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Commentary
SAMARAS hoofed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
The 'keeper managed to claw away a powerful effort.
JAMES worked the ball to ZAKARIA, VASSILEV latched onto his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of TYTON.
VASSILEV made space on the right and touched the ball to FREY who clipped the ball over.
24¹A tame shot from VASSILEV trickled agonisingly wide.
28¹A header by SAMARAS at the near post was comfortably collected by OKOYE.
31¹ARMSTRONG touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Southend United 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
32¹A pin-point pass fell to KYPRIANOU and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
42¹HØJBJERG beat VOLODKO and blasted the ball to PLAVOTIC who pulled his effort wide.
44¹A shot from WALTERS seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
45¹GOAL!! A shot from GORDON deflected off the legs of SANÉ and raced past the helpless 'keeper and over the line. (1-0 Birmingham City)
The Birmingham City 'keeper saved a neatly crafted strike from SAMARAS.
AZPILICUETA booked for a high challenge on POLYAKOV.
11²A cynical foul on ARMSTRONG by HOSINER results in a booking.
22²GOAL!! A perfect ball from McNALLY left ZAKARIA in the clear, he made the Southend United 'keeper commit himself before nudging the ball to AZPILICUETA to score. (2-0 Birmingham City)
26²A cross from VASSILEV left JAMES in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
27²SAMARAS was put clear by HOSINER and he raced past the Birmingham City 'keeper but struck his shot wide.
32²FREY shot wide.
33²HOSINER chipped the ball to SAMARAS who forced it just wide.
39²A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
39²A good ball from ZAKARIA on the left fell to ARMSTRONG who mishit his shot wide.
41²VASSILEV poked an easy chance past the lefthand post.

 
Southend United
 
League position: -
Home league form: ----
Overall league form: --------
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Przemyslaw TYTON1Maduka OKOYE
RICARDO de Sousa ESGAIO2Cesar AZPILICUETA(c)
Harry KYPRIANOU3Tin PLAVOTIC
Aleksandr VOLODKO4Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG
Denis POLYAKOV5Luke McNALLY
Salif SANÉ6Nico GORDON
Jon WALTERS7Denis ZAKARIA
Valon BERISHA8Indiana VASSILEV
(p)Georgios SAMARAS9Michael FREY(p)
(c,f)Bobby ZAMORA10Jordan JAMES(f)
Philipp HOSINER11Sinclair ARMSTRONG
Manager
Ayanda PATOSI  12  Harlee DEAN
Boy WATERMAN  13  Pierluigi GOLLINI
Peter WHITTINGHAM  14  Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Gino PERUZZI  15  Marc ROBERTS
Reece BROWN  16  Marcel OAKLEY
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: -
Away league form: ----
Overall league form: --------
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Southend United 0 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 12,270, Stadium: Roots Hall, Referee: Alan Wiley 6)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Sané 45¹ (og), Azpilicueta 22²
  
  
Hosiner 11²Azpilicueta 6²
53
186
55
55
411
916
53
44%56%
Man of the match: Cesar Azpilicueta