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Commentary
A accurate pass fell to MUSABA and his deadly shot went narrowly wide.
FREY headed wide.
A shot from OSMAJIC seemed a certain goal but OKOYE managed to force the ball away.
22¹A free-kick from OSMAJIC flew over.
25¹A delightful shot from FREY was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper.
26¹A shot from OSMAJIC was headed off the line by PLAVOTIC.
28¹LUCAS PIRES waltzed round LONGELO and stroked a poor shot past the post.
34¹The referee yellow cards DARLING.
36¹HØJBJERG booked for a late tackle.
37¹HØJBJERG made space on the right and dragged the ball to ARMSTRONG who touched the ball wide.
38¹A looping shot from ARMSTRONG was saved by RÚNARSSON.
39¹MORRELL played the ball to LUCAS PIRES who fired it over.
44¹OSMAJIC ran onto a great ball from MORRELL but toe-poked his effort wide of the goal.
VASSILEV's shot was well held by RÚNARSSON.
GOAL!! AZPILICUETA waltzed forward, glanced up and drove a shot into the Portsmouth net. (1-0 Birmingham City)
RÚNARSSON blocked a refined strike from ROBERTS.
11²RÚNARSSON booked.
16²An outswinging corner was nodded into the arms of RÚNARSSON by VASSILEV.
25²HØJBJERG rushed a simple chance.
28²A tame strike from JAMES rolled agonisingly wide.
34²AZPILICUETA poked an easy chance past the righthand post.
35²A mix up in the Portsmouth defence enabled HØJBJERG to fire an effort wide.
41²BISHOP drove a left foot shot inches wide from twenty yards out.
44²OSMAJIC was put clear by LANE and he nutmegged the Birmingham City 'keeper but drilled his shot inches wide.
48²An exceptional effort from VASSILEV scraped the outside of the righthand post.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 4
Home league form: ----
Overall league form: W-------
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Maduka OKOYE1Rúnar RÚNARSSON
(c)Cesar AZPILICUETA2Zak SWANSON
Emmanuel LONGELO3LUCAS PIRES Silva
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG4Dominik FRIESER(c)
Luke McNALLY5Harry DARLING
Tin PLAVOTIC6Connor OGILVIE
Denis ZAKARIA7Anthony MUSABA
Indiana VASSILEV8Paddy LANE
(p)Michael FREY9Milutin OSMAJIC(p)
(f)Jordan JAMES10Joe MORRELL(f)
Sinclair ARMSTRONG11Colby BISHOP
Manager
Josh McEACHRAN  12  Sean RAGGETT
Pierluigi GOLLINI  13  Anthony RACIOPPI
Marcel OAKLEY  14  Joe BRYAN
Nico GORDON  15  Fankaty DABO
Marc ROBERTS16  Lee EVANS
 
Portsmouth
 
League position: 24
Away league form: L---
Overall league form: L-------
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 1 Portsmouth 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 29,123, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Martin Penicka 7½)

Azpilicueta 2²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
FreyóRoberts 3² 
  
Højbjerg 36¹Darling 34¹, Rúnarsson 11²
31
616
23
62
77
139
52
54%46%
Man of the match: Luke McNally