FOOTBALL Live

Wednesday August 15, 2007 Finished St Andrews

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Birmingham City

  • Kelly 28’
  • O'Connor 82’

Sunderland

  • Chopra 76’
  • John 89’
  1. John earns Sunderland point

    John earns Sunderland point

    Stern John stunned his old club with a last-minute leveller as Roy Keane's Sunderland once again showed never-say-die spirit in spades at St Andrews. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Birmingham City
    • Sunderland
    • 90' It's all over. Honours even. 2-2.
    • 89 Stern John pulls Sunderland level!!! 2-2!! He was there to head home a loose ball after Danny Coyle had parried a free-kick.
    • 82 Gary O'Connor steps inside McShane...and shoot into the far corner!!! Birmingham have the lead!!
    • 76' Sunderland pull level through Michael Chopra. The £5.5 million summer signing has his second goal in as many games!! He takes advantage of a mistake by the defender and volleys home into the far corner over Doyle.
    • 62' Ross Wallace swings a dangerous ball in from the left flank for Sunderland, but Johan Djourou is there to head clear.
    • 52 Sebastien Larsson swings in a cross for Birmingham, but fails to pick out either Kapo or Forssell.
    • 46' The second half is underway at St Andrew's.
    • 45' Half-time at St Andrews.
    • 28' Birmingham have the lead!!! Stephen Kelly gets his head to a McSheffrey ball and heads home. It took a deflection off Paul McShane on the way.
    • 13' Gary McSheffrey tries a long-range effort, but it flies well wide.
    • 8' A quiet start to the game here in the Midlands. No chances to report yet.
    • 3' Olivier Kapo swings a cross in for Birmingham, though Gordon claims.
    • 1' We're underway in the first half at St. Andrew's!
    • 19:00 Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live text commentary of Birmingham v Sunderland. Kick-off is at 19:45, so join us then.

  • Team Stats

    Birmingham City Stats Sunderland
    43% Possession 56%
    7 Shots 13
    1 Shots on target 3
    0 Saves 0
    2 Corners 7
    9 Fouls 21
    2 Offsides 0
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 18
    178 Accurate passes 276
    49 Bad passes 57

  • 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
      13 Colin Doyle 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 4 0
      16 Johan Djourou 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 10 1 2
      21 Stuart Parnaby 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 16 1 1
      2 Stephen Kelly 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 10 1
      6 Liam Ridgewell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 3 3
      23 Olivier Kapo 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 17 5 1
      12 Mehdi Nafti 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 4 3
      26 Fabrice Muamba 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 21 3 5
      7 Sebastian Larsson 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 15 1 0
      9 Mikael Forssell 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 24 11 2
      11 Gary McSheffrey 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 7 4 2
      10 Cameron Jerome 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      8 Garry O'Connor 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 1
      1 Maik Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Radhi Jaidi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Rowan Vine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0
      2 Greg Halford 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 1
      15 Danny Collins 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 35 17 1
      5 Nyron Nosworthy 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 30 2 6
      6 Paul McShane 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 3 0
      8 Dean Whitehead 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 32 7 0
      4 Dickson Etuhu 0 1 0 3 4 0 1 26 5 0
      7 Carlos Edwards 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 26 0 5
      33 Ross Wallace 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 19 10 1
      31 David Connolly 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 14 5 2
      16 Michael Chopra 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 15 1 0
      14 Stern John 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 3 0
      13 Darren Ward 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Liam Miller 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 2 1
      23 Roy O'Donovan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
      21 Russell Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 82 Gary O'Connor steps inside McShane...and shoot into the far corner!!! Birmingham have the lead!!
    • 76' Sunderland pull level through Michael Chopra. The £5.5 million summer signing has his second goal in as many games!! He takes advantage of a mistake by the defender and volleys home into the far corner over Doyle.
    • 28' Birmingham have the lead!!! Stephen Kelly gets his head to a McSheffrey ball and heads home. It took a deflection off Paul McShane on the way.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Birmingham City

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Captain: Liam Ridgewell

    On the Field

    • Doyle
    • Kelly
    • Djourou
    • Ridgewell
    • Parnaby
    • Larsson
    • Nafti
    • Muamba
    • McSheffrey
    • Kapo
    • Forssell

    Subs

    • Taylor
    • O'Connor
    • Jerome
    • Jaidi

    Injured

    • Queudrue
    • Johnson
    • Schmitz
    • Sadler

    Suspended

    None

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Roy Keane

    Captain: Dean Whitehead

    On the Field

    • Gordon
    • Collins
    • Nosworthy
    • McShane
    • Halford
    • Edwards
    • Etuhu
    • Whitehead
    • Richardson
    • Connolly
    • Chopra

    Subs

    • John
    • Ward
    • Miller
    • Anderson
    • O'Donovan

    Injured

    • Leadbitter

    Suspended

    None