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GOAL!! A long ball from GROUNDS down the middle bobbled toward the lurking IMMOBILE who placed a right foot shot into the top corner. (1-0 Birmingham City)
A bad foul gets SHOTTON a yellow card.
COTTERILL booked.
DJURICIC galloped through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at LEGZDINS.
SHARBINI booked for violent conduct.
13¹GÖKHAN scuffed an easy chance.
23¹A useful ball from COTTERILL on the left found JOTA who scuffed his shot inches over.
30¹IMMOBILE beat DJURICIC and hit the ball to COTTERILL who dragged his shot wide.
35¹CANNAVARO receives a yellow card for a bad challenge.
37¹GOAL!! A poor drive from BRAMA seemed to hold no problem for LEGZDINS but the ball somehow squeezed over the line. (1-1)
42¹The motionless Colchester United 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from DJURICIC dropped just over.
44¹BUTTNER was put clear by SHARBINI and he beat the 'keeper but glanced his shot over.
A shot from FLETCHER held little difficulty for LEGZDINS.
A pin-point pass bobbled toward DONALDSON and his left foot shot floated narrowly wide.
GROUNDS rattled an easy chance past the far post.
10²DJURICIC worked the ball to KRSTICIC, FLETCHER controlled his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of LEGZDINS.
12²SHARBINI waltzed past GROUNDS and rifled a poor shot into the crowd.
18²FAZIO beat two Birmingham City players and blasted a shot over the bar.
21²SHARBINI knocked the ball to DJURICIC who touched it just wide.
24²The Colchester United 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from JOTA.
28²A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
29²A drive from FLETCHER seemed a certain goal but LEGZDINS managed to palm the ball clear.
34²FLETCHER headed over the bar.
40²Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled GÖKHAN to crack the ball just beyond the near post.
40²A clever cross from COTTERILL was flicked goalbound by IMMOBILE only for the Colchester United 'keeper to block.
44²An exceptional effort from DJURICIC scraped the outside of the post.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 15
Home league form: XWXL
Overall league form: XWWXXWXL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Adam LEGZDINS1Sinan BOLAT
Ryan SHOTTON2Daniel OPARE
Jonathan GROUNDS3Alexander BUTTNER
Alberto AQUILANI4Nenad KRSTICIC
Davide ASTORI5Federico FAZIO(c)
(c)Paolo CANNAVARO6Kirk BROADFOOT
Koby ARTHUR7GÖKHAN Töre
JOTA8Filip DJURICIC
(p)Ciro IMMOBILE9Steven FLETCHER(p)
(f)Clayton DONALDSON10Wout BRAMA(f)
David COTTERILL11Anas SHARBINI
Manager
Jacques MAGHOMA  12  Chris GUNTER
Connal TRUEMAN  13  James SHEA
Paul ROBINSON  14  Kristján EMILSSON
Maikel KIEFTENBELD15  David VAUGHAN
Nicolai BROCK-MADSEN  16  Mark WILSON
 
Colchester United
 
League position: 1
Away league form: WWLW
Overall league form: WWWLLWWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 1 Colchester United 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 29,770, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Clive Penton 6)

Immobile 1¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Brama 37¹
CannavaroóKieftenbeld 1² 
  
Shotton 2¹, Cotterill 4¹, Cannavaro 35¹Sharbini 8¹
41
133
03
45
58
913
34
51%49%
Man of the match: Davide Astori