Match Report
| Birmingham City | Birmingham City |  |  | Liverpool | Liverpool | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Nelson Edotu | Nelson Edotu | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Summerbell | M. Summerbell |  | 71 | G |  | 1 | | G | 49 | | Jacob Fox | J. Fox | |||||||||
| Jody Marshall | J. Marshall | | 57 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 50 | | James Allman | J. Allman | |||||||||
| Jose Javier Fuentes | J. Fuentes |  | 57 | D | | 3 | | D | 41 | | Wayne Roberts | W. Roberts | |||||||||
| Titus Forbes | T. Forbes | | 53 | D | | 4 | | D | 49 |  | Nikolas Thielemann | N. Thielemann | |||||||||
| Sol Cole | S. Cole | | 50 | D | | 5 | | D | 42 | | John Gardner | J. Gardner | |||||||||
| Orlando Diallo | O. Diallo |  | 60 | M | | 6 | | M | 50 | | Damien Hapgood | D. Hapgood | |||||||||
| Paul James | P. James |  | 54 | M | | 7 | | M | 50 | | Paul Makin | P. Makin | |||||||||
| Richard Moss | R. Moss | | 53 | M | | 8 | | M | 68 |  | Dinu Petrescu | D. Petrescu | |||||||||
| Gerald Ribeiro | G. Ribeiro | | 67 | A | | 9 | | A | 60 | | Ugo Carrick | U. Carrick | |||||||||
| Ihor Sakhnevych | I. Sakhnevych |  | 62 | A | | 10 | | A | 60 | | Billy Milburn | B. Milburn | |||||||||
| Alan Coppinger | A. Coppinger | | 57 | A | | 11 | | A | 44 | | Julian Impey | J. Impey | |||||||||
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Match Report
Heavy rain falls from above here at St Andrews where Birmingham City play host to Liverpool. A crowd of 8,064 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Birmingham City and Liverpool are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both Birmingham City and Liverpool are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0Birmingham City start the match!
2.22
0-0Paul James kicks a strong pass forward to Alan Coppinger. Alan Coppinger passes the ball forward but Ihor Sakhnevych is offside!
3.26
0-0Paul Makin makes a simple pass to Ugo Carrick. Ugo Carrick plays a perfect one-two with Julian Impey and rushes in on goal... Ugo Carrick cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. Magnificent save by Michael Summerbell!
6.50
Jose Javier Fuentes controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Paul James. Paul James knocks the ball forward to Gerald Ribeiro. Gerald Ribeiro finds some space and shoots from distance. The ball dips but the keeper is more than a match for it. Saved!
8.17
0-0Jose Javier Fuentes knocks the ball forward to Richard Moss. Richard Moss knocks the ball to his team mate, Ihor Sakhnevych. Ihor Sakhnevych whips in a cross ball towards Gerald Ribeiro. Gerald Ribeiro heads the ball goalwards. It's miles wide!
15.11
Orlando Diallo passes the ball forward to Ihor Sakhnevych. Ihor Sakhnevych kicks a strong pass forward to Alan Coppinger. Alan Coppinger cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but it is miles over!
16.15
Damien Hapgood kicks a strong pass forward to Ugo Carrick. Ugo Carrick sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
21.13
Paul Makin chips the ball to his team mate, Ugo Carrick. Ugo Carrick shoots from long range but it is miles over!
22.05
Paul James knocks the ball to his team mate, Alan Coppinger. Alan Coppinger plays a perfect one-two with Ihor Sakhnevych and rushes in on goal... Alan Coppinger makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it is tipped over by Jacob Fox.
26.11
0-0Jose Javier Fuentes threads the ball through to Richard Moss. Richard Moss controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Alan Coppinger. Alan Coppinger knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
27.49
Paul Makin makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Julian Impey. Julian Impey shoots from 20 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
36.38
Sol Cole makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Orlando Diallo. Orlando Diallo threads the ball through to Gerald Ribeiro. Gerald Ribeiro sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it flies wide!
40.09
Damien Hapgood knocks the ball forward to Julian Impey. Julian Impey shoots from 20 yards. It's miles wide!
42.46
Jose Javier Fuentes makes a probing pass to Richard Moss. Richard Moss deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Alan Coppinger. Alan Coppinger knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Jacob Fox who gathers it comfortably.
44.53
Sol Cole makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Paul James. Paul James chips the ball to his team mate, Gerald Ribeiro. Gerald Ribeiro goes all the way! Gerald Ribeiro tries a spectacular strike. The ball dips but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
Liverpool kick off!
51.09
Dinu Petrescu makes a simple pass to Billy Milburn. Billy Milburn knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Titus Forbes.
60.59
Damien Hapgood chips the ball to his team mate, Ugo Carrick. Ugo Carrick flicks the ball to his team mate, Billy Milburn. Billy Milburn takes a shot at goal but somehow Michael Summerbell manages to keep it out.
63.20
Paul James chips the ball to his team mate, Ihor Sakhnevych. Ihor Sakhnevych tries a spectacular long range effort but he balloons it over the crossbar!
65.09
Damien Hapgood makes a probing pass to Julian Impey. Julian Impey shoots from 20 yards but it curls horrendously wide!
67.43
Orlando Diallo makes a probing pass to Alan Coppinger. Alan Coppinger knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
69.38
Orlando Diallo makes a probing pass to Ihor Sakhnevych. Ihor Sakhnevych tries a spectacular long range effort. It's miles wide!
71.33
Jose Javier Fuentes passes the ball forward to Orlando Diallo. Orlando Diallo sees a break and surges forward. Orlando Diallo tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
73.30
0-0Gerald Ribeiro hacks John Gardner from behind! Gerald Ribeiro is warned by the referee! John Gardner hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
77.03
Orlando Diallo brings the ball forward. Orlando Diallo plays a perfect one-two with Ihor Sakhnevych and rushes in on goal... Orlando Diallo tries a spectacular strike but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
78.23
0-1Damien Hapgood threads the ball through to Ugo Carrick. Ugo Carrick knocks the ball to his team mate, Billy Milburn. Billy Milburn makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
3
3
Shots off Target
7
5
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
62.5%
37.5%
Play Area
26.4%
45.8%
27.8%
Scorers