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Commentary
The motionless Forest Green 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from WINCHESTER dropped just wide.
A free-kick from ESTUPIÑÁN floated just wide.
12¹BACUNA clipped the ball through a crowd of players but SHEA was a match for it as he dived to his right.
16¹ROBERTS's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
22¹A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled WEIMANN to thump the ball just beyond the far post.
23¹ESTUPIÑÁN headed just beyond the far post.
26¹GOAL!! A delightful ball from BACUNA left HOGAN in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before nudging the ball to BELLINGHAM to score. (1-0 Birmingham City)
31¹A perfect strike from BELLINGHAM was dealt with by a good block from the Forest Green 'keeper.
34¹A weak shot from CHONG bounced agonisingly wide.
35¹PALMER made space on the right and touched the ball to HORGAN who rasped the ball wide.
37¹The Forest Green 'keeper parried a refined strike from BELLINGHAM.
40¹A great effort from BELLINGHAM scraped the top of the crossbar.
40¹The ref books CHONG for a clumsy tackle.
A looping shot from PALMER was clawed past the post by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
BELLINGHAM beat two Forest Green players and fired an effort wide.
11²COLIN was put clear by ROBERTS and he raced past SHEA but struck his shot just wide.
13²ADAMS blasted a deadly shot inches over from twenty-five yards out.
20²WEIMANN ran onto a wonderful ball from PALMER but fumbled his shot wide.
23²A lovely pass from CHONG was hit goalbound by BELLINGHAM only for the Forest Green 'keeper to claw away.
28²MATT worked the ball to PALMER, WEIMANN latched onto his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Birmingham City 'keeper.
31²GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of HORGAN who nudged the ball past the helpless 'keeper. (1-1)
34²SHEA saved a curling shot from BELLINGHAM.
37²TOFFOLO waltzed past ROBERTS and rifled a poor shot over.
39²PALMER beat JAMES and drilled the ball to TOFFOLO who blasted his shot wide.
40²GOAL!! A quick-witted ESTUPIÑÁN pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (2-1 Birmingham City)
43²PICKERING booked for an off-the-ball incident.

 
Forest Green
 
League position: -
Home league form: W---
Overall league form: WLLL----
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
James SHEA1Egil SELVIK
Carl WINCHESTER2Maxime COLIN(c)
(c)Harry TOFFOLO3George FRIEND
Ebou ADAMS4Jordan JAMES
Liam KITCHING5Nathaniel PHILLIPS
Niall MASON6Marc ROBERTS
Romal PALMER7Juninho BACUNA
Daryl HORGAN8Tahith CHONG
(p)Jamille MATT9Óscar ESTUPIÑÁN(p)
(f)Aaron COLLINS10Jobe BELLINGHAM(f)
Andreas WEIMANN11Scott HOGAN
Manager
David WHEELER  12  Marcel OAKLEY
Luke McGEE  13  Zach JEACOCK
Harry PICKERING14  Josh WILLIAMS
Ryan GILES15Jordan GRAHAM
Tommy SMITH  16  Ivan SUNJIC
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: -
Away league form: L---
Overall league form: LXL-----
Formation: 4-3-3
Birmingham City go through to the next round
Statistics
Forest Green 1 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 5,071, Stadium: The New Lawn, Referee: Fred Graham 6)

Horgan 31²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Bellingham 26¹, Estupiñán 40²
KitchingóPickering 32², WeimannóGiles 36²ChongóGraham 23²
  
Pickering 43²Chong 40¹
34
135
34
38
67
915
25
47%53%
Man of the match: Óscar Estupiñán