Match Report
| Birmingham City | Birmingham City |  |  | Chelsea | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||
| Matt Alexander | Matt Alexander | manager | Computer Player | Computer Player | |||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Hurst | S. Hurst |  | 62 | G |  | 1 | | G | 70 |  | Johann Lauper | J. Lauper | |||||||||
| Arthur Rankin | A. Rankin | | 64 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 65 |  | Jairo Wilson | J. Wilson | |||||||||
| Alex Mcinnes | A. Mcinnes |  | 66 | D | | 3 | | D | 59 | | Eddie Todd | E. Todd | |||||||||
| Luis Caminero | L. Caminero |  | 65 | D | | 4 | | D | 50 | | Michael Hurst | M. Hurst | |||||||||
| Callum Gemmill | C. Gemmill | | 66 | D | | 5 | | M | 63 |  | Mateo Vidal Paz | M. Paz | |||||||||
| Henry Mann | H. Mann | | 62 | M | | 6 | | M | 63 |  | Cristi Nanu | C. Nanu | |||||||||
| Nikolas Röhlig | N. Röhlig |  | 73 | M | | 7 | | M | 61 | | Jonathan Woodgate | J. Woodgate | |||||||||
| Gareth Morris | G. Morris | | 61 | M | | 8 | | M | 58 | | Gary Elliott | G. Elliott | |||||||||
| Tryggvi Hjartarson | T. Hjartarson |  | 70 | A | | 9 | | A | 66 | | Liam Lightfoot | L. Lightfoot | |||||||||
| Giampiero Tentoni | G. Tentoni |  | 68 | A | | 10 | | A | 57 | | Ivan Bloomer | I. Bloomer | |||||||||
| Andres Ramos | A. Ramos | | 75 | A | | 11 | | A | 47 | | Gareth Jess | G. Jess | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at St Andrews where Birmingham City play host to Chelsea. Its a sell-out today with the 10,000 capacity stadium completely full.
Birmingham City are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Chelsea appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Birmingham City are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Chelsea appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
0.00
0-0Chelsea start the match!
2.01
0-0Eddie Todd makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Cristi Nanu. Cristi Nanu makes a probing pass to Ivan Bloomer. Ivan Bloomer knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Luis Caminero.
3.25
1-0Luis Caminero makes a simple pass to Henry Mann. Henry Mann controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Giampiero Tentoni. Giampiero Tentoni plays a perfect one-two with Tryggvi Hjartarson and rushes in on goal... Giampiero Tentoni cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
6.22
1-0Nikolas Röhlig chips the ball to his team mate, Tryggvi Hjartarson. Tryggvi Hjartarson deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Giampiero Tentoni but the linesman indicates offside!
8.08
Luis Caminero flicks the ball to his team mate, Gareth Morris. Gareth Morris makes a simple pass to Giampiero Tentoni. Giampiero Tentoni kicks a strong pass forward to Tryggvi Hjartarson but the referee indicates it's offside!
10.47
Luis Caminero kicks a strong pass forward to Gareth Morris. Gareth Morris makes a beautiful solo run. Gareth Morris knocks the ball forward to Tryggvi Hjartarson but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
15.39
Alex Mcinnes knocks the ball to his team mate, Henry Mann. Henry Mann makes a probing pass to Tryggvi Hjartarson. Tryggvi Hjartarson knocks in a cross ball towards Andres Ramos. Andres Ramos is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. Andres Ramos scores for Birmingham City!!
20.34
2-0Birmingham City are easily keeping Chelsea at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
22.16
Luis Caminero takes it forward alone. Luis Caminero deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Tryggvi Hjartarson. Tryggvi Hjartarson chips the ball to his team mate, Andres Ramos. Andres Ramos cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
28.24
Henry Mann makes a probing pass to Tryggvi Hjartarson. Tryggvi Hjartarson whips in a cross ball towards Andres Ramos. Andres Ramos powers a header at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
32.33
4-0Eddie Todd sees a break and surges forward. Eddie Todd makes a simple pass to Gareth Jess. Gareth Jess finds some space and shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
33.19
4-0Nikolas Röhlig controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Tryggvi Hjartarson. Tryggvi Hjartarson goes all the way! Tryggvi Hjartarson rockets a shot on goal. It curls slightly but Johann Lauper manages to gather it comfortably.
40.45
Nikolas Röhlig makes a probing pass to Tryggvi Hjartarson. Tryggvi Hjartarson knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Jairo Wilson.
42.23
Arthur Rankin knocks the ball forward to Gareth Morris. Gareth Morris controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Andres Ramos. Andres Ramos knocks the ball forward to Tryggvi Hjartarson but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
45.00
Gary Elliott kicks a strong pass forward to Liam Lightfoot. Liam Lightfoot sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
Birmingham City kick off the second half!
51.24
Jonathan Woodgate controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ivan Bloomer. Ivan Bloomer plays a perfect one-two with Liam Lightfoot and rushes in on goal... Ivan Bloomer shows great control and tries a shot on goal. Ivan Bloomer scores for Chelsea!!
63.41
Eddie Todd passes the ball forward to Gary Elliott. Gary Elliott passes the ball forward to Liam Lightfoot. Liam Lightfoot controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
65.30
Mateo Vidal Paz threads the ball through to Liam Lightfoot. Liam Lightfoot goes all the way! Liam Lightfoot rockets a shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
66.37
Jonathan Woodgate passes the ball forward to Ivan Bloomer. Ivan Bloomer knocks in a cross ball towards Liam Lightfoot. Liam Lightfoot flicks the ball with his head. The ball is well placed but the keeper is more than a match for it. Saved!
67.10
Cristi Nanu sees a break and surges forward. Cristi Nanu shoots from distance but it is tipped over by Stuart Hurst.
69.09
Mateo Vidal Paz flicks the ball to his team mate, Liam Lightfoot. Liam Lightfoot shoots from outside the area but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
73.02
4-1Andres Ramos comes in with a late challenge on Eddie Todd. The referee calls over Andres Ramos and warns him to calm down! Eddie Todd hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
77.59
Cristi Nanu knocks the ball forward to Liam Lightfoot. Liam Lightfoot shoots from outside the area but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
78.19
Cristi Nanu threads the ball through to Ivan Bloomer. Ivan Bloomer goes all the way! Ivan Bloomer cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
85.42
Nikolas Röhlig kicks a strong pass forward to Giampiero Tentoni. Giampiero Tentoni goes all the way! Giampiero Tentoni tries a spectacular strike but somehow Johann Lauper manages to keep it out.
87.51
Nikolas Röhlig clumsily knocks into Cristi Nanu. Nikolas Röhlig is warned by the referee! Cristi Nanu runs off the knock.
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Match Statistics
Goals
Shots on Target
Shots off Target
Offsides
Fouls
Yellow Cards
Red Cards
Possession
Play Area
Scorers
| Giampiero Tentoni 3 Andres Ramos 15, 22, 28 | Ivan Bloomer 51, 78 |