English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 12, 2008
Everton WLDLW 1
–
Birmingham City LDLWL 1
St Andrews Stadium · 25,923 att.

Team Stats

6
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
11
11
Saves
4
51
Possession
49
13
SHOTS
14
6
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
7
Accurate Passes
2
7
Passes
2
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
4
Accurate Crosses
6
14
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.4
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
5
Effective Clearances
8
5
Clearances
8

Head to Head

EVE leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 2Stephen KellyD
  3. 24Radhi JaidiD
  4. 6Liam RidgewellD
  5. 14David MurphyD
  6. 7Sebastian LarssonM
  7. 26Fabrice MuambaM
  8. 12Mehdi NaftiM
  9. 11Gary McSheffreyM
  10. 9Mikael ForssellF
  11. 16James McFaddenF

Substitutes

  1. 13Colin DoyleG
  2. 15Franck QueudrueD
  3. 8Garry O'ConnorF
  4. 10Cameron JeromeF
  5. 19Mauro ZárateF

EVE

  1. 24Tim HowardG
  2. 2Tony HibbertD
  3. 5Joleon LescottD
  4. 3Leighton BainesD
  5. 18Phil NevilleD
  6. 16Phil JagielkaM
  7. 23Manuel FernandesM
  8. 26Lee CarsleyM
  9. 20Steven PienaarM
  10. 8Andrew JohnsonF
  11. 22Yakubu AyegbeniF

Substitutes

  1. 33Stefan WesselsG
  2. 4Joseph YoboD
  3. 19Nuno ValenteD
  4. 10Thomas GravesenM
  5. 28Victor AnichebeF

Timeline

  1. 24' Birmingham makes a sub: Cameron Jerome enters for Sebastian Larsson. Reason: Injury
  2. 30' Mehdi Nafti is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 46' Birmingham makes a sub: Garry O'Connor enters for Mikael Forssell. Reason: Injury
  4. 64' Everton makes a sub: Victor Anichebe enters for Steven Pienaar. Reason: Injury
  5. 72' Lee Carsley is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 76' Birmingham makes a sub: Mauro Matias Zarate enters for James McFadden. Reason: Injury
  7. 78' Goal!! Joleon Lescott hits a very good header to the upper left corner from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Everton now leads 1 - 0
  8. 83' Goal!! Mauro Matias Zarate hits a very good right footed shot to the upper left corner from the left channel (aprox. 20 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  9. 89' Everton makes a sub: Thomas Gravesen enters for Ayegbeni Yakubu. Reason: Tactical
  10. 90' End of the game

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