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Commentary
The Birmingham City 'keeper stopped a neatly crafted shot from WISSA.
WISSA headed inches wide.
15¹A cross from HINSHELWOOD left COLLINS in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
20¹WATKINS fluffed an easy chance.
30¹The referee books VASSILEV.
31¹A free-kick from ROGERS flew wide.
34¹GORDON ran onto a wonderful ball from SCHADE but fumbled his shot wide.
38¹The Birmingham City 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from SCHADE.
40¹GOAL!! A great run from WISSA gave SCHADE space on the right and WATKINS flicked in his pin-point pass. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
A high tackle on SUNJIC by WATKINS results in a booking.
WISSA beat McNALLY and fired the ball to ADARABIOYO who fired his shot wide.
12²Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled WATKINS to blast the ball over.
19²The 'keeper dived to his right to save a fierce drive from Blackburn Rovers's WISSA.
21²ROGERS headed the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
23²VASSILEV was put clear by SUNJIC and he raced past the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper but glanced his shot over.
23²VASSILEV's shot was well held by MERET.
26²GOAL!! A curling outswinging corner was headed in at the near post by COLWILL. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers)
29²WISSA clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
35²A wonderful save prevented VASSILEV from scoring a lovely goal.
35²FREY booked for a cynical challenge.
38²An exceptional effort from ARMSTRONG scraped the top of the crossbar.
43²FREY shown the red card for a high foul.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 12
Home league form: WLWL
Overall league form: WWLXLWWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Maduka OKOYE1Alex MERET
(c)Cesar AZPILICUETA2Tosin ADARABIOYO
Emmanuel LONGELO3Levi COLWILL
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG4Jack HINSHELWOOD
Luke McNALLY5Nathan COLLINS
Tin PLAVOTIC6Lisandro MARTÍNEZ
Jordan JAMES7Anthony GORDON
Indiana VASSILEV8Yoane WISSA
(p)Michael FREY9Ollie WATKINS(c,p)
(f)Ivan SUNJIC10Kevin SCHADE(f)
Sinclair ARMSTRONG11Morgan ROGERS
Manager
Marc ROBERTS  12  ANSU FATI
Pierluigi GOLLINI  13  James TRAFFORD
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ  14  Jarrad BRANTHWAITE
Nico GORDON  15  Tyler MORTON
Marcel OAKLEY  16  Cesare CASADEI
 
Blackburn Rovers
 
League position: 1
Away league form: WXWW
Overall league form: WWWXWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 0 Blackburn Rovers 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 39,944, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Darren Drysdale 6)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Watkins 40¹, Colwill 26²
  
Frey 43² 
Vassilev 30¹, Frey 35²Watkins 1²
41
227
11
48
412
820
36
39%61%
Man of the match: Jack Hinshelwood