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Commentary
1¹GELHARDT beat VASSILEV and placed the ball to ROBERTO FIRMINO who fired his shot wide.
6¹The Wigan Athletic 'keeper stopped a clever strike from ARMSTRONG.
8¹A weak shot from LOWE rolled agonisingly wide.
9¹A cross from VASSILEV left AZPILICUETA in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
12¹GOAL!! After VASSILEV was pulled to the ground the referee waved play-on and HØJBJERG went on to comfortably score. (1-0 Birmingham City)
16¹KELLY beat two Birmingham City players and blasted an effort just beyond the far post.
24¹A penalty box scramble resulted in ROBERTO FIRMINO driving a low shot wide.
27¹GOLLINI managed to palm clear an amazing shot.
28¹A free-kick from LONGELO raced over the bar.
29¹The stunned 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from DARIKWA fell just over.
29¹Uncertainty in the Wigan Athletic defence enabled McNALLY to thump the ball inches wide.
32¹GOAL!! A twenty yard free-kick was expertly slammed into the net by ARMSTRONG. (2-0 Birmingham City)
36¹DOWELL's shot was well held by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
39¹A shot from VASSILEV seemed a certain goal but the Wigan Athletic 'keeper managed to parry the ball away.
41¹ROBERTO FIRMINO nodded the ball wide from just outside the area.
0²ZAKARIA shot over.
4²GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with ROBERTO FIRMINO firing the ball in off the post. (2-1 Birmingham City)
9²The 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely drive from Wigan Athletic's LOWE.
10²ARMSTRONG whacked a right foot shot over the bar from long range.
37²A thirty yard drive from DOWELL caused the Birmingham City 'keeper no problem.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 13
Home league form: WOXW
Overall league form: LWOXXWWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Pierluigi GOLLINI6½16½Hugo KETO
(c)Cesar AZPILICUETA6½26½Tendayi DARIKWA
Emmanuel LONGELO6½38 Lloyd KELLY
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG8 47 Kieran DOWELL
Luke McNALLY6 56½Cédric KIPRÉ
Tin PLAVOTIC6 66½Kal NAISMITH
Tyler BUREY5½76 Joe GELHARDT
Indiana VASSILEV6 87½Jamal LOWE
(p)Sinclair ARMSTRONG6½96½ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa(c,p)
(f)Denis ZAKARIA7½106 Josh MAGENNIS(f)
Josh McEACHRAN5½117½Joël PIROE
Manager
Jordan GRAHAM  12  Thelo AASGAARD
Maduka OKOYE  13  Joe BURSIK
Nico GORDON  147 Joe RODWELL-GRANT
Marc ROBERTS  15  Tyrell ASHCROFT
Harlee DEAN7 16  Curtis TILT
 
Wigan Athletic
 
League position: 17
Away league form: LXLX
Overall league form: WLXLWLXX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 2 Wigan Athletic 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 24,729, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Nigel Miller 6)

Højbjerg 12¹, Armstrong 32¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Roberto Firmino 4²
VassilevóDean 28²Roberto FirminoóRodwell-Grant 17²
  
  
41
35
12
45
65
1010
12
47%53%
Man of the match: Pierre-Emile Højbjerg