Maribor 1-2 Birmingham City: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 29 September 2011
Result
Maribor 1-2 Birmingham City
Europa League · Thursday 29 September 2011, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Maribor 1-2 Birmingham City: match report
Maribor lost to Birmingham City 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 29 September 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.
Dalibor Volas opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Maribor's goal came from Dalibor Volas (29'). Birmingham City scored through C. Burke (64') and Wade Elliott (79').
Discipline: Maribor received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Maribor were 83rd on 4 points from 3 and Birmingham City 76th on 4 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Maribor lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-1-1.
Going into the match Maribor's last five read L-D-W and Birmingham City's L-W-D.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Dalibor Volas
- 44'Yellow card · Liam Ridgewell
- 60'Yellow card · M. Gomis
- 64'Goal · C. Burke
- 79'Goal · Wade Elliott
- 90+2'Yellow card · Z. Lesjak
Team news
Maribor line-up (4-4-2)
Jasmin Handanović, Martin Milec, Nejc Potokar, Mitja Viler, Zoran Lesjak, Arghus, Dejan Mezga, Goran Cvijanović, Aleš Mertelj, Marcos Tavares, Dalibor Volas
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Colin Doyle, Steven Caldwell, Pablo Ibáñez, Liam Ridgewell, Jonathan Spector, C. Burke, Jean Beausejour, Morgaro Gomis, Wade Elliott, Keith Fahey, Marlon King