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Match Report

Match Report
It's a sunny day here at The Hawthorns where West Bromwich Albion play St Mirren in this Inter Cup game. Its a sell-out today with the 3,000 capacity stadium completely full.
West Bromwich Albion are playing in a 6-3-1 formation while St Mirren appear to be shaped for 3-5-2.


0.00
The first half starts with West Bromwich Albion kicking off!
6.29
Billy McCoist sees space and advances. Billy McCoist controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
16.04
Billy McCoist catches Fabio Stimac on the ankles. Billy McCoist is given a warning by the referee! Fabio Stimac stretches but gets up unharmed.
18.45
Stephen Matteo makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Stephen Hutchison. Stephen Hutchison plays a perfect one-two with Richard Inglis and rushes in on goal... Stephen Hutchison cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but it is tipped over by Luis Moya.
21.58
Don Elliott makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Scott McCoist. Scott McCoist flicks the ball to his team mate, Stephen Hutchison. Stephen Hutchison whips in a cross ball towards Richard Inglis. Richard Inglis is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
33.35
Don Elliott flicks the ball to his team mate, Billy McCoist. Billy McCoist chips the ball to his team mate, Stephen Hutchison. Stephen Hutchison knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Colin Fenton.
34.38
Billy McCoist makes a probing pass to Stephen Hutchison. Stephen Hutchison tries a spectacular long range effort but Luis Moya is on top of it.
39.58
Matt Campbell sees space and advances. Matt Campbell knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Roberto Semedo.
44.11
Stephen Matteo hacks Gareth Standing from behind! The referee calls over Stephen Matteo and warns him to calm down! Gareth Standing carries on, but is struggling a bit.
45.00
Scott McCoist sees space and advances. Scott McCoist knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Lee Gerrard.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!


45.00
St Mirren kick off and get the second half underway!
47.26
Milan Berck Van Nieuwstadt controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jermaine Bould. Jermaine Bould brings the ball forward. Jermaine Bould knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Scott Hansen who gathers it comfortably.
48.08
Gareth Standing hacks David Law from behind! The referee calls over Gareth Standing and shows him a yellow card! David Law hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
48.08
St Mirren are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
55.21
Dean Mills hacks Don Elliott from behind! Dean Mills is shown the yellow card! Don Elliott stretches but gets up unharmed.
61.05
Fabio Stimac flicks the ball to his team mate, Dean Mills. Dean Mills shoots from 20 yards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
63.38
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
69.27
Matt Campbell knocks the ball to his team mate, Stephen Hutchison. Stephen Hutchison knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Luis Moya who gathers it comfortably.
72.25
Billy McCoist controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Stephen Hutchison. Stephen Hutchison controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
78.51
Danny Serrant threads the ball through to Jermaine Bould. Jermaine Bould deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Dean Mills. Dean Mills shoots from outside the area but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
85.36
Gareth Standing barges into Stephen Matteo. The referee calls over Gareth Standing and shows him his second yellow card! He's sending him off!! Stephen Matteo runs off the knock.
87.49
Matt Campbell threads the ball through to Richard Inglis. Richard Inglis knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Alexander Bolton.
90.00
Colin Fenton comes in with a late challenge on Stephen Matteo. Colin Fenton is warned by the referee! Stephen Matteo runs off the knock.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!

The game is drawn at 0-0 and so goes to penalties!

The man of the match was awarded to Jermaine Bould of West Bromwich Albion

Match Statistics

Match Statistics
Full Time Score
Full Time Score: 2 vs 3
Normal Play Goals
Normal Play Goals: 0 vs 0
Penalty Shootout
Penalty Shootout: 2 vs 3
Shots on Target
Shots on Target: 0 vs 2
Shots off Target
Shots off Target: 2 vs 3
Offsides
Offsides: 0 vs 1
Fouls
Fouls: 4 vs 2
Yellow Cards
Yellow Cards: 1 vs 0
Red Cards
Red Cards: 1 vs 0

Possession
Possession: 40 vs 60
Play Area
Home team third: 37.14%, Midfield: 48.57%, Away team third: 14.29%