Europa League
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Played
December 15, 2011 8:05 PM GMT
St. Andrew's Stadium — Birmingham
Referee:‬ S. Kever‎
Attendance:‬ 21436‎
 
24′ Adam Rooney
 
 

Player Ratings: Birmingham City 1-0 NK Maribor

Young winger Redmond puts in a sensational performance as the Blues pick up the win they required to progress in the Europa League but still crash out of the competition

By Matt Scott

Birmingham City Birmingham City
Colin Doyle
0
2
3.0

Perennial Blues number two performed well in a rare first-team appearance, displaying safe handling and good communication with his defence.

Curtis Davies
0
2
3.5

Has been a stand-out performer for the Blues this season and was again exemplary. Should probably be playing in the Premier League and may end up back there sooner rather than later with or without Birmingham.

Morgaro Gomis
0
2
3.0

Tough tackling midfielder was booked early for a wild lunge but went on to put ina well-disciplined performance in the middle.

Nathan Redmond
Top of the Match
3
3
4.0

Electric performance from the 17 year-old who was central to nearly all of Birmingham's attacking play and looks to be a magnificent prospect for the future.

Nikola Zigic
1
2
2.5

Giant Serb trundled around up front, and showed a lack of touch at times and uncertainty in front of goal.

• Substitutions
NK Maribor NK Maribor
Jasmin Handanoviç
3
3
2.5

Looked jittery throughout, particularly from crosses and maybe could have saved Rooney's header which went underneath his body.

Jovan Vidović
1
2
3.0

Gigantic defender countered the height of Zigic well and looked brave in the challenge, should have done better witha free-header in the first half.

Aleksander Rajčevič
1
3
3.0

Tasked with keeping up with Rooney and managed fairly well but lost his man for the game's only goal and paid the price.

Arghus Soares Bordignon
Flop of the Match
1
2
2.0

Played left-back despite being a natural centre-half and endured a torrid evening up against Redmond who had the beating of him from the first minute.

Nejc Potokar
2
2
3.0

Right-back pushed forward on occassion and looked more comfortable than Arghus on the other side of defence.

Aleš Mertelj
1
1
2.5

Right sided player played much of the game in David Murphy's back pocket and struggled badly to get into the game.

Goran Cvijanovič
1
1
2.5

Right-footed player played from the left but drifted in-field too often, resulting in a lack of width, substituted with a quarter of the game remaining.

Dejan Mezga
1
1
3.0

Maribor's most potent creative threat in midfield, played some good passes around the pitch and looked to break into the box on the rare times Maribor got forward.

Željko Filipović
1
1
2.5

Played a holding role in midfield which was barely required and resulted in a fairly anonymous performance other than a crashing drive in the first half which was comfortable for Doyle.

Dalibor Volas
1
1
2.5

Maribor's top-scorer came into the game as the Slovenian's main goal threat but was snuffed out by Davies, barely touching the ball over the ninety minutes.

Marcos Magno Morales Tavares
2
1
2.5

Brazilian played 70 minutes and showed glimpses of some samba magic but lacked the pace or strength to make any impression against Pablo.

• Substitutions
Dejan Trajkovski
2
1
2.5

Replaced Arghus after the left-back picked up an injury and was similarly troubled by Redmond down Birmingham's right flank.

Agim Ibraimi
1
2
2.5

Brought on

Etien Velikonja
2
1
2.5

Replaced captain Tavares

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