZIER-DUBERRY to thump the ball into the back of the net. (2-1 Birmingham City)
36²A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing SELVIK.
37²CHONG poked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
38²A header by BIANCHINI at the far post was comfortably collected by SELVIK.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: -
Home league form: XWWL
Overall league form: XWWLLXWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Egil SELVIK1Liam KELLY
(c)Maxime COLIN2Peter KIOSO
George FRIEND3Alex BANGURA
Jobe BELLINGHAM4Luke CUNDLE
Nathaniel PHILLIPS5Max KILMAN(c)
Nico GORDON6Julio PLEGUEZUELO
Josh WILLIAMS7James McCONNELL
Tahith CHONG8Amario COZIER-DUBERRY
(p)Óscar ESTUPIÑÁN9Mikael MANDRON(p)
(f)Jordan JAMES10Kevin STEWART(f)
Scott HOGAN11Florian BIANCHINI
Manager
Marc ROBERTS  12  Toby SIBBICK
Milos VESIC  13  Ben WILSON
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ  14  Ruairí McCONVILLE
Marcel OAKLEY  15  Samson TOVIDE
Isaac VASSELL  16  Micah HAMILTON
 
Colchester United
 
League position: 18
Away league form: LWLL
Overall league form: LWLLWWLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 2 Colchester United 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 17,178, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Darren Deadman 7½)

Estupiñán 41¹, Cundle 5² (og)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Cozier-Duberry 27²
  
  
 Bianchini 7¹, Stewart 3²
36
915
52
68
125
1813
37
44%56%
Man of the match: Nathaniel Phillips