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Commentary
11¹COLWILL beat a number of Birmingham City players and blasted an effort just beyond the far post.
14¹CARVALHO beat PLAVOTIC and flicked the ball to MORTON who fumbled his shot wide.
16¹GORDON's shot was well saved by OKOYE.
19¹VASSILEV was put clear by HØJBJERG and he turned the 'keeper but thrust his shot over.
31¹CARVALHO snapped at a simple chance.
36¹LONGELO booked for violent conduct.
37¹A accurate pass found ADARABIOYO and his left foot effort went narrowly over.
40¹A cross from ZAKARIA left AZPILICUETA in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
41¹A header by BUREY at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
42¹A drive from PLAVOTIC seemed a certain goal but MERET managed to force the ball clear.
A good ball from WISSA on the left was collected by CARVALHO who sliced his shot just beyond the near post.
HØJBJERG made space on the right and knocked the ball to JUTKIEWICZ who fired the ball wide.
A corner fell to WISSA who nodded the ball just wide.
13²WISSA dribbled past PLAVOTIC and stabbed a weak shot over.
15²A wonderful save prevented GORDON from scoring a lovely goal.
20²GOAL!! A great dummy from BUREY allowed ZAKARIA to lay a lovely ball off to HØJBJERG who struck the ball home. (1-0 Birmingham City)
22²A free-kick from WISSA flew inches wide.
22²A right foot shot from ZAKARIA was stopped by MERET.
34²A penalty box scramble resulted in CARVALHO cracking a low shot over.
36²GOAL!! A tackle from HINSHELWOOD gave Birmingham City a free-kick just outside the area which VASSILEV blasted past MERET. (2-0 Birmingham City)
39²ZAKARIA booked by the referee.
41²WISSA hoofed the ball wide from just inside the area.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 1
Home league form: XWWL
Overall league form: XWWWWLWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Maduka OKOYE1Alex MERET
(c)Cesar AZPILICUETA2Tosin ADARABIOYO
Emmanuel LONGELO3Levi COLWILL
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG4Tyler MORTON
Luke McNALLY5Lisandro MARTÍNEZ(c)
Tin PLAVOTIC6Jarrad BRANTHWAITE
Tyler BUREY7Anthony GORDON
Indiana VASSILEV8Jack HINSHELWOOD
(p)Sinclair ARMSTRONG9Yoane WISSA(p)
(f)Denis ZAKARIA10Georginio RUTTER(f)
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ11Fábio CARVALHO
ManagerLuke MURRAY
Marcel OAKLEY  12  Ashley PHILLIPS
Pierluigi GOLLINI  13  Cesare CASADEI
Jordan JAMES  14MARC GUIU Paz
Nico GORDON15  Joe ROTHWELL
Marc ROBERTS  16  Callum DOYLE
 
Blackburn Rovers
 
League position: 2
Away league form: LWXW
Overall league form: LWWWXLWW
Formation: 4-2-3-1

Statistics
Birmingham City 2 Blackburn Rovers 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 36,787, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Kenny Stamatopoulos 8)

Højbjerg 20², Vassilev 36²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
LongeloóGordon 1²RutteróMarc Guiu 20²
  
Longelo 36¹, Zakaria 39² 
73
56
1010
86
316
1122
43
47%53%
Man of the match: Anthony Gordon