Birmingham held at home by Queens Park Rangers

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Sam Field's amazing first-half goal-line clearance at St Andrew's

Birmingham City were held to a draw for the second successive home game as lowly Queens Park Rangers battled hard to maintain this season's improved away form.

Blues had hit late winners in both their first two home games this season and had to come from behind to earn a point off Gary Rowett's Millwall three weeks ago.

But they could not find a way past QPR keeper Asmir Begovic, while Birmingham stopper John Ruddy was in equally good form.

The real standout moment of the night, however, was former West Bromwich Albion midfielder Sam Field's astonishing acrobatic clearance to prevent his team-mate Steve Cook from scoring an embarrassing first-half own goal.

Line-ups

Birmingham

Formation 4-2-3-1

21Ruddy
12Drameh
5SandersonBooked at 67mins
26Long
3Buchanan
7BacunaBooked at 54mins
6Bielik
11MiyoshiSubstituted forDembéléat 71'minutes
28StansfieldBooked at 90mins
14AndersonSubstituted forBurkeat 43'minutes
9HoganSubstituted forJutkiewiczat 71'minutes

Substitutes

1Etheridge
10Jutkiewicz
17Dembélé
19James
20Gardner
23Longelo
34Sunjic
44Aiwu
45Burke

QPR

Formation 3-4-2-1

1Begovic
2Kakay
5S Cook
15Fox
11SmythBooked at 61minsSubstituted forAdomahat 65'minutes
17Dozzell
8FieldBooked at 45mins
22Paal
9Dykes
10Chair
30ArmstrongSubstituted forWillockat 75'minutes

Substitutes

6Clarke-Salter
7Willock
19Dixon-Bonner
21Larkeche
23Kelman
24Duke-McKenna
32Walsh
37Adomah
38Kolli

Referee:Matt Donohue

Attendance:19,803

Live Text

Match ends, Birmingham City 0, Queens Park Rangers 0.
Second Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Queens Park Rangers 0.
Attempt missed. Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Sam Field.
Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
Ilias Chair (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Osman Kakay (Queens Park Rangers).
Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Morgan Fox (Queens Park Rangers).
Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Andre Dozzell (Queens Park Rangers).
Attempt missed. Osman Kakay (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Albert Adomah with a cross.
Foul by Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City).
Chris Willock (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Krystian Bielik.
Foul by Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City).
Andre Dozzell (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Lyndon Dykes (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Albert Adomah with a cross.