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Commentary
FREY was put clear by ZAKARIA and he dummied the Southend United 'keeper but rammed his shot over the bar.
OKOYE managed to claw away a wicked shot.
GOAL!! After some useful play on the right VASSILEV came inside and flicked the ball in off the post. (1-0 Birmingham City)
GOAL!! A long ball from McNALLY had the Southend United defence back-pedalling and JAMES made the most of the opportunity with an exceptional goal. (2-0 Birmingham City)
16¹A free-kick from ARMSTRONG floated inches over.
17¹RICARDO ESGAIO's shot beat the Birmingham City 'keeper but rebounded off the Birmingham City woodwork.
30¹A penalty box scramble resulted in BERISHA tapping a low shot wide.
34¹A pin-point pass found RING and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.
35¹BERISHA turned VASSILEV but blasted the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
39¹The motionless 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from PATOSI fell just wide.
41¹A weak shot from KYPRIANOU bounced agonisingly wide.
47¹A cross from BUREY left VASSILEV in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
A drive from FREY seemed a certain goal but TYTON managed to palm the ball clear.
VASSILEV rushed a simple chance.
BERISHA worked the ball to RING, SAMARAS gathered his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of OKOYE.
ZAMORA headed just beyond the near post.
12²GOAL!! A twenty yard free-kick was expertly thundered into the top corner by ARMSTRONG. (3-0 Birmingham City)
14²OKOYE saved a beautiful effort from SAMARAS.
37²A corner fell to AZPILICUETA who touched an effort over the bar.
40²Uncertainty in the Southend United defence enabled JAMES to crack an effort just beyond the near post.
42²GOAL!! Birmingham City's VASSILEV beat four defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's lefthand post. (4-0 Birmingham City)

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 1
Home league form: OLLW
Overall league form: WOWLWOWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Maduka OKOYE1Przemyslaw TYTON
(c)Cesar AZPILICUETA2RICARDO de Sousa ESGAIO
Emmanuel LONGELO3Harry KYPRIANOU
Denis ZAKARIA4Ayanda PATOSI
Luke McNALLY5Denis POLYAKOV
Nico GORDON6Salif SANÉ
Tyler BUREY7Alexander RING
Indiana VASSILEV8Valon BERISHA
(p)Michael FREY9Georgios SAMARAS(p)
(f)Jordan JAMES10Bobby ZAMORA(c,f)
Sinclair ARMSTRONG11Jon WALTERS
Manager
Ivan SUNJIC  12  RAFINHA
Pierluigi GOLLINI  13  Ted SMITH
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ  14  Peter WHITTINGHAM
Marcel OAKLEY  15Alex WOODYARD
Josh McEACHRAN  16  Harry LENNON
 
Southend United
 
League position: 23
Away league form: LXLL
Overall league form: LLXXXLLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 4 Southend United 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 21,154, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Patrick Miller 7½)

Vassilev 6¹, James 9¹, Armstrong 12², Vassilev 42²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
 SanéóWoodyard 24²
  
  
13
23
44
55
74
129
15
57%43%
Man of the match: Emmanuel Longelo