Player ratings

DAVIES: No chance with the goal and little else to do......

SMITH: Kept going up against Kristian Pedersen but couldn’t force the issue enough.......

TYMON: Didn’t have the same flying power or dangerous crosses that he had shown against Villa.......................

Won’t want to see that corner again for Birmingham’s opener.....................

Was confident to bring ball out of defence and spread passes to the left and right..................................

Brought ball forward when he had the chance.....

Holding role gave Clucas and Oakley-boothe chance to operate further forward..................................

Some nice footwork at times but needs to convert that into proper danger...............................

Carried a threat but not at his sharpest in front of goal, frustrating himself......

Cracked bar with first-half free-kick but still waiting for first goal as he leads the line.............................

GREGORY: Should have buried chance late in first half but clobbered the post himself instead.............................

Substitutes

Powell (for Oakley-boothe, 72): Right place right time, with a bit of a helping hand from Birmingham...............

Campbell (for Gregory, 72): Made the key difference with darting runs into the box....

Mcclean (for Tymon, 81): Added much needed late energy and aggression........

Not used: Butland, Batth, Brown, Thompson.

Birmingham: Etheridge, Colin, Pedersen, Friend, Clayton, Jutkiewicz (Hogan, 87), Bela (Roberts, 72), Dean, Sanchez, Toral (Crowley, 62), Sunjic. Subs: Prieto, Gardner, DacresCogley, Boyd-munce.