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Commentary
VASSILEV touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Southend United 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
A shot from SAMARAS was smothered by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
19¹A corner found RICARDO ESGAIO who headed the ball over.
31¹A twenty yard shot from VASSILEV caused the Southend United 'keeper little difficulty.
32¹SAMARAS beat AZPILICUETA but knocked the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
34¹ZAKARIA shot wide.
45¹The ref books BERISHA.
A penalty box scramble resulted in SAMARAS driving a low shot over.
A strike from SAMARAS held little difficulty for the Birmingham City 'keeper.
GOAL!! An inswinging corner was booted clear only for ARMSTRONG to hit the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Birmingham City)
The Southend United 'keeper blocked a lovely strike from HØJBJERG.
A free-kick from ZAKARIA raced wide.
13²A header by LONGELO at the near post was comfortably collected by TYTON.
15²GOAL!! After a steady build-up ZAKARIA drove a low shot past the 'keeper. (2-0 Birmingham City)
16²The Birmingham City 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce strike from SAMARAS.
17²The motionless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from ZAKARIA dropped just wide.
23²KYPRIANOU booked.
24²VOLODKO receives a yellow card for a cynical challenge.
25²VASSILEV beat RING and fired the ball to AZPILICUETA who dragged his shot wide.
29²A cross from RING left ZAMORA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
32²A refined cross from WALTERS was shot goalbound by POLYAKOV only for the Birmingham City 'keeper to palm clear.
39²WALTERS dribbled away from PLAVOTIC and rattled a tame shot wide.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 13
Home league form: LWWO
Overall league form: XLXXWLWO
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Pierluigi GOLLINI1Przemyslaw TYTON
(c)Cesar AZPILICUETA2RICARDO de Sousa ESGAIO
Emmanuel LONGELO3Harry KYPRIANOU
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG4Aleksandr VOLODKO
Luke McNALLY5Denis POLYAKOV
Tin PLAVOTIC6Salif SANÉ
Tyler BUREY7Alexander RING
Indiana VASSILEV8Valon BERISHA
(p)Sinclair ARMSTRONG9Georgios SAMARAS(p)
(f)Denis ZAKARIA10Bobby ZAMORA(c,f)
Josh McEACHRAN11Jon WALTERS
Manager
Jordan GRAHAM  12  Ayanda PATOSI
Maduka OKOYE  13  Boy WATERMAN
Nico GORDON  14  Peter WHITTINGHAM
Marc ROBERTS  15  RAFINHA
Harlee DEAN16  Gino PERUZZI
 
Southend United
 
League position: 20
Away league form: WLLW
Overall league form: LWXLLWLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 2 Southend United 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 20,434, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Tony Bates 7½)

Armstrong 1², Zakaria 15²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
VassilevóDean 28² 
  
 Berisha 45¹, Kyprianou 23², Volodko 24²
61
521
49
105
58
1513
73
54%46%
Man of the match: Pierre-Emile Højbjerg