English Carabao Cup

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 Commentary

    • 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

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    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

    CHL Cheltenham Town (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Luke Southwood (GK) Yellow Card
    33 Curtis Davies Yellow Card
    6 Lewis Freestone Yellow Card
    2 Sean Long
    18 Ellis Chapman Yellow Card
    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.

    BIR 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 Yellow Card
    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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