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Commentary
1¹IMMOBILE stormed through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at OKOYE.
5¹An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of the 'keeper by HØJBJERG.
6¹A clever cross from MAVIDIDI was slammed goalbound by HOWSON only for OKOYE to block.
7¹A free-kick from IMMOBILE went just beyond the far post.
9¹The ref books JAMES.
13¹BOGARDE waltzed away from HØJBJERG and stabbed a weak shot over the bar.
22¹A great shot from FREY was dealt with by a fine parry from the Middlesbrough 'keeper.
28¹GOAL!! A long ball from COOK had the Birmingham City defence back-pedalling and MAVIDIDI made the most of the opportunity with a lovely goal. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
30¹A fine ball from PLAVOTIC on the left fell to FREY who sliced his effort over.
41¹GOAL!! As MAVIDIDI was trying to hold back FREY the ball dropped to HØJBJERG who blasted the ball into the net. (1-1)
44¹A tame shot from IMMOBILE trickled agonisingly wide.
46¹COOK shot over.
1²The 'keeper dived to his right to stop a fierce drive from Middlesbrough's HOWSON.
5²A penalty box meleé resulted in IMMOBILE tapping a low shot over.
7²ARMSTRONG played the ball to VASSILEV who turned it over the bar.
21²GOAL!! A shot from ALDERETE was cleared off the line only for HACKNEY to slip the ball home. (2-1 Middlesbrough)
25²COOK ran onto a wonderful ball from MAVIDIDI but blasted his shot wide of the righthand post.
37²ZAKARIA made space on the right and knocked the ball to VASSILEV who clipped the ball wide.
39²A delightful save prevented VASSILEV from scoring a lovely goal.
42²MAVIDIDI poked an easy chance past the far post.
44²HOWSON hit a right foot shot over the bar from thirty yards out.
45²Uncertainty in the Middlesbrough defence enabled VASSILEV to thump the ball just beyond the far post.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 16
Home league form: OOWL
Overall league form: OXWOWLLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Maduka OKOYE7 16½Arijanet MURIC
(c)Cesar AZPILICUETA7½27½Lamare BOGARDE
Liberato CACACE6½38 Omar ALDERETE
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG8 47½Lewis COOK
Luke McNALLY7 57 Patrick McNAIR
Tin PLAVOTIC5½65½Dael FRY
Denis ZAKARIA7 77 Jonny HOWSON
Indiana VASSILEV6 87 Stephy MAVIDIDI
(p)Michael FREY6½96½Ciro IMMOBILE(c,p)
(f)Jordan JAMES5½107 Hayden HACKNEY(f)
Sinclair ARMSTRONG5½116½Andraz SPORAR
Manager
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ  12  ARNAU PUIGMAL Martínez
Pierluigi GOLLINI  137½Duncan WATMORE
Emmanuel LONGELO  14  Josh COBURN
Ivan SUNJIC6 15  Marc BOLA
Odin BAILEY7 16  George SAVILLE
 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 2
Away league form: WOLW
Overall league form: WWWOLWLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 1 Middlesbrough 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 24,648, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Grant Hegley 7½)

Højbjerg 41¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Mavididi 28¹, Hackney 21²
FreyóBailey 21², CacaceóSunjic 28²ImmobileóWatmore 16²
  
James 9¹ 
34
92
54
48
712
1120
36
43%57%
Man of the match: Omar Alderete