English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 29, 2008
Manchester City LDLWD 1
–
Birmingham City DWLDL 3
St Andrews Stadium · 22,962 att.

Team Stats

10
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
1
7
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
5
57
Possession
43
8
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.7
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
3
Accurate Passes
1
3
Passes
1
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
2
Accurate Crosses
2
8
Crosses
5
0.3
Cross %
0.4
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
4
Effective Clearances
4
4
Clearances
4

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-1

Lineups

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 2Stephen KellyD
  3. 24Radhi JaidiD
  4. 15Franck QueudrueD
  5. 14David MurphyD
  6. 7Sebastian LarssonM
  7. 26Fabrice MuambaM
  8. 22Damien JohnsonM
  9. 11Gary McSheffreyM
  10. 9Mikael ForssellF
  11. 19Mauro ZárateF

Substitutes

  1. 13Colin DoyleG
  2. 21Stuart ParnabyD
  3. 12Mehdi NaftiM
  4. 8Garry O'ConnorF
  5. 10Cameron JeromeF

MNC

  1. 25Joe HartG
  2. 17Sun JihaiD
  3. 4Nedum OnuohaD
  4. 22Richard DunneD
  5. 24Javier GarridoD
  6. 28Gelson FernandesM
  7. 21Dietmar HamannM
  8. 7Stephen IrelandM
  9. 11ElanoM
  10. 12Darius VassellF
  11. 27Benjamin MwaruwariF

Substitutes

  1. 1Andreas IsakssonG
  2. 16Vedran CorlukaD
  3. 8Deiberson Mauricio GeovanniM
  4. 9Emile MpenzaF
  5. 20Felipe CaicedoF

Timeline

  1. 40' Goal!! Mauro Matias Zarate hits a very good left footed shot to the lower right corner from the left penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now leads 1 - 0
  2. 54' Goal!! Mauro Matias Zarate hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now leads 2 - 0
  3. 57' Franck Queudrue has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: professional foul
  4. 59' Man City makes a sub: Felipe Caicedo enters for Darius Vassell. Reason: Tactical
  5. 59' Blumer Elano places the penalty kick with his right foot to the upper right corner and scores!! The goalkeeper guessed correctly but could not stop the shot.
  6. 70' Birmingham makes a sub: Stuart Parnaby enters for Mikael Forssell. Reason: Tactical
  7. 72' Man City makes a sub: Deiberson Mauricio Geovanni enters for Dietmar Hamann. Reason: Tactical
  8. 74' Felipe Caicedo is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  9. 77' Gary McSheffrey places the penalty kick with his left foot to the lower left corner and scores!! The goalkeeper guessed correctly but could not stop the shot.
  10. 81' Man City makes a sub: Emile Mpenza enters for Benjani Mwaruwari. Reason: Tactical
  11. 90' End of the game
  12. 90'+1' Birmingham makes a sub: Garry O'Connor enters for Mauro Matias Zarate. Reason: Tactical
  13. 90'+2' Deiberson Mauricio Geovanni is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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