Cheltenham Town 0-2 Birmingham City · Carabao Cup
Cheltenham Town lost to Birmingham City 0-2 in the Carabao Cup. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Cheltenham Town and Birmingham City met in the Carabao Cup at Whaddon Road in Cheltenham on Tuesday, 8 August 2023.
Goalscorers
Cheltenham Town did not score. Birmingham City: J. Bacuna 24', 32'.
How the match went
The referee showed 6 yellow cards (4 for Cheltenham Town, 2 for Birmingham City).
Line-ups
Cheltenham Town started in a 3-4-2-1: Luke Southwood, Sean Long, Curtis Davies, Lewis Freestone, Liam Smith, Curtis Thompson, Ellis Chapman, Ben Williams, James Olayinka, Oliver Hammond, Robert Street.
Birmingham City started in a 4-2-3-1: Neil Etheridge, Marcel Oakley, Dion Sanderson, Kevin Long, Emmanuel Longelo, Juninho Bacuna, Alfie Chang, Jordan James, Keshi Anderson, Koji Miyoshi, Lukas Jutkiewicz.
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Minute by minute
- 24'Goal! Cheltenham Town 0-1 Birmingham City. J. Bacuna (Birmingham City) scores.
- 32'Goal! Cheltenham Town 0-2 Birmingham City. J. Bacuna (Birmingham City) scores.
- 45'Half-time. Cheltenham Town 0-2 Birmingham City.
- 90'Full-time. Cheltenham Town 0-2 Birmingham City.
Full commentary (46 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Cheltenham Town vs Birmingham City.
- 17'Attempt missed. L. Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City), header. xG 0.03.
- 20'Attempt missed. C. Davies (Cheltenham Town), header from a corner. xG 0.37.
- 24'Goal! Cheltenham Town 0-1 Birmingham City. J. Bacuna (Birmingham City) scores.
- 24'Attempt saved. K. Miyoshi (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.14.
- 31'Yellow card for C. Davies (Cheltenham Town) for foul.
- 32'Goal! Cheltenham Town 0-2 Birmingham City. J. Bacuna (Birmingham City) scores.
- 34'Attempt saved. L. Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City), header. xG 0.18.
- 39'Attempt blocked. L. Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 40'Attempt blocked. K. Anderson (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 40'Attempt blocked. E. Longelo (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 43'Yellow card for J. Bacuna (Birmingham City) for foul.
- 45'6 minutes of added time.
- 45+1'Attempt saved. K. Anderson (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 45'Half-time. Cheltenham Town 0-2 Birmingham City.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Birmingham City: I. Šunjić comes on for M. Oakley.
- 46'Substitution, Cheltenham Town: D. Adshead comes on for J. Olayinka.
- 46'Substitution, Cheltenham Town: L. Sercombe comes on for C. Thompson.
- 46'Substitution, Cheltenham Town: A. Keena comes on for R. Street.
- 51'Attempt saved. L. Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 54'Attempt missed. A. Keena (Cheltenham Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.12.
- 57'Attempt missed. J. Bacuna (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 59'Attempt blocked. E. Longelo (Birmingham City), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 61'Attempt saved. K. Anderson (Birmingham City), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 63'Yellow card for L. Southwood (Cheltenham Town) for argument.
- 63'Yellow card for J. James (Birmingham City) for argument.
- 64'Substitution, Birmingham City: S. Dembélé comes on for K. Miyoshi.
- 71'Yellow card for E. Chapman (Cheltenham Town) for foul.
- 74'Attempt saved. K. Anderson (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 75'Yellow card for L. Freestone (Cheltenham Town) for foul.
- 79'Attempt saved. J. James (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 80'Attempt saved. L. Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 81'Substitution, Cheltenham Town: T. King comes on for O. Hammond.
- 81'Substitution, Birmingham City: S. Cosgrove comes on for L. Jutkiewicz.
- 81'Substitution, Birmingham City: B. Khela comes on for K. Anderson.
- 85'Attempt saved. B. Khela (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 86'Attempt missed. J. Bacuna (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 87'Substitution, Birmingham City: G. Gardner comes on for J. Bacuna.
- 87'Substitution, Cheltenham Town: A. Sambu comes on for L. Smith.
- 89'Attempt blocked. G. Gardner (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 90'6 minutes of added time.
- 90+1'Attempt blocked. J. James (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
- 90+2'Attempt missed. J. James (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 90+4'Attempt missed. S. Cosgrove (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 90'Full-time. Cheltenham Town 0-2 Birmingham City.