Wednesday March 9, 2011 Day 19 Finished Goodison Park

Everton 1 - 1 Birmingham City

  • Heitinga 35’
  • Beausejour 17’

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  1. Birmingham move out of bottom three

    Birmingham move out of bottom three

    Birmingham City secured a point in a 1-1 draw with Everton at Goodison Park to move out of the Premier League relegation zone. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Everton
    • Birmingham City
    • 90'+3 There goes the full-time whistle! All over at Goodison and Birmingham secure a point that sees them move out of the bottom three!
    • 90'+1 The ball falls to Hibbert and the crowd urge him to shoot. He doesn't.
    • 90' Three minutes of added time to be played at the end of the game.
    • 89' Baines goes for goal himself from the free-kick, but it's straight against the wall and still Everton can't find a way through.
    • 88' Ridgwell is pulled up for handball and Everton have a free-kick...
    • 87' Change for Everton: Heitinga is replaced by Bilyaletdinov.
    • 86' That's Everton's ninth corner of the match - to Birmingham's one - but again nothing comes of it.
    • 85' Here's Osman, who feeds Hibbert and Everton win a corner off Beausejour! Danger here.
    • 83' There's still time for a late goal though... Everton on the attack again...
    • 81' As things stand, Birmingham are moving out of the relegation zone.
    • 80' Murphy poleaxes Coleman with a terribly mistimed challenge, but the young Everton man doesn't overact. Credit to him. Yellow for Murphy.
    • 79' Osman now fires on goal though! And Foster is forced into tipping over the bar!
    • 79' Time is running out for Everton to grab a late winner. The truth is that they haven't really created much in terms of clearcut goalscoring opportunitues.
    • 78' Everton make another change: Anichebe for Beckford.
    • 76' Murphy fancies his chances from distance here... but that's poor from the substitute, high, wide and not so handsome.
    • 75' Beausejour crosses now but it's too early for Zigic to get on the end of and the chance goes begging.
    • 74' So, Birmingham's tactics will be to get the ball up to the big man up front now. But they haven't really been able to get out of their own half after the break so far...
    • 73' Here comes that change: Zigic on for Jerome.
    • 71' Baines whips over a corner but the Birmingham defence isn't unduly troubled.
    • 70' Looks like Birmingham are going to make a change soon, with Zigic preparing to come on.
    • 69' Oooh! Lovely first touch by Beckford to bring down a long pass forward... but like Saha earlier he deliberates too long, allowing Johnson to get back and do enough to put him off. In the end his shot is saved at the near post by Foster and the chance goes begging!
    • 67' Oh! That's not a bad strike from Mutch from distance! But it's always swerving wide of the post and Howard knows it...
    • 66' Osman tangles with Bowyer and ends up wrestling the Everton man to the floor! Free-kick to the hosts and Bowyer affords himself a smile.
    • 65' Saha's through on goal here after he turns Johnson! Must be! No! He delays, checks back inside and eventually his shot is blocked!
    • 64' Beausejour bundles Saha off the ball and the whistle goes. He leathers the ball away in frustration, but he escapes a booking.
    • 63' Saha nows turns and unleashes a shot from the edge of the box... oh dear, that's not his best effort and the ball sails into the stands behind Foster's goal.
    • 62' The Dutchman then gets involved in a little spat with Beckford on the edge of the area, but it's nothing more than handbags.
    • 61' The ball falls kindly to Heitinga again and again he lets fly! Blocked this time!
    • 60' It's all Everton at the moment...
    • 59' Baines again hares off on a decent run down the Everton left... he's in determined mood this half.
    • 57' There's Arteta in the stands and it's not a good sight for Everton fans - he's on crutches.
    • 56' Coleman checks back inside from the Everton right but his shot is high and wide.
    • 55' The corner reaches Saha, but he's facing backwards as the ball bounces on the top of his head and over. He wants a penalty for a foul by Ridgewell, but the ref is unimpressed.
    • 54' Heitinga is booked now as he waits for a corner to come over.
    • 52' Lovely, penetrating run by Coleman! It's cleared in the end though, but Everton are buoyant !
    • 51' Everton have started this half strongly and are getting forward at every opportunity.
    • 50' Baines again does well to feed Osman, who delivers a deep cross towards Coleman... Foster punches clear.
    • 49' Baines does really well on the Everton left before getting in a cross... it's cleared this time but he's been a livewire all night, the Toffees' left-back.
    • 48' Ridgewell goes into the book for a tug and this time the referee actually shows a yellow card!
    • 47' No changes to tell you about at the break.
    • 46' Back underway at Goodison!
    • 45'+3 There goes the half-time whistle! And it's all square at the break.
    • 45'+2 Everton are ending the opening period on the front foot... Saha wins a free-kick off Larsson.
    • 45'+1 Four minutes of added time to be played at the end of the first half.
    • 45' It opens up slightly for Jerome here as he runs onto Larsson's long ball forward... but he checks back and in the end his shot is pulled wide of the mark.
    • 44' Jiranek plays a poor back pass to Foster, who slices out for an Everton throw.
    • 43' Confirmation that Mutch was indeed booked earlier, despite the ref having apparently lost his card!
    • 42' Heitinga is back up on his feet, but he'll have to go off the pitch before coming back on.
    • 41' Jerome and Heitinga clash heads right on the halfway line... the Dutchman stays down and will have to receive some treatment.
    • 40' Mutch becomes the first man into the book... no wait, the ref seems to have lost his card. He appears to take the midfielder's name, and he raises his arm if brandishing a card, but there's nothing in his hand! Weird.
    • 39' Oooh! Coleman sneaks in ahead of Carr at the back stick to reach Osman's deep cross... Foster is tested again, but again the keeper is equal to it!
    • 38' Rodwell is invited to shoot from distance... easy for Foster.
    • 37' Everton have lost just three of their last 25 Premier League home matches.
    • 36' And Goodison is alive once again! What a strike that was from Heitinga - his first goal in over two years!
    • 35' GOAL! Heitinga levels things up with an absolute screamer! Osman's corner is only partially cleared by Beausejour... it falls kindly for the Dutchman, but his sidefooted effort is inch perfect, right in the top corner! Everton are back on level terms!
    • 35' Osman again does well as he hassles Carr all the way down to the byline and he wins a corner for his efforts!
    • 34' Alex McLeish looks on anxiously as he assesses Bowyer's fitness. He really doesn't want to lose another player to injury tonight.
    • 33' Osman does well to ride a few challenges before winning a free-kick from Bowyer, who pulls up holding his hamstring. Surely not another?
    • 31' Chance for Beckford! Coleman dinks over a cross which Beckford waits a little too long for and in the end he misses the ball completely! Baines heads back towards his keeper but has a nervous moment as Foster scrambles to get there before it goes in his own net!
    • 30' Half an hour gone and Birmingham will be happy with how things have gone so far, despite Everton's superior possession.
    • 29' Birmingham have won 19 Premier League games in the last two seasons, 18 of them by a one goal margin.
    • 28' Everton are controlling possession at the moment, but there's no urgeny to their play.
    • 27' Baines sends a hopeful pass forward... a deflection off Jiranek opens things up though and Foster has to be quick off his line to claim ahead of Saha.
    • 26' Rodwell mops up again for Everton in the middle of the park... he turns 20 soon but he's showing maturity beyond his years today.
    • 25' Ooh! Beckford attempts an outrageous little flick... it flies well over the bar.
    • 24' Here come Everton again... Coleman goes down in the box under the challenge of Carr! The crowd want a penalty... the flag goes up! But it's for handball by the Everton man, and not a foul....
    • 23' Birmingham failed to muster a shot on target in the match against Everton at St Andrew's earlier this season. They've already done much better tonight.
    • 22' Hibbert whacks a clearance straight into the face of his team-mate Coleman! Ouch! Coleman hits the deck and will take a moment or two to gether his senses.
    • 21' That goal has really taken the zip out of the atmosphere at Goodison. It was bouncing prior to Beausejour's header and now it's very flat indeed.
    • 20' Everton have lost 99 Premier League matches at Goodison Park. Could this be the ton?
    • 19' Johnson lands awkwardly from an aerial challenge and there'll be a break in play as he receives some treatment.
    • 18' That's a real blow to Everton and David Moyes will have some strong words at half-time for his defenders.
    • 17' GOAL! Beausejour opens the scoring against the run of play! The Chilean gets his head to Mutch's long floated ball into the box... it's a great header but where on earth is the Everton marking?
    • 16' It opens up for Osman slightly and he takes advantage, moving forward before letting off a right-footed strike from 30 yards! Foster is behind it though.
    • 15' Osman takes the corner deep, where it's won by Distin, but Everton can't make anything of it this time.
    • 14' Carr and Foster get in a bit of a mix up and in the end the ball pings off the defender and behind for an Everton corner!
    • 13' Alex McLeish has won none and lost six of his 12 Premier League meetings with teams managed by fellow Scots.
    • 12' Ooh! Beckford brings Foster into action once again as the striker bursts forward and unleashes a fierce drive from just outside the box! Foster gets down well to make the save!
    • 11' Osman gets his head to a swirling cross and Foster is brought into action, albeit with a comfortable save.
    • 10' Ah, apparently Bentley has a groin injury.
    • 9' Bentley wasn't visibly carrying an injury - his withdrawal is a mystery so far.
    • 8' Arteta limps off to sympathetic applause - Coleman on - while Birmingham also make an enforced change as Bentley is replaced by Murphy.
    • 7' Oh dear! This is bad news for Everton as Arteta pulls up clutching his hamstring! Game over for the Spaniard and he'll probably be on the sidelines for four to five weeks now... terrible blow for the Toffees!
    • 6' Jerome and Beausejour link up well on the Birmingham left but nothing comes of it.
    • 5' Chances at both ends then in what has been a bright opening.
    • 4' Oooh! Jerome gets his head on Larsson's free-kick and Howard has to be alert to keep it out! The Everton keeper was at full stretch there!
    • 3' First opening for Everton as Arteta exchanges passes with Saha... but the striker cannot get a shot off in the end and Foster claims.
    • 2' Jordon Mutch slides in and gives away a free-kick in the middle of the park.
    • 1' Here we go! Everton get us under way at Goodison Park!
    • 19:57 Everton in their traditional blue and white tonight, while Birmingham are in their white away shirts with blue shorts.
    • 19:55 This is a twice-postponed fixture, but as the teams head out onto the Goodison pitch, it looks like it will finally get played!
    • 19:50 The first meeting of these two sides this season ended in a 2-0 win for Everton at St Andrews, Tim Cahill adding to Roger Johnson's own goal in the last minute to seal the points for the Toffees.
    • 19:45 Martin Jiranek returns for Birmingham in defence having missed the West Brom game at the weekend while Nikola Zigic settles for a place on the bench again with Jean Beausejour starting. Sebastian Larsson and Jordon Mutch are also handed starts as Curtis Davies and Obafemi Martins drop to the bench.
    • 19:40 So, Anichebe takes his place on the Everton bench, but otherwise it is as expected for David Moyes's side, with injured captain Phill Neville replaced by John Heitinga. Mikel Arteta takes the armband.
    • 19:35 And tonight's referee is Peter Walton (Northamptonshire).
    • 19:30 TEAMS: EVERTON: Howard, Hibbert, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Heitinga, Osman, Arteta, Rodwell, Saha, Beckford. Subs: Mucha, Bilyaletdinov, Coleman, Anichebe, Mustafi, Duffy, Baxter /// BIRMINGHAM: Foster, Carr, Ridgewell, Johnson, Jiranek, Bentley, Larsson, Bowyer, Mutch, Beausejour, Jerome. Subs: Doyle, Murphy, Phillips, Martins, Zigic, Parnaby, Davies
    • 19:30 For Everton, skipper Phil Neville has been ruled out with a hamstring injury, while Victor Anichebe is doubtful with a knock. Tim Cahill and Marouane Fellaini are still missing through injury.
    • 19:30 Birmingham are without the influential Barry Ferguson: the Scottish midfielder will undergo a painkilling injection for his broken rib, but only after tonight's match.
    • 19:25 Everton are in the relatively heady surrounds of 10th and victory at Goodison tonight will see them leap into eighth, a point behind Bolton who occupy the final Europa League spot.
    • 19:20 After the glory of winning the Carling Cup, Birmingham find themselves in the bottom three following defeat to West Brom last weekend. Alex McLeish's side do have two games in hand on those around though and victory would see them move level on points with Aston Villa in 13th.
    • 19:15 Birmingham travel to Everton desperate for three points that would hoist them out of the relegation zone and back into the safety of mid-table.

  • Summary

    • 79' Osman now fires on goal though! And Foster is forced into tipping over the bar!
    • 69' Oooh! Lovely first touch by Beckford to bring down a long pass forward... but like Saha earlier he deliberates too long, allowing Johnson to get back and do enough to put him off. In the end his shot is saved at the near post by Foster and the chance goes begging!
    • 65' Saha's through on goal here after he turns Johnson! Must be! No! He delays, checks back inside and eventually his shot is blocked!
    • 39' Oooh! Coleman sneaks in ahead of Carr at the back stick to reach Osman's deep cross... Foster is tested again, but again the keeper is equal to it!
    • 35' GOAL! Heitinga levels things up with an absolute screamer! Osman's corner is only partially cleared by Beausejour... it falls kindly for the Dutchman, but his sidefooted effort is inch perfect, right in the top corner! Everton are back on level terms!
    • 31' Chance for Beckford! Coleman dinks over a cross which Beckford waits a little too long for and in the end he misses the ball completely! Baines heads back towards his keeper but has a nervous moment as Foster scrambles to get there before it goes in his own net!
    • 17' GOAL! Beausejour opens the scoring against the run of play! The Chilean gets his head to Mutch's long floated ball into the box... it's a great header but where on earth is the Everton marking?
    • 16' It opens up for Osman slightly and he takes advantage, moving forward before letting off a right-footed strike from 30 yards! Foster is behind it though.
    • 12' Ooh! Beckford brings Foster into action once again as the striker bursts forward and unleashes a fierce drive from just outside the box! Foster gets down well to make the save!
    • 4' Oooh! Jerome gets his head on Larsson's free-kick and Howard has to be alert to keep it out! The Everton keeper was at full stretch there!
    • 19:30 TEAMS: EVERTON: Howard, Hibbert, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Heitinga, Osman, Arteta, Rodwell, Saha, Beckford. Subs: Mucha, Bilyaletdinov, Coleman, Anichebe, Mustafi, Duffy, Baxter /// BIRMINGHAM: Foster, Carr, Ridgewell, Johnson, Jiranek, Bentley, Larsson, Bowyer, Mutch, Beausejour, Jerome. Subs: Doyle, Murphy, Phillips, Martins, Zigic, Parnaby, Davies

Team Line-up & Ratings

  • Line-up

    Live Team Line-Up

    • Starting line-up

      • T. Howard
      • T. Hibbert
      • P. Jagielka
      • S. Distin
      • L. Baines
      • J. Heitinga Goal Yellow Card Substitution Out (87′)
      • J. Rodwell
      • L. Osman
      • M. Arteta Substitution Out (9′)
      • L. Saha
      • J. Beckford Substitution Out (78′)

      Subs

      • V. Anichebe Substitution In78′
      • D. Bilyaletdinov Substitution In87′
      • J. Baxter
      • S. Duffy
      • S. Coleman Substitution In9′
      • J. Mucha
      • S. Mustafi

    • Starting line-up

      • B. Foster
      • S. Carr
      • L. Ridgewell Yellow Card
      • R. Johnson
      • M. Jiránek
      • S. Larsson
      • J. Mutch Yellow Card
      • D. Bentley Substitution Out (9′)
      • L. Bowyer
      • J. Beausejour Goal
      • C. Jerome Substitution Out (73′)

      Subs

      • K. Phillips
      • D. Murphy Substitution In9′ Yellow Card
      • O. Martins
      • S. Parnaby
      • N. Žigic Substitution In73′
      • C. Doyle
      • C. Davies

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