Fulham beats Birmingham in a tense match
Fulham overcame Birmingham City by 2-0 in the second round of the League Cup, in an exciting match that took place at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park.
Fulham started strong, scoring two goals in the first 14 minutes. Raúl Jiménez opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 10th minute, following a foul by a Birmingham player. Shortly after, in the 14th minute, James Stansfield extended the Fulham lead with a high-quality goal.
Birmingham tried to react, but Fulham’s defense was solid and did not concede many scoring chances. In the second half, the pace of the game picked up and both teams had their opportunities.
Fulham had more possession in the second half and created some good chances, but they couldn’t extend their lead. Birmingham, in turn, approached the opponent’s area on several occasions, but failed to find the way to goal.
The match was marked by the intensity and fight of both teams. There were a total of 34 fouls, 3 yellow cards and no red cards. Fulham controlled the ball less, but was more effective in attack and converted the chances they had into goals.
Fulham qualified for the next round of the League Cup and will face the winner of the match between Leicester City and Nottingham Forest.
Substitutions birmingham: at minute 61 T. Roberts came in and A. May went out., at minute 62 K. Miyoshi came in and E. Hansson went out., at minute 62 A. Yokoyama came in and K. Anderson went out., at minute 73 A. Sampsted came in and E. Laird went out., at minute 82 L. Jutkiewicz came in and Paik Seung-Ho went out.
Substitutions fulham: at minute 65 J. King came in and S. Berge went out., at minute 78 S. Lukic came in and T. Cairney went out., at minute 78 A. Iwobi came in and J. Stansfield went out., at minute 87 A. Traore came in and H. Wilson went out., at minute 87 E. Smith Rowe came in and H. Reed went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Birmingham
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