Brum through at Wolves' expense

by Tony Cuddihy , 18 January 2012

Birmingham are through to the fourth round of the FA Cup after beating local rivals Wolves 1-0 at Molineux.


Wade Elliott got the only goal of the game.

The first half comprised two chances for Birmingham, and little else.

First, Adam Rooney took far too long to shoot and allowed George Elokobi to tackle him at the last minute. There were reasonable calls for a penalty, but Howard Webb was not having them.

Then, five minutes before the break, Jordan Mutch's excellent free-kick from deep was headed towards goal by Curtis Davies. However, Dorus de Vries got down impressively to save.

Wolves' only half chance came from a long range Nenad Milijas free-kick, which Colin Doyle gathered easily, before Jonathan Spector shot across goal for Birmingham.

The second half was equally low on quality, the first chance of note coming on 64 minutes when 17-year-old Blues starlet Nathan Redmond skied the ball high and wide.

Four minutes later, Adlene Guedioura's shot seemed to be heading for Doyle's top corner, but sailed just the upright.

On 74 minutes, finally, a goal. From a Birmingham corner David Murphy's shot came back off the post and Wade Elliott, lying on the ground, somehow managed to scoop in the rebound.

Beausejour could have wrapped things up for Birmingham, but saw his strike turned away by De Vries.

Doyle ensured his team's passage with a brilliant late save from Stephen Hunt tight angled shot.

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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