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Commentary
A tame shot from VASSILEV rolled agonisingly wide.
GOAL!! Some steady work by ZAKARIA on the left, left AZPILICUETA yards clear, and he raced past FORSTER and slammed the ball over the line. (1-0 Birmingham City)
11¹An outswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper by FREY.
13¹A perfect strike from DOBRE was dealt with by a good parry from the Birmingham City 'keeper.
19¹FREY's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
20¹McNALLY given a yellow card by WRIGHT.
29¹The Crewe Alexandra 'keeper managed to claw away an amazing shot.
35¹AGYEI made space on the left and knocked the ball to CHALOBAH who rasped the ball wide.
40¹SCAMACCA worked the ball to CHALOBAH, DOBRE collected his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of OKOYE.
A good effort from FREY scraped the outside of the post.
11²FREY was put clear by PLAVOTIC and he raced past the 'keeper but thrust his shot just wide.
14²A cross from CHALOBAH left DOBRE in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
15²A strike from AZPILICUETA held little difficulty for the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper.
15²DELE-BASHIRU stroked an easy chance past the near post.
16²A free-kick from DOBRE went inches wide.
18²GOAL!! With his back to goal FREY turned and flicked the ball past FORSTER. (2-0 Birmingham City)
19²ZAKARIA ran onto a delightful ball from VASSILEV but toe-poked his shot wide.
23²GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed DELE-BASHIRU to play the ball to SCAMACCA who fired a deadly shot into the net. (2-1 Birmingham City)
31²VASSILEV beat CARTER-VICKERS and placed the ball to LONGELO who fired his effort wide.
38²A accurate pass was collected by SCAMACCA and his looping shot floated narrowly over.
41²VASSILEV hoofed the ball wide from just inside the area.
43²GOAL!! A penalty was awarded to Birmingham City, after NWACHUKWU had fouled HØJBJERG which FREY easily converted. (3-1 Birmingham City)

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 1
Home league form: WLWW
Overall league form: WWLWWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Maduka OKOYE1Fraser FORSTER(c)
(c)Cesar AZPILICUETA2Andre WISDOM
Emmanuel LONGELO3Rodrigo ALBORNO
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG4Tom DELE-BASHIRU
Luke McNALLY5Cameron CARTER-VICKERS
Tin PLAVOTIC6Nathan WOOD
Tyler BUREY7Christian NWACHUKWU
Indiana VASSILEV8Mihai-Alexandre DOBRE
(p)Michael FREY9Gianluca SCAMACCA(p)
(f)Denis ZAKARIA10Nathaniel CHALOBAH(f)
Sinclair ARMSTRONG11Dan AGYEI
Manager
Josh McEACHRAN  12  Nectarios TRIANTIS
Pierluigi GOLLINI  13  Goran KARACIC
Nico GORDON  14  Ryan WINTLE
Marcel OAKLEY  15  Dilan MARKANDAY
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ  16  Keenan APPIAH-FORSON
 
Crewe Alexandra
 
League position: 9
Away league form: LWXL
Overall league form: LWWXLOWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Birmingham City go through to the next round
Statistics
Birmingham City 3 Crewe Alexandra 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 31,463, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Kevin Wright 6)

Azpilicueta 8¹, Frey 18², Frey 43² (pen)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Scamacca 23²
  
  
McNally 20¹ 
43
1618
75
73
89
1512
42
56%44%
Man of the match: Emmanuel Longelo