Match Report
| Birmingham City | Birmingham City |  |  | Everton | Everton | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Phil Burfield | Phil Burfield | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Monetta | T. Monetta |  | 78 | G |  | 1 | | G | 71 |  | Trevor Lockley | T. Lockley | |||||||||
| Jacek Boniek | J. Boniek |  | 68 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 72 |  | Yasushi Kaneko | Y. Kaneko | |||||||||
| Dave Fenton | D. Fenton | | 65 | D | | 3 | | D | 75 |  | Stephan Amoah | S. Amoah | |||||||||
| Robert Wright | R. Wright | | 61 | D | | 4 | | D | 74 |  | Ahmed Domoraud | A. Domoraud | |||||||||
| Tony Tiler | T. Tiler | | 60 | D | | 5 | | D | 72 |  | Peter Milosevic | P. Milosevic | |||||||||
| Eric Gargo | E. Gargo | | 68 | M | | 6 | | M | 77 |  | Byron Howard | B. Howard | |||||||||
| Oleksandr Demyanchuk | O. Demyanchuk |  | 67 | M | | 7 | | M | 70 |  | Roger de Haan | R. de Haan | |||||||||
| Thomas Birkwald | T. Birkwald |  | 62 | M | | 8 | | M | 74 |  | Artur Ripanu | A. Ripanu | |||||||||
| Helder Sousa | H. Sousa |  | 62 | M | | 9 | | A | 76 |  | Peter de Buen | P. de Buen | |||||||||
| Duncan Blake | D. Blake | | 68 | A | | 10 | | A | 79 |  | Niklas Carlbohm | N. Carlbohm | |||||||||
| Eddie Venus | E. Venus | | 59 | A | | 11 | | A | 73 | | Ruslan Kasyanov | R. Kasyanov | |||||||||
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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at St Andrews where Birmingham City play host to Everton. A crowd of 18,606 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Birmingham City are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Everton appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Birmingham City are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Everton appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0Everton start the game by kicking off the first half!
2.28
0-0Peter Milosevic controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Byron Howard. Byron Howard flicks the ball to his team mate, Peter de Buen. Peter de Buen controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but Thomas Monetta is on top of it.
4.02
Ahmed Domoraud chips the ball to his team mate, Byron Howard. Byron Howard sees a break and surges forward. Byron Howard plays a perfect one-two with Peter de Buen and rushes in on goal... Byron Howard cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. The ball comes in low, but Thomas Monetta easily smothers it!
6.10
0-0Stephan Amoah sweeps the ball long. Niklas Carlbohm knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
10.00
Roger de Haan kicks a strong pass forward to Ruslan Kasyanov. Ruslan Kasyanov kicks a strong pass forward to Niklas Carlbohm. Niklas Carlbohm shoots from just inside the box. Magnificent save by Thomas Monetta!
12.02
0-0Thomas Birkwald controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Eddie Venus. Eddie Venus tries a spectacular long range effort but it flies wide!
24.39
Roger de Haan chips the ball to his team mate, Niklas Carlbohm. Niklas Carlbohm knocks in a cross ball towards Peter de Buen. Peter de Buen connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but it is miles over!
26.33
0-0Byron Howard threads the ball through to Ruslan Kasyanov. Ruslan Kasyanov passes the ball forward but Niklas Carlbohm is offside!
28.53
Robert Wright passes the ball forward to Helder Sousa. Helder Sousa makes a probing pass to Eddie Venus. Eddie Venus whips in a cross ball towards Duncan Blake. Duncan Blake powers a header at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
34.49
0-1Byron Howard chips the ball to his team mate, Niklas Carlbohm. Niklas Carlbohm whips in a cross ball towards Ruslan Kasyanov. Ruslan Kasyanov powers a header at goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
40.50
Jacek Boniek brings the ball forward. Jacek Boniek threads the ball through to Eddie Venus. Eddie Venus knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
45.00
Roger de Haan chips the ball to his team mate, Niklas Carlbohm. Niklas Carlbohm shoots from long range which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
Birmingham City kick off!
47.53
Oleksandr Demyanchuk makes a beautiful solo run. Oleksandr Demyanchuk knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Ahmed Domoraud.
49.39
Stephan Amoah knocks the ball forward to Roger de Haan. Roger de Haan controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Niklas Carlbohm. Niklas Carlbohm knocks in a cross ball towards Peter de Buen. Peter de Buen connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
51.21
Roger de Haan makes a simple pass to Ruslan Kasyanov. Ruslan Kasyanov knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
53.12
Ahmed Domoraud deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Artur Ripanu. Artur Ripanu passes the ball forward to Ruslan Kasyanov. Ruslan Kasyanov makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Peter de Buen but he's offside!
55.04
Jacek Boniek makes a simple pass to Helder Sousa. Helder Sousa passes the ball forward to Eddie Venus. Eddie Venus knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Stephan Amoah.
57.43
0-2Peter de Buen catches Robert Wright on the ankles. The referee calls over Peter de Buen and warns him to calm down! Robert Wright gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
59.41
0-2Peter de Buen clumsily knocks into Dave Fenton. Peter de Buen is warned by the referee again! Dave Fenton stretches but gets up unharmed.
61.25
Helder Sousa makes a simple pass to Duncan Blake. Duncan Blake finds some space and shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
67.48
Byron Howard kicks a strong pass forward to Peter de Buen. Peter de Buen lofts in a cross ball towards Ruslan Kasyanov. Ruslan Kasyanov is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
71.03
Helder Sousa hacks Byron Howard from behind! Helder Sousa is given a warning by the referee! Byron Howard hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
72.06
Helder Sousa makes a simple pass to Eddie Venus. Eddie Venus knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Trevor Lockley who gathers it comfortably.
73.35
Byron Howard passes the ball forward to Niklas Carlbohm. Niklas Carlbohm shoots from long range but it goes wide for a goal kick.
78.01
Artur Ripanu makes a simple pass to Niklas Carlbohm. Niklas Carlbohm plays a perfect one-two with Peter de Buen and rushes in on goal... Niklas Carlbohm shoots from just inside the box. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
84.19
Eric Gargo clumsily knocks into Artur Ripanu. Eric Gargo is given a warning by the referee! Artur Ripanu stretches but gets up unharmed.
85.18
Artur Ripanu makes a probing pass to Ruslan Kasyanov. Ruslan Kasyanov knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Dave Fenton.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
4
Shots on Target
0
7
Shots off Target
3
3
Offsides
0
2
Fouls
2
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
41%
59%
Play Area
34.6%
46.2%
19.2%
Scorers
| Ruslan Kasyanov 34, 67 Niklas Carlbohm 45, 78 |