Birmingham City

2.58

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  1

  0

  3.00

  Colin Doyle

  Doyle performed well for the most part, making a string of good saves, but could do nothing to stop either of Leeds' goals.

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  2

  0

  2.00

  Curtis Davies

  Almost levelled late in the game with a header from a free-kick, but otherwise endured a difficult evening against McCormack and Diouf.

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  1

  0

  3.00

  Paul Caddis

  The left-back did well to deal with the threat of Varney down the left flank, only occasionally allowing the winger to produce a decent delivery.

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  2

  0

  1.50

  Paul Robinson

  Robinson was the guilty party for Leeds' winner, handling in the area to gift the visitors a penalty.

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  3

  0

  2.00

  Steven Caldwell

  Struggled to handle the physical threat of Diouf and McCormack in the second half as Leeds began to take control.

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  3

  0

  3.50

  Chris Burke

  Was always lively in midfield and gave the Blues a lot of drive going forward, Burke's display was key in enabling the home side to dominate the game in the first-half, however his influence waned in the second period.

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  1

  0

  2.50

  Morgaro Gomis

  The holding midfielder was composed in the first-half, but found himself overrun by a dangerous Leeds midfield as the game wore on.

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  2

  0

  3.50

  Nathan Redmond

  Produced a cross of real quality for Birmingham's opening goal and always looked dangerous going forward.

• 
  1

  3

  1.00

  Ravel Morrison Flop of the Match

  The former Manchester United starlet produced nothing of any real note before being substituted midway through the second half.

• 
  1

  0

  3.50

  Wade Elliott

  Opened the scoring with a vicious close-range volley and could have done so even earlier, shooting just wide in the early throws of the first-half.

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  3

  0

  2.00

  Marlon King

  Starved of any real service, King was unable to create anything going forward but did do well to hold the ball up and bring others into play.

Substitutions

• 
  2

  0

  Nikola Zigic

  Came on as a late second half substitute and almost had the desired impact when his header was cleared off the line by Aidan White.

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  3

  0

  3.50

  Peter Lovenkrands

  Lovenkrands was extremely unlucky not to score, with two great efforts brilliantly saved by Ashdown.

Leeds

3.17

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  1

  0

  3.50

  Jamie Ashdown

  Could do little to prevent Birmingham's opener but redeemed himself, producing some fine saves to preserve the visitors' lead.

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  1

  0

  3.00

  Adam Drury

  Brought off due to injury early in the first-half before he could have any impact.

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  0

  1

  1.50

  Lee Peltier

  Peltier was partly at fault for Birmingham's opener, allowing Redmond to find free space and deliver the telling cross.

• 
  1

  0

  3.00

  Tom Lees

  Lees was composed and strong in the air for much of the encounter and cannot really be blamed for the opening goal.

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  2

  0

  3.00

  Luke Varney

  The former Portsmouth and Charlton man had a mixed evening, missing a sitter from a Diouf cross in the first-half, but then producing an excellent cross for Paul Green in the second.

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  2

  0

  3.00

  Michael Brown

  Brown did a sterling job in the middle of the park, protecting the back four excellently and allowing Green to venture forward.

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  1

  0

  4.00

  Paul Green

  Green delivered an excellent second-half performance to help Leeds to victory, the midfielder had a hand in the equaliser, produced a last-ditch tackle in his own area and saw a number of chances go begging after getting into good areas.

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  2

  0

  3.00

  Rodolph Austin

  The defensive midfielder did a decent job of protecting the back four, had a second-half shot saved and it was his cross which led to the winning penalty.

• 
  2

  0

  3.50

  Samuel Bryam

  The full-back was assured defensively and delivered an excellent cross which was the direct cause of Leeds' equaliser.

• 
  5

  0

  4.00

  El-Hadji Diouf Top of the Match

  Diouf secured the win with a cool penalty, produced an excellent cross which Varney headed wide, and helped out defensively in a brilliant all round display.

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  1

  0

  3.50

  Ross McCormack

  McCormack did not see much service, but slotted the home the one chance he did get with consummate ease.

Substitutions

• 
  1

  0

  Jason Pearce

  Brought on as a substitute for Diouf in injury-time, which was primarily a time-wasting change.

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  2

  0

  3.00

  Aidan White

  Came on for the injured Drury and performed admirably, clearing Zigic's effort off the line to keep Leeds in front.