Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Birmingham City: Blues come from behind to win trip to Blackburn

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Lukas Jutkiewicz deed lone his 2nd extremity of the play for the Birmingham equaliser

Championship broadside Birmingham City were fixed a scare successful their FA Cup third-round replay arsenic they needed 2 second-half goals to travel from down and bushed League One strugglers Forest Green.

The fired-up hosts led 1-0 astatine the interruption aft a flying commencement brought a stunning aboriginal onslaught from Ben Stevenson.

But recalled striker Lukas Jutkiewicz levelled consecutive aft the break.

And caller antheral Kevin Long deed his archetypal extremity since arriving from Burnley to publication a fourth-round necktie astatine Blackburn.

More to follow.

Line-ups

Forest Green

Formation 3-4-1-2

24Thomas
3Bernard
6Cargill
23Cooper
2O'KeeffeSubstituted forCaseyat 71'minutes
8Hendry
7StevensonSubstituted forDavisat 84'minutes
17McAllisterSubstituted forFiabemaat 70'minutes
25Peart-HarrisBooked astatine 38minsSubstituted forBrownat 84'minutes
28March
9StevensSubstituted forGarrickat 70'minutes

Substitutes

1McGee
4McGeouch
5Casey
11Garrick
18Fiabema
22Godwin-Malife
26Davis
27Bunker
29Brown

Birmingham

Formation 3-1-4-2

1Etheridge
5TrustyBooked astatine 69mins
26Long
23LongeloBooked astatine 38minsSubstituted forChongat 45'minutes
31BielikBooked astatine 57mins
28Sanderson
6MejbriBooked astatine 59minsSubstituted forBacunaat 73'minutes
19JamesSubstituted forChangat 45'minutes
11GrahamSubstituted forColinat 45'minutes
9HoganSubstituted forDeeneyat 86'minutes
10Jutkiewicz

Substitutes

2Colin
3Friend
7Bacuna
8Deeney
18Chong
21Ruddy
25Gordon
42Chang
49Donovan

Live Text

Match ends, Forest Green Rovers 1, Birmingham City 2.
Second Half ends, Forest Green Rovers 1, Birmingham City 2.
Foul by Brandon Cooper (Forest Green Rovers).
Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Dominic Bernard (Forest Green Rovers).
Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Baily Cargill.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Brandon Cooper.
Attempt blocked. Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Troy Deeney replaces Scott Hogan.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. David Davis replaces Ben Stevenson.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Reece Brown replaces Myles Peart-Harris.
Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
Regan Hendry (Forest Green Rovers) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Hand shot by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Brandon Cooper (Forest Green Rovers).
Foul by Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City).
Bryan Fiabema (Forest Green Rovers) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Foul by Auston Trusty (Birmingham City).