Birmingham City v Newcastle United: FA Cup fourth round – live

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10 min Newcastle have processed the shock of going behind so early and are starting to dominate the ball.

7 min Osula is fouled on the right wing by Cochrane. Targett’s free-kick is punched away decisively by Peacock-Farrell.

6 min Pope, who isn’t the best with his feet, sprays a pass straight out of play.

4 min Iwata’s pass is intercepted by Willock, who surges 50 yards down the left and curls a dangerous cross – or rather, what would have been a dangerous cross if there was a Newcastle player in the area.

St Andrew’s is going ballistic. It came from a superbly worked corner, won and then taken by Dowell. He drove it deliberately beyond the far post to Anderson, who pulled away and was totally unmarked. Anderson guided a header down towards Laird, six yards out, and he swept a shot that was deflected into the roof of the net by Wilson. Laird’s shot was on target so it’s his goal.

Birmingham City’s Ethan Laird celebrates scoring their first goal with Scott Wright, Kieran Dowell and Jay Stansfield. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters

GOAL! Birmingham 1-0 Newcastle (Laird 1)

Ethan Laird has scored after 40 seconds!

1 min Peep peep! Birmingham, in blue, kick off from left to right as we watch.

There’s a helluvan atmosphere at St Andrew’s. With five minutes to kick-off, let’s have a peedie reminder of the teams.

Birmingham (4-2-3-1) Peacock-Farrell; Laird, Klarer, Davies, Cochrane; Iwata, Leonard; Wright, Dowell, Anderson; Stansfield.
Substitutes: Allsop, Bielik, Hanley, Sampsted, Harris, Willumsson, Dykes, May, Jutkiewicz.

Newcastle (4-3-3) Pope; Livramento, Krafth, Burn, Targett; Miley, Guimaraes, Longstaff; Osula, Wilson, Willock.
Substitutes: Dubravka, Ruddy, Trippier, Schar, Tonali, Isak, Hall, Murphy, Neave.

Referee Matthew Donohue.

“G’day Rob,” says Chris Paraskevas. “Hope you’re well! “As I’m sat here waiting for my 4:30am coffee to boil, I wonder if the term ‘Birmingham’ brings up the following random access memories for others:

• Peter Enckelman’s immortal St Andrew’s clanger.

• The hit TV show Brum featuring an inquisitive, sentient and borderline fascist self-driving vintage car that solves crimes/runs into people.

• That time Newcastle fielded a ‘Holy Trinity’ of Viduka, Martins and Michael Owen up front at St Andrew’s, breaking records for lack of work ethic as a front three.

“I seriously would pay to see that car bring out the match ball, with its googly eyes, Midlands cheek and self-righteousness...”

For me, I’m sorry to say, the word Birmingham brings to mind Barry Fry’s appendage.

Team news: Nine changes for Newcastle

Birmingham manager Chris Davies makes three changes from the last League One match, a 2-1 win over Rotherham a week ago. Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Marc Leonard and Scott Wright come in for Ryan Allsop, Taylor Gardner-Hickman and Lyndon Dykes.

Eddie Howe has made nine changes to the side that beat Arsenal in the Carabao Cup semi-final. Dan Burn and Bruno Guimaraes are the men who keep their place, but there are plenty of big hitters on the bench including Alexander Isak.

Birmingham (4-2-3-1) Peacock-Farrell; Laird, Klarer, Davies, Cochrane; Iwata, Leonard; Wright, Dowell, Anderson; Stansfield.
Substitutes: Allsop, Bielik, Hanley, Sampsted, Harris, Willumsson, Dykes, May, Jutkiewicz.

Newcastle (4-3-3) Pope; Livramento, Krafth, Burn, Targett; Miley, Guimaraes, Longstaff; Osula, Wilson, Willock.
Substitutes: Dubravka, Ruddy, Trippier, Schar, Tonali, Isak, Hall, Murphy, Neave.

Referee Matthew Donohue.

Today’s FA Cup results

• Coventry 1-4 Ipswich

• Everton 0-2 Bournemouth

• Leeds 0-2 Millwall

• Leyton Orient 1-2 Man City

• Southampton 0-1 Burnley

• Wigan 1-2 Fulham

And extra-time is being played in these two games

• Preston 0-0 Wycombe

• Stoke 3-3 Cardiff

Preamble

Hello and welcome to live coverage of Birmingham City v Newcastle United at St Andrew’s. This is one of the ties of the FA Cup fourth round, a meeting between the League One leaders and the League Cup finalists.

Birmingham, relegated from the Championship last season, have regrouped superbly under their young coach Chris Davies and will fancy their chances of a shock. They are very strong defensively and have conceded only four goals in their last 13 games; Alexander Isak will test just how strong they are*.

The FA Cup is probably third on Newcastle’s list of priorities, behind the Carabao Cup final and qualifying for the Champions League. But when you’ve waited as long as they have for a trophy, everything is worth your best shot.

Kick off 5.45pm.

* Edit: or not – he’s on the bench