- Trundle (79)
- Carey (8 og), Jerome (24)
- Date:2008-09-16
- Kick-off:19:45
- Venue:Ashton Gate
- Attendance:18456
- Referee:Friend, K
Live Commentary
90mins
That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.
90mins
The referee has booked Sebastian Larsson.
81mins
Birmingham are replacing Kemy Agustien with Quincy Owusu-Abeyie.
79mins
Goal!! Lee Trundle scores for Bristol City.
76mins
Louis Carey is booked for unsporting behaviour.
73mins
Martin Taylor goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
70mins
Bristol City are replacing Bradley Orr with Lee Trundle.
68mins
Stuart Parnaby is replaced by Stephen Kelly.
65mins
James McFadden is replaced by Marcus Bent.
53mins
Gavin Williams is replaced by Ivan Sproule.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 2.
45mins
Half time whistle is blown by K Friend
45mins
Kemy Agustien goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
37mins
Adriano Basso is being taken off, Chris Weale has come on in his place.
24mins
Goal!! Cameron Jerome scores for Birmingham.
8mins
Own goal, Louis Carey has put it in his own net.
0mins
It's 7:45pm on Tuesday, September 16th, the match has kicked off.
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Match Report
Cameron Jerome scored his second league goal in three days as Birmingham City kept their unbeaten start to Championship life very much alive.
His goal won three points against Doncaster at the weekend and his well-struck one at Ashton Gate built on a Bristol tragedy of an own goal by their skipper Louis Carey .
Two up in 24 minutes, the Blues looked to have built themselves a comfortable lead, but had to pull out every defensive stop in the second half to stay in front.
Carey's blunder came from a free-kick after James McFadden had taken a tumble just inside the left touchline.
Although Adriano Basso in goal looked to have Sebastian Larsson's long curling ball covered, he was played out of the action as the ball flew off Carey's head.
It gave the Midlanders that extra confidence and, with Jerome running hard in the middle, they began to beat the home side to the ball with regularity.
Their slickness soon brought them their second goal with Jerome slipping a left-footed shot past Basso as he met a shrewd through ball from David Murphy.
For City, Dele Adebola was always working hard to win his share of the ball in the air but as a team they lacked penetration.
They pressed on to win six corners in the opening half but nothing came of them.
They went closest with a Lee Johnson free-kick, while Michael McIndoe was a foot wide with a long-range drive.
Marshalled well at the back by Liam Ridgewell and Martin Taylor, Birmingham showed why they have given away only two league goals so far.
The home side lost Basso with an ankle injury and, within seconds of replacing him, Chris Weale was throwing himself down to smother a shot from McFadden.
The winger wasted a chance to wrap up the win early in the second half much to the agitation of his manager Alex McLeish .
City launched an earnest fightback which saw sub Lee Trundle pull back a goal with a 40-yard lob with 11 minutes left, but they couldn't find the breakthrough they needed to earn a point.
Bristol City Team
Birmingham City Team
Bristol City | Birmingham City |
Corners
| 10 | 2 |
Fouls
| 11 | 17 |
Goal attempts
| 17 | 12 |
Shots off target
| 6 | 6 |
Offsides
| 2 | 1 |
