Match Report
| Birmingham City | Birmingham City |  |  | Arsenal | Arsenal | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | manager | John Miller | John Miller | |||||||||||||||||
| Marcus Matthews | M. Matthews |  | 61 | G |  | 1 | | G | 70 | | Rio Potts | R. Potts | |||||||||
| Cliff Arts | C. Arts |  | 70 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 52 | | Mervin Laycock | M. Laycock | |||||||||
| Vincenzo Schulze | V. Schulze |  | 67 | D | | 3 | | D | 33 |  | Shinobu Ishigawa | S. Ishigawa | |||||||||
| António Alfaro | A. Alfaro |  | 64 | D | | 4 | | D | 73 |  | Fouad Chippo | F. Chippo | |||||||||
| Edward Butt | E. Butt | | 63 | D | | 5 | | D | 67 |  | Benoit Ficini | B. Ficini | |||||||||
| Clive Mcleod | C. Mcleod | | 79 | M | | 6 | | M | 70 | | Fabrizio Matzuzzi | F. Matzuzzi | |||||||||
| Danny Davies | D. Davies | | 67 | M | | 7 | | M | 77 |  | Kubilay Ayaz | K. Ayaz | |||||||||
| Brendan Mills | B. Mills | | 66 | M | | 8 | | M | 31 |  | Allan Høgh | A. Høgh | |||||||||
| Nick Unsworth | N. Unsworth | | 70 | A | | 9 | | A | 32 |  | Samuel Billong | S. Billong | |||||||||
| Ihor Sakhnevych | I. Sakhnevych |  | 65 | A | | 10 | | A | 79 | | Romarin Job | R. Job | |||||||||
| Jonathan Gallagher | J. Gallagher | | 65 | A | | 11 | | M | 31 |  | Fabian Kehrli | F. Kehrli | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at St Andrews where Birmingham City play Arsenal in this league cup game. Its a sell-out today with the 21,000 capacity stadium completely full.
Both Birmingham City and Arsenal are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both Birmingham City and Arsenal are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0Birmingham City start the match!
3.47
0-0Brendan Mills makes a beautiful solo run. Brendan Mills shoots from 25 yards. The ball comes in low, but Rio Potts easily smothers it!
4.41
Clive Mcleod makes a simple pass to Ihor Sakhnevych. Ihor Sakhnevych finds some space and shoots from distance but it is tipped over by Rio Potts.
8.17
Allan Høgh makes a beautiful solo run. Allan Høgh lofts in a cross ball towards Fabian Kehrli. Fabian Kehrli connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. Marcus Matthews manages to gather it comfortably.
12.49
1-0Danny Davies sees space and advances. Danny Davies knocks in a cross ball towards Nick Unsworth. Nick Unsworth flicks the ball with his head. Nick Unsworth scores for Birmingham City!!
21.11
1-0Brendan Mills kicks a strong pass forward to Nick Unsworth. Nick Unsworth knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
22.30
1-0Vincenzo Schulze deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Danny Davies. Danny Davies makes a simple pass to Nick Unsworth. Nick Unsworth tries a spectacular long range effort but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
26.27
1-0Fabrizio Matzuzzi clumsily knocks into Brendan Mills. Fabrizio Matzuzzi is given a warning by the referee! Brendan Mills grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
27.48
Allan Høgh takes it forward alone. Allan Høgh lofts in a cross ball towards Fabian Kehrli. Fabian Kehrli powers a header at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
30.15
1-0Samuel Billong hacks António Alfaro from behind! Samuel Billong is shown the yellow card! António Alfaro runs off the knock.
32.34
Clive Mcleod makes a probing pass to Jonathan Gallagher. Jonathan Gallagher shoots from long range but he balloons it over the crossbar!
33.52
Jonathan Gallagher barges into Mervin Laycock. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Mervin Laycock runs off the knock.
38.28
Danny Davies knocks the ball to his team mate, Jonathan Gallagher. Jonathan Gallagher knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Fouad Chippo.
42.00
Clive Mcleod brings the ball forward. Clive Mcleod knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
44.25
1-0The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
45.00
Kubilay Ayaz knocks the ball to his team mate, Fabian Kehrli. Fabian Kehrli whips in a cross ball towards Romarin Job. Romarin Job flicks the ball with his head but he balloons it over the crossbar!
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
The second half starts with Arsenal kicking off!
49.48
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
51.32
Allan Høgh passes the ball forward to Romarin Job. Romarin Job tries a spectacular long range effort. The ball comes in low, but Marcus Matthews easily smothers it!
53.51
Danny Davies controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jonathan Gallagher. Jonathan Gallagher goes all the way! Jonathan Gallagher shoots from just inside the box but it is miles over!
55.12
Kubilay Ayaz makes a simple pass to Fabian Kehrli. Fabian Kehrli shoots from long range but he balloons it over the crossbar!
63.35
Allan Høgh flicks the ball to his team mate, Fabian Kehrli. Fabian Kehrli knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
71.47
Danny Davies kicks a strong pass forward to Ihor Sakhnevych. Ihor Sakhnevych lofts in a cross ball towards Nick Unsworth. Nick Unsworth flicks the ball with his head but it is tipped over by Rio Potts.
78.13
Kubilay Ayaz passes the ball forward to Fabian Kehrli. Fabian Kehrli shoots from long range but it is miles over!
87.14
Fouad Chippo chips the ball to his team mate, Allan Høgh. Allan Høgh knocks the ball forward to Romarin Job. Romarin Job knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Marcus Matthews who gathers it comfortably.
89.12
Brendan Mills advances with the ball. Brendan Mills lofts in a cross ball towards Ihor Sakhnevych. Ihor Sakhnevych is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. It's miles wide!
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!
Match Statistics
Match Statistics
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