Cheltenham Town vs Birmingham City, 2023-24 English Carabao Cup, First Round

· English Carabao Cup

Cheltenham Town

FT
0 - 2

Birmingham City

24': Juninho Bacuna
32': Juninho Bacuna

About

Cheltenham Town are hosting Birmingham City at EV Charger Points Stadium, Cheltenham, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English Carabao Cup.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Offside, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz tries a through ball, but Emmanuel Longelo is caught offside.
2': Foul by Robert Street (Cheltenham Town).
2': Kevin Long (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
4': Sean Long (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
6': Foul by Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City).
6': Robert Street (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
8': Alfie Chang (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
8': Foul by Ellis Chapman (Cheltenham Town).
13': Hand ball by Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City).
15': Ben Williams (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Foul by Jordan James (Birmingham City).
16': Delay in match because of an injury Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
17': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
17': Attempt missed. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Emmanuel Longelo with a cross.
19': Foul by Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City).
19': Liam Smith (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20': Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Juninho Bacuna.
20': Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Jordan James.
20': Attempt missed. Curtis Davies (Cheltenham Town) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Oliver Hammond with a cross following a corner.
21': Foul by Liam Smith (Cheltenham Town).
21': Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Oliver Hammond.
23': Foul by Kevin Long (Birmingham City).
23': Lewis Freestone (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Attempt saved. Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
24': Goal! Cheltenham Town 0, Birmingham City 1. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
31': Foul by Curtis Davies (Cheltenham Town).
31': Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
31': Curtis Davies (Cheltenham Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
32': Goal! Cheltenham Town 0, Birmingham City 2. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
34': Attempt saved. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcel Oakley with a cross.
39': Attempt blocked. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi.
40': Attempt blocked. Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lukas Jutkiewicz.
40': Attempt blocked. Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alfie Chang.
40': Foul by Ben Williams (Cheltenham Town).
40': Marcel Oakley (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
43': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
43': Robert Street (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
43': Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Foul by Ben Williams (Cheltenham Town).
45': Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Attempt saved. Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi with a through ball.
45'+7': First Half ends, Cheltenham Town 0, Birmingham City 2.
45': Second Half begins Cheltenham Town 0, Birmingham City 2.
45': Substitution, Birmingham City. Ivan Sunjic replaces Marcel Oakley.
45': Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Aidan Keena replaces Robert Street.
45': Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Daniel Adshead replaces James Olayinka.
45': Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Liam Sercombe replaces Curtis Thompson.
46': Ben Williams (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
46': Foul by Jordan James (Birmingham City).
49': Aidan Keena (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
49': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
51': Attempt saved. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic.
52': Ben Williams (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Foul by Alfie Chang (Birmingham City).
54': Foul by Ben Williams (Cheltenham Town).
54': Jordan James (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
54': Attempt missed. Aidan Keena (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
57': Attempt missed. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
59': Attempt blocked. Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
61': Attempt saved. Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan James with a through ball.
62': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Liam Smith.
62': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Daniel Adshead.
63': Jordan James (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
63': Luke Southwood (Cheltenham Town) is shown the yellow card.
63': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Liam Smith.
64': Substitution, Birmingham City. Siriki Dembélé replaces Koji Miyoshi.
70': Foul by Liam Smith (Cheltenham Town).
70': Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Alfie Chang (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
71': Foul by Ellis Chapman (Cheltenham Town).
71': Ellis Chapman (Cheltenham Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
73': Attempt saved. Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Siriki Dembélé.
75': Foul by Lewis Freestone (Cheltenham Town).
75': Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
75': Lewis Freestone (Cheltenham Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
79': Attempt saved. Jordan James (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Keshi Anderson.
80': Attempt saved. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alfie Chang.
81': Substitution, Birmingham City. Brandon Khela replaces Keshi Anderson.
81': Substitution, Birmingham City. Sam Cosgrove replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz.
81': Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Tom King replaces Oliver Hammond.
85': Attempt saved. Brandon Khela (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sam Cosgrove.
86': Attempt missed. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Siriki Dembélé.
87': Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Adulai Sambu replaces Liam Smith.
87': Substitution, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner replaces Juninho Bacuna.
88': Aidan Keena (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
88': Foul by Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City).
89': Attempt blocked. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Cosgrove.
89': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Lewis Freestone.
90'+1': Attempt blocked. Jordan James (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic.
90'+2': Attempt missed. Jordan James (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alfie Chang.
90'+2': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Curtis Davies.
90'+4': Attempt missed. Sam Cosgrove (Birmingham City) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Gary Gardner.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Cheltenham Town 0, Birmingham City 2.
0': Match ends, Cheltenham Town 0, Birmingham City 2.

Statistics

BIR		CHL
11	Fouls	10
2	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	2
0	Saves	9
60.9	Possession	39.1
22	SHOTS	2
12	ON GOAL	0
0.5	On Target %	0.0
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
576	Accurate Passes	315
686	Passes	431
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
4	Accurate Crosses	2
17	Crosses	15
0.2	Cross %	0.1
93	Long Balls	77
50	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.5	Long Balls %	0.3
5	Blocked Shots	0
13	Effective Tackles	8
17	Tackles	10
0.8	Tackle %	0.8
4	Interceptions	5
17	Effective Clearances	24
17	Clearances	24

Game Information

Competition: English Carabao Cup

Venue: EV Charger Points Stadium
Location: Cheltenham, England
Attendance: 4,026

Line-Ups

Cheltenham Town (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Luke Southwood (GK)
33	Curtis Davies
6	Lewis Freestone
2	Sean Long
18	Ellis Chapman
14	Curtis Thompson
3	Ben Williams
22	Liam Smith
11	Robert Street
7	Oliver Hammond
17	James Olayinka

Cheltenham Town Substitutes:

Will Ferry, Liam Sercombe, Adulai Sambu, Grant Horton, Lewis O'Donnell, Tom Bradbury, Max Harris, Aidan Keena, Daniel Adshead.

Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Neil Etheridge (GK)
26	Kevin Long
5	Dion Sanderson
23	Emmanuel Longelo
24	Marcel Oakley
14	Keshi Anderson
15	Alfie Chang
7	Juninho Bacuna
10	Lukas Jutkiewicz
11	Koji Miyoshi
19	Jordan James

Birmingham City Substitutes:

Krystian Bielik, Gary Gardner, Romelle Donovan, Ivan Sunjic, Siriki Dembele, Brandon Khela, Zach Jeacock, Sam Cosgrove, Scott Hogan.

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