English FA Cup

FT Saturday, January 24, 2015
West Bromwich Albion LDWWD 2
–
Birmingham City LWWWD 1
1st2ndT
WBA202
BIR101
St Andrews Stadium · 28,438 att.

Match Report

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Victor Anichebe brace helps West Brom beat Birmingham in derby

Victor Anichebe's quickfire brace edged West Brom into the FA Cup fifth round as they survived a scare to beat Birmingham 2-1.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
3
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
0
5
Saves
2
46
Possession
54
7
SHOTS
23
4
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
8
Crosses
29
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
7
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
44
Clearances
18

Head to Head

WBA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BIR

  1. 1Darren RandolphG
  2. 31Paul CaddisD
  3. 28Michael MorrisonD
  4. 4Paul RobinsonD
  5. 3Jonathan GroundsD
  6. 26David DavisM
  7. 8Stephen GleesonM
  8. 11David CotterillM
  9. 22Andrew ShinnieM
  10. 40Lloyd DyerM
  11. 12Lee NovakF

Substitutes

  1. 21Colin DoyleG
  2. 23Jonathan SpectorD
  3. 17Callum ReillyM
  4. 9Clayton DonaldsonF
  5. 10Wes ThomasF
  6. 19Nikola ZigicF
  7. 33Demarai GrayF

WBA

  1. 13Boaz MyhillG
  2. 2Andre WisdomD
  3. 25Craig DawsonD
  4. 23Gareth McAuleyD
  5. 6Joleon LescottD
  6. 29Stéphane SessegnonM
  7. 8Craig GardnerM
  8. 5Claudio YacobM
  9. 11Chris BruntM
  10. 18Saido BerahinoF
  11. 10Victor AnichebeF

Substitutes

  1. 1Ben FosterG
  2. 4Chris BairdD
  3. 15Sébastien PocognoliD
  4. 16Cristian GamboaD
  5. 7James MorrisonM
  6. 17Graham DorransM
  7. 9Brown IdeyeF

Timeline

  1. 25' Goal!! Victor Anichebe hits a left footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! West Bromwich Albion now leads 1 - 0
  2. 35' Goal!! Victor Anichebe hits a left footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! West Bromwich Albion now leads 2 - 0
  3. 45'+1' Goal!! Jonathan Grounds hits a left footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Birmingham City now trails 1 - 2
  4. 62' West Bromwich Albion makes a sub: Ben Foster enters for Boaz Myhill. Reason: Injury
  5. 67' Paul Robinson is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 68' West Bromwich Albion makes a sub: Chris Baird enters for Stephane Sessegnon. Reason: Injury
  7. 70' Birmingham City makes a sub: Demarai Gray enters for Lloyd Dyer. Reason: Tactical
  8. 75' Birmingham City makes a sub: Nikola Zigic enters for Lee Novak. Reason: Tactical
  9. 81' West Bromwich Albion makes a sub: Brown Ideye enters for Victor Anichebe. Reason: Tactical
  10. 86' Birmingham City makes a sub: Wesley Thomas enters for David Davis. Reason: Tactical
  11. 90' End of the game

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