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Commentary
1¹ZAKARIA waltzed away from MITOMA and stabbed a poor shot over the bar.
4¹GOAL!! Some useful work by LONGELO on the left, left ARMSTRONG yards clear, and he nutmegged the Cheltenham Town 'keeper and blasted the ball home. (1-0 Birmingham City)
10¹PACK shot over.
15¹PACK flicked a simple chance past the far post.
15¹A free-kick from ZAKARIA went inches over.
21¹A header by VASSILEV at the near post was easily collected by IVERSEN.
23¹BALOGUN nutmegged BUREY but slammed the ball into the arms of the Birmingham City 'keeper.
24¹ARMSTRONG floated the ball to VASSILEV who nodded it over.
26¹An outswinging corner was turned into the arms of IVERSEN by VASSILEV.
35¹GOAL!! Unlucky PACK hit the upright before MAY stabbed the ball home as VASSILEV failed to clear. (1-1)
39¹A penalty box meleé resulted in BUREY cracking the ball over.
43¹GOAL!! A terrible backpass by AZPILICUETA enabled MITOMA to nip in and crack the ball past the Birmingham City 'keeper. (2-1 Cheltenham Town)
46¹ZAKARIA's shot beat the Cheltenham Town 'keeper but rebounded off the Cheltenham Town woodwork.
10²VASSILEV beat THOMAS and fired the ball to ZAKARIA who fired his shot wide.
17²A twenty-five yard drive from MAY caused the Birmingham City 'keeper little difficulty.
21²The 'keeper was able to block a poor header from BALOGUN.
22²The motionless Birmingham City 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from ZAKARIA fell just wide.
24²BENNETT books BUREY for a poor challenge.
26²A poor strike from DEAN bounced agonisingly wide.
28²McEACHRAN beat a number of Cheltenham Town players and drove a golden opportunity wide.
40²A cross from LEONARD left THOMAS in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
43²A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled MAY to volley the ball over the bar.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 13
Home league form: WWOX
Overall league form: XXWLWOXX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Pierluigi GOLLINI6 16½Daniel IVERSEN
(c)Cesar AZPILICUETA6½26½Jordan THORNILEY
Emmanuel LONGELO6 36½Kaoru MITOMA
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG7½47½Ryan LEONARD
Luke McNALLY7½57 Kyle McFADZEAN(c)
Tin PLAVOTIC6½66½Caleb TAYLOR
Tyler BUREY6½77 Marlon PACK
Indiana VASSILEV6½86 George THOMAS
(p)Sinclair ARMSTRONG6½97½Folarin BALOGUN(p)
(f)Denis ZAKARIA7 106½Jake DOYLE-HAYES(f)
Josh McEACHRAN6 117 Alfie MAY
Manager
Jordan GRAHAM  12  Christian NORTON
Maduka OKOYE  13  Steven BENDA
Nico GORDON  14  George LLOYD
Marc ROBERTS  15  Lewis FREESTONE
Harlee DEAN7 16  Harry PELL
 
Cheltenham Town
 
League position: 22
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: LLLLXLLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 1 Cheltenham Town 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 24,668, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Steve Bennett 5½)

Armstrong 4¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
May 35¹, Mitoma 43¹
ArmstrongóDean 21² 
  
Burey 24² 
33
106
77
46
119
1515
32
51%49%
Man of the match: Ryan Leonard