Football
Birmingham City vs Southampton. Sky Bet Championship.
3:00pm, Saturday 2nd March 2024.
St. Andrew's StadiumAttendance: Attendance21,611.
Match ends, Birmingham City 3, Southampton 4.
Second Half ends, Birmingham City 3, Southampton 4.
Samuel Edozie (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lee Buchanan (Birmingham City).
Foul by Samuel Edozie (Southampton).
Lee Buchanan (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton).
Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Tyler Roberts replaces Jay Stansfield.
Substitution, Birmingham City. George Hall replaces Juninho Bacuna.
Goal! Birmingham City 3, Southampton 4. Joe Aribo (Southampton) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Taylor Harwood-Bellis with a headed pass following a corner.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Juninho Bacuna.
Attempt blocked. Samuel Edozie (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sékou Mara.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Ethan Laird.
Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ethan Laird (Birmingham City).
Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Southampton. Kamaldeen Sulemana replaces Flynn Downes.
Substitution, Southampton. Joe Rothwell replaces Ryan Manning.
Substitution, Southampton. Sékou Mara replaces Ché Adams.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Jordan James.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Manning (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuel Edozie with a cross.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Cody Drameh.
Attempt blocked. Ché Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuel Edozie.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Ivan Sunjic replaces Koji Miyoshi.
Attempt missed. Ché Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Flynn Downes.
Goal! Birmingham City 3, Southampton 3. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Ethan Laird with a cross.
Attempt saved. Ryan Manning (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adam Armstrong.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Lee Buchanan.
Substitution, Southampton. Joe Aribo replaces Will Smallbone.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Koji Miyoshi.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Emanuel Aiwu.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Alex Pritchard replaces Paik Seung-Ho.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Cody Drameh replaces Andre Dozzell.
Will Smallbone (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Will Smallbone (Southampton).
Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Will Smallbone (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces David Brooks.
Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City) is shown the red card.
Will Smallbone (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City).
David Brooks (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Birmingham City 2, Southampton 3. Ché Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Will Smallbone with a cross following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Ché Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Brooks.
Foul by Stuart Armstrong (Southampton).
Emanuel Aiwu (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Birmingham City 2, Southampton 2. David Brooks (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Will Smallbone.
Offside, Birmingham City. Koji Miyoshi is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ché Adams.
Jan Bednarek (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan James (Birmingham City).
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
Attempt missed. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ryan Manning.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Ryan Manning (Southampton).
Ryan Manning (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City).
Second Half begins Birmingham City 2, Southampton 1.
First Half ends, Birmingham City 2, Southampton 1.
Attempt saved. Jordan James (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
Foul by Flynn Downes (Southampton).
Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Dion Sanderson.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Manning (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Will Smallbone (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jack Stephens.
Adam Armstrong (Southampton) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Flynn Downes.
Ché Adams (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Birmingham City 2, Southampton 1. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Flynn Downes (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong.
Delay in match because of an injury Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
Offside, Southampton. Will Smallbone is caught offside.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by John Ruddy.
Attempt saved. Will Smallbone (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Brooks.
Attempt blocked. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Buchanan.
Offside, Southampton. Ché Adams is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Ché Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong with a through ball.
Ché Adams (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by David Brooks with a cross following a corner.
Attempt saved. Ryan Manning (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Brooks with a cross.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Paik Seung-Ho.
Offside, Birmingham City. Ethan Laird is caught offside.
Foul by Jack Stephens (Southampton).
Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Adam Armstrong (Southampton).
Attempt missed. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by David Brooks.
Attempt blocked. Flynn Downes (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Ché Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jan Bednarek with a headed pass.
Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Emanuel Aiwu (Birmingham City).
Goal! Birmingham City 1, Southampton 1. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Brooks with a through ball.
Attempt blocked. Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
Attempt missed. Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Andre Dozzell.
Attempt blocked. Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan James.
Attempt saved. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Flynn Downes.
Attempt saved. Ché Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Flynn Downes.
Delay in match because of an injury Ethan Laird (Birmingham City).
Attempt missed. David Brooks (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Adam Armstrong with a cross.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Gavin Bazunu.
Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Emanuel Aiwu.
Delay in match because of an injury Jordan James (Birmingham City).
Goal! Birmingham City 1, Southampton 0. Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
