Live blog: Birmingham City vs Peterborough United - the Vertu Trophy Final at Wembley!
Read the match report: Peterborough United overcame considerable odds to gain a thoroughly deserved Vertu Trophy victory at Wembley
The day has arrived, Posh’s 100% Wembley record faces its biggest test yet.
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Hide AdWrexham’s draw yesterday crowned Birmingham champions and Posh must stop them from achieving a promotion, league title and a trophy at Wembley in the space of six days.
Follow all of the action on the PT live blog below.
LIVE: Posh vs Birmingham
Key Events
- FT: Birmingham United 0 - Posh 2
- GOAL: Posh – Mills (15 mins)
- GOAL: Posh – Kyprianou (45 mins)
- Wembley attendance: 71,722
Jed Steer, Harley Mills, Emmanuel Fernandez, Oscar Wallin, James Dornelly, Archie Collins, Hector Kyprianou, Abraham Odoh, Malik Mothersille, Kwame Poku, Ricky-Jade Jones
Subs: Nicholas Bilokapic, Jadel Katongo, Ryan De Havilland, Chris Conn-Clarke, Mahamadou Susoho, Cian Hayes, Gustav Lindgren
Birmingham
Ryan Allsop, Ethan Laird, Christoph Klarer, Ben Davies, Alex Cochrane, Paik Sueng-Ho, Tomoki Iwata, Kieran Dowell, Willum Thor Willimsson, Keshi Anderson, Jay Stansfield
Subs: Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Grant Hanley, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Marc Leonard, Luke Harris, Alfie May, Lukas Jutkiewicz
2 mins 0-0
Early chance Birmingham, gifted away by Odon in the middle of the pitch to Willumsson, slides in Stansfield on the right but he drags an effort well wide.
8 mins 0-0
Better from Posh, Poke finds Mothersille on the right of the box, chops and turns but doesn’t take on a shot from a decent position, tries a ball into Collins arriving late but its cut out
10 mins 0-0
Heart in mouth stuff, Dornelly with a poor ball back to Wallin, not on target, he has to go across to get it and falls over under pressure, very generous foul bails him out on the edge of his own box.
12 mins 0-0
Posh breakaway prevented when Mothersille has his shirt pulled, automatic yellow card.
Not given.
14 mins 0-0
Good run Poku, jinks past a couple. Broguth down 25 yards from goal by Davies, probably should be a booking again, not given.
17 mins 1-0 Posh
Posh in again, Polu slides in Odoh on the left of the box, he’s bearing down on goal, could be a shot away but delays and the shot is blocked.
24 mins 1-0 Posh
Birmingham have gone on the front foot since the goal, they want a penalty as Fernandez challenges Laird in the box but the ref isn’t interested
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