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Saturday September 15, 2007 Finished St Andrews

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Birmingham City

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Bolton Wanderers

  1. Blues deepen Bolton gloom

    Blues deepen Bolton gloom

    Bolton lost one-nil in a drab defeat at Birmingham to record their fifth defeat in six league games and leave Sammy Lee's future as manager of the club in the balance. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Birmingham City
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • 90' It's all over. The ref blows the whistle to give Birmingham their second win of the season. It's not looking good for Bolton or their manager Sammy Lee though - they have lost five out of their six Premier League games so far and stay in 19th place.
    • 90' Schmitz is brought on for McSheffrey to lose a few extra seconds.
    • 90' Bolton are still looking for the equaliser. But Diouf's cross doesn't find anybody. Birmingham are hanging on here.
    • 90' Jerome comes off for O'Connor as Steve Bruce looks to eat up the final few seconds.
    • 90' We're into injury time here. It doesn't look like happening for Bolton today.
    • 88' A cross by Sebastian Larsson comes to nothing.
    • 85' First change of the afternoon for Birmingham. Oubiña is on for Djourou in defence.
    • 85' Nicky Hunt sends a volley goalwards, but it flies miles over. Not really the man you want going for goal.
    • 83' Yet another Diouf ball into the box is cleared. This time his free-kick is booted out by Mehdi Nafti.
    • 82' Johan Djourou cuts out another El-Hadji Diouf cross.
    • 79' An inswinging corner from left by Sebastian Larsson is headed goalwards by Johan Djourou... but Abdoulaye Meite makes a vital headed clearance. That could have wrapped things up for Birmingham.
    • 77' A final change for Bolton. Cid comes on for the just-booked O'Brien in defence. Odd change at this point. Why hasn't Sammy Lee brought on Kevin Davies?! If he's fit, surely he should have been brought on.
    • 75' O'Brien was booked for Bolton for the foul on Jerome which led to that free-kick.
    • 75' GREAT FREE-KICK! Larsson bends a set piece from the edge of the area onto the crossbar. So close to doubling the lead for the Blues!
    • 71' Another change for Bolton. Jlloyd Samuel is replaced by the more attack-minded Ricardo Gardner at left back.
    • 69' Inswinging corner from left taken right-footed by El-Hadji Diouf - but again it's cut out at the near post, this time by Blues keeper Maik Taylor.
    • 68' Surely Bolton will bring on Davies up front soon?
    • 66' Bolton fans will be getting very downbeat about their season right now.
    • 65' GREAT MOVE! Bolton's Braaten combines brilliantly with Anelka to find himself in on goal. But somehow Kelly gets back to block the Norwegian winger's shot.
    • 63' Cross by El-Hadji Diouf (Bolton), but he hits it straight out of play. Bolton are having more of the ball but are failing to make anything from the possession.
    • 59' The resulting corner is swung in from the right by Gary McSheffrey, but Kevin Nolan heads the ball away from the near post.
    • 58' SAVE! Jaaskelainen gets down well to save from Larsson who had wriggled free of Samuel to get his shot in.
    • 57' Bolton make a change. Danny Braaten is on for Mikel Alonso on the right flank.
    • 57' Now Gary Speed goes into the book for a foul on Mehdi Nafti in the Birmingham half of the field.
    • 56' The resulting free-kick is crossed right-footed by Nicky Hunt, but Johan Djourou clears for Birmingham.
    • 55' Birmingham skipper Liam Ridgewell is booked for a foul on El-Hadji Diouf.
    • 52' Cross by Sebastian Larsson, but again it's cleared.
    • 51' A cross by Stephen Kelly for Birmingham is cleared away by Nicky Hunt.
    • 51' More frustration for Bolton as Nicolas Anelka is penalised after a tussle with Liam Ridgewell.
    • 48' Jerome is put in after a poor back-pass by Meite, put the striker puts his effort wide.
    • 47' The Kapo-Larsson combination is working very nicely on the wings for Steve Bruce's side.
    • 46' And the Blues make a great start. A cross by Olivier Kapo is met by Sebastian Larsson, but his drilled right-footed shot is blocked by Jlloyd Samuel.
    • 46' The ref has got the second half going here.
    • HT As things stand, Bolton would stay in lowly 19th with only Derby behind them. Birmingham, meanwhile, would lift themselves above Spurs and Portsmouth, who both dropped points earlier today.
    • 45' The half-time whistle goes. Birmingham will be delighted with their first half performance. Bolton are staring at a fifth defeat in six games - can Sammy Lee inspire his players at the interval?
    • 44' Jlloyd Samuel crosses into the Birmingham area from the left, but he overhits it and it goes into touch.
    • 42' Foul by Cameron Jerome on Abdoulaye Meite.
    • 38' Just as Bolton were getting back into things, they find themselves a goal down. It's no more than the home team deserve though - they've had over 60 per cent of possession still and have kept the ball well, making 99 accurate passes to Bolton's 69. Check out the 'stats' tab for more vital statistics from St Andrew's.
    • 37' GOAL FOR BIRMINGHAM! Kapo meets a curling cross from the right to the back post with a stretched volley to put the home side ahead.
    • 34' Kevin Nolan is booked for a foul on Sebastian Larsson. The free-kick is curled towards goal by Gary McSheffrey from 35 yards out, but it flies over the bar.
    • 33' Diouf does brilliantly to beat Queudrue down the right wing. His cross is met by Nolan... but the Bolton skipper sends his header over the bar from the penalty spot.
    • 32' Maik Taylor cuts out a cross from Gary Speed.
    • 32' Bolton are getting more into this. El-Hadji Diouf is caught offside.
    • 30' A throw-in finds Diouf down the left flank, but his cross is cleared easily enough by Djourou.
    • 29' One of these teams will definitely end the day ahead of Spurs in the table. Martin Jol's side have just lost the north London derby.
    • 28' Cross by Sebastian Larsson from the right for Birmingham, but it comes to nothing.
    • 25' That would have been completely against the run of play had Bolton scored. Birmingham have had 65.5 per cent of possession so far.
    • 23 ' Chance for Bolton! The corner is whipped in by El-Hadji Diouf towards Andy O'Brien. But somehow he heads it over from 2 yards out. It went 6 yards over in the end... how did he manage that?!
    • 21' Gary McSheffrey is put through... but he's caught offside.
    • 20' The free-kick is crossed left-footed by Gary McSheffrey the from right channel, but Jussi Jaaskelainen collects in the Bolton goal.
    • 19' Abdoulaye Meite brings down Olivier Kapo to give the home side a free kick within crossing range.
    • 15 Sebastian Larsson takes a free kick in his own half after he was fouled by Diouf.
    • 13 Birmingham are completely dominating this game soon. They look like they want it more so far.
    • 12 El-Hadji Diouf uses his hand to control the ball. Clear free kick for Birmingham.
    • 11 Corner for Bolton... it falls to Diouf, but it flies wide!
    • 10 Gary McSheffrey fouls Nicky Hunt.
    • 9 Larsson gets in behind Samuel.. he goes to shoot, but the defender gets back just in time to block again.
    • 6 Another chance for the home side! Larsson cuts inside Meite on the edge of the area... he shoots at goal, but it's blocked and cleared away. Great start from Birmingham here.
    • 4 Chance for Birmingham! Jerome gets put through on goal... but he fails to lift the ball over the keeper. It went wide of the right hand post.
    • 3 Nicolas Anelka fouls Liam Ridgewell.
    • 1 We're under way here at St Andrew's.
    • 0 Team news. Birmingham have had a reshuffle in defence, with Jaidi missing. And they've gone for McSheffrey up front with the in-form Jerome. Bolton leave Kevin Davies on the bench and go with Anelka and Diouf in attack. Cid drops to the bench for new signing Andy O'Brien in central defence.
    • 0 Welcome to Eurosport/Yahoo's live coverage of Birmingham City against Bolton Wanderers in the Barclays Premier League.

  • Team Stats

    Birmingham City Stats Bolton Wanderers
    53% Possession 46%
    12 Shots 8
    4 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 0
    6 Corners 5
    14 Fouls 16
    2 Offsides 4
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    28 Tackles 25
    170 Accurate passes 161
    42 Bad passes 42

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Birmingham City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Maik Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      16 Johan Djourou 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 1 3
      15 Franck Queudrue 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 19 15 0
      2 Stephen Kelly 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 5
      6 Liam Ridgewell 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 12 2 0
      23 Olivier Kapo 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 13 5 5
      12 Mehdi Nafti 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 33 3 5
      26 Fabrice Muamba 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 3 3
      7 Sebastian Larsson 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 13 1 4
      10 Cameron Jerome 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 11 4 1
      11 Gary McSheffrey 0 2 0 2 4 1 0 14 6 2
      9 Mikael Forssell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Garry O'Connor 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
      5 Rafael Schmitz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      29 Borja Oubiña 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      18 Richard Kingson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0
      5 Abdoulaye Meite 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 12 4 1
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 18 10 4
      2 Nicky Hunt 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 15 0 1
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 3
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 1
      19 Gavin McCann 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 18 2 7
      6 Gary Speed 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 11 3 0
      18 Mikel Alonso Mikel Alonso 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 14 3 1
      39 Nicolas Anelka 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 11 2 4
      21 El Hadji Diouf 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 17 7 1
      15 Gérald Cid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      14 Kevin Davies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Ricardo Gardner 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 2
      27 Daniel Braaten 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 85' Nicky Hunt sends a volley goalwards, but it flies miles over. Not really the man you want going for goal.
    • 79' An inswinging corner from left by Sebastian Larsson is headed goalwards by Johan Djourou... but Abdoulaye Meite makes a vital headed clearance. That could have wrapped things up for Birmingham.
    • 75' GREAT FREE-KICK! Larsson bends a set piece from the edge of the area onto the crossbar. So close to doubling the lead for the Blues!
    • 65' GREAT MOVE! Bolton's Braaten combines brilliantly with Anelka to find himself in on goal. But somehow Kelly gets back to block the Norwegian winger's shot.
    • 58' SAVE! Jaaskelainen gets down well to save from Larsson who had wriggled free of Samuel to get his shot in.
    • 48' Jerome is put in after a poor back-pass by Meite, put the striker puts his effort wide.
    • 46' And the Blues make a great start. A cross by Olivier Kapo is met by Sebastian Larsson, but his drilled right-footed shot is blocked by Jlloyd Samuel.
    • 37' GOAL FOR BIRMINGHAM! Kapo meets a curling cross from the right to the back post with a stretched volley to put the home side ahead.
    • 33' Diouf does brilliantly to beat Queudrue down the right wing. His cross is met by Nolan... but the Bolton skipper sends his header over the bar from the penalty spot.
    • 23 ' Chance for Bolton! The corner is whipped in by El-Hadji Diouf towards Andy O'Brien. But somehow he heads it over from 2 yards out. It went 6 yards over in the end... how did he manage that?!
    • 11 Corner for Bolton... it falls to Diouf, but it flies wide!
    • 6 Another chance for the home side! Larsson cuts inside Meite on the edge of the area... he shoots at goal, but it's blocked and cleared away. Great start from Birmingham here.
    • 4 Chance for Birmingham! Jerome gets put through on goal... but he fails to lift the ball over the keeper. It went wide of the right hand post.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Phil Dowd

  • Birmingham City

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Captain: Liam Ridgewell

    On the Field

    • Taylor
    • Kelly
    • Ridgewell
    • Djourou
    • Queudrue
    • Larsson
    • Nafti
    • Muamba
    • Kapo
    • Jerome
    • McSheffrey

    Subs

    • Forssell
    • Schmitz
    • Oubiña
    • O'Connor
    • Kingson

    Injured

    • Johnson

    Suspended

    None

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Sammy Lee

    Captain: Kevin Nolan

    On the Field

    • Jaaskelainen
    • Hunt
    • O'Brien
    • Meite
    • Samuel
    • Alonso
    • Speed
    • McCann
    • Nolan
    • Diouf
    • Anelka

    Subs

    • Davies
    • Gardner
    • Cid
    • Braaten
    • Al Habsi

    Injured

    • Helguson
    • Giannakopoulos
    • Vaz Te
    • O'Brien

    Suspended

    None