It has been confirmed by Birmingham City that they will not file an appeal against Lukas Jutkiewicz’s red card in Tuesday night’s Carabao Cup match.
It has been confirmed by Birmingham City that they will not file an appeal against Lukas Jutkiewicz’s red card in Tuesday night’s Carabao Cup match.
In the 56th minute of the Second Round encounter against Cardiff City, the referee sent out the striker after a challenge between him and an opponent player.
As a result, the 34-year-old will miss his next three Sky Bet Championship games against Millwall, Watford, and Preston North End in order to serve his three-game suspension.
Kieran Wakefield scored on his first start since suffering consecutive injuries earlier this season before the hosts were pegged back shortly after half-time. A piece of brilliance from Romelle Donovan put them back ahead and Pharrell Williams sealed the points late on.
Steve Spooner’s side looked to assert themselves in the game straight away and implemented their slick passing, possession-based style from the off. However, in the opening 20 minutes, they could only test the Barnsley goalkeeper once as Rogan Ravenhill comfortably saved a Junior Dixon strike.
The visitors would then have the best chance of the evening so far as Max Watters headed on target from a well-worked corner, but Brad Mayo was on his toes and made a diving save to keep the scores level.
Then came the breakthrough for Blues. Dixon showed a real burst of pace and charged through the Barnsley backline before he swung a cross towards Wakefield, who made no mistake with his finish from close range.
