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GOAL!! A OAKLEY run down the middle resulted in a nice cross for VASSILEV to drill in. (1-0 Birmingham City)
ISCO beat BUREY but blasted the ball into the arms of OKOYE.
A strike from VITA held little difficulty for the Birmingham City 'keeper.
11¹The referee books SAMU for an off-the-ball incident against HØJBJERG.
14¹A drive from ISCO seemed a certain goal but the Birmingham City 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
17¹A cynical tackle on WEBSTER by FREY results in a booking.
19¹ISCO drove a right foot shot just beyond the far post from long range.
24¹HØJBJERG knocked the ball to FREY who turned it over the bar.
35¹KOZLOWSKI beat two Birmingham City players and drove an effort inches over.
37¹The motionless 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from HØJBJERG fell just wide.
40¹A shot from FREY was smothered by the 'keeper.
KOZLOWSKI beat PLAVOTIC and drilled the ball to ISCO who toe-poked his effort wide.
An exceptional effort from WEBSTER scraped the top of the crossbar.
12²A weak strike from PLAVOTIC rolled agonisingly wide.
13²SAMU ran onto a wonderful ball from KOZLOWSKI but dragged his effort wide.
18²GOAL!! A deep cross by WEBSTER was met by KOZLOWSKI who stormed in to score. (1-1)
19²A accurate pass bobbled toward MARCH and his looping shot went narrowly wide.
24²A good ball from SARMIENTO on the right found TOMKINS who scuffed his effort over.
27²GOAL!! A poor drive from JAMES seemed to hold no problem for STEELE but the ball somehow squeezed over the line. (2-1 Birmingham City)
31²A looping shot from SAMU was forced wide by OKOYE.
36²OKOYE managed to block a powerful shot.
38²A cross from SARMIENTO left TOMKINS in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 20
Home league form: LXLW
Overall league form: LLXXLLWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Maduka OKOYE1Jason STEELE
Marcel OAKLEY2Jarell QUANSAH
Liberato CACACE3Rémy VITA
(c)Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG4Jakub MODER
Tin PLAVOTIC5John STONES(c)
Denis ZAKARIA6Adam WEBSTER
Tyler BUREY7Jeremy SARMIENTO
Indiana VASSILEV8ISCO
(p)Michael FREY9SAMU(p)
(f)Jordan JAMES10Kacper KOZLOWSKI(f)
Sinclair ARMSTRONG11Solomon MARCH
Manager
Ivan SUNJIC  12  Shane DUFFY
Pierluigi GOLLINI  13  Andy MORAN
Josh McEACHRAN  14  Haydon ROBERTS
George HALL  15  Martín MONTOYA
Emmanuel LONGELO  16James TOMKINS
 
Brighton & HA
 
League position: 2
Away league form: WWXW
Overall league form: WWWWWWXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Birmingham City go through to the next round
Statistics
Birmingham City 2 Brighton & HA 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 29,863, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Trevor Kettle 7½)

Vassilev 2¹, James 27²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Kozlowski 18²
 IscoóTomkins 18²
  
Frey 17¹Samu 11¹
42
79
23
47
811
1218
16
39%61%
Man of the match: Liberato Cacace