Northampton Town 0 Birmingham City 1: As it happened and reaction
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Cobblers v Birmingham LIVE
Key Events
- Town host Blues in second pre-season friendly
- Number of trialists expected to be involved again
- One or two injured players may feature
2’
Ash Hunter one of the trialists starting tonight. Young midfielder Khanya Leshabela also on trial in central midfield
7’
Driving run from ex-Cobbler Keshi Anderson ends with him being tripped. He picks himself up to take the resulting free-kick 30 yards from goal. Decent strike but a good yard or two over the bar.
10’
Cobblers 4-3-3 with Pinnock in the 10 role and Bowie through the middle. Appere off the right. Scott Hogan leading the line for Birmingham.
20’
Very ‘pre-season’ start to this game. Birmingham with most of the ball so far but Cobblers disciplined out of possession and have had the odd promising moment on the counter. Nothing to worry either goalkeeper though.
25’
First chance of the game falls to Birmingham. Deep cross headed back across goal but neither Hogan nor Roberts can get a clean strike away and the ball dribbles harmlessly into Dadge’s hands.
30’
Captain for the evening Sam Sherring has pinged forward a couple of lovely long passes. The second of those leads to a period of pressure which culminates in Ruddy easily saving Appere’s 20-yard shot.