Welcome to Sports Mole's live coverage of the Midlands FA Cup derby between Birmingham and Wolves. There is certainly no love lost between the two sides and both will be keen to get one over on their rivals.
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01 min: We are underway here at St Andrew's.
02 min: Wolves defender Roger Johnson announces his return back at the club with a crunching tackle on Morgaro Gomis.
06 min: The home side enjoying a spell of possession in the early stages but with no clear chances for either side.
08 min: Jonathan Spector whips in a cross to the far post but Wolves defender Richard Stearman is on hand to clear the danger.
11 min: Birmingham continue to play their way into the Wolves half but Johnson breaks up the play.
12 min: No clear chances for either side thus far in a fairly tight opening 12 minutes of football.
14 min: Free kick to Birmingham in a dangerous position.
14 min: Richard Stearman clears the danger but only for a corner kick to the home side.
17 min: The crowd is fairly subdued this afternoon, with the away fans making most of the noise.
20 min: The ball is not sticking for Birmingham, with Adam Rooney losing possession of the ball. Richard Stearman thumps into Nathan Redmond, but escapes a booking.
22 min: Johnson heads over for the away side when he might have done better.
24 min: Jordan Mutch stings the palms of the Wolves keeper with an effort from distance.
26 min: Michael Kightly is seeing much more of the ball for Wolves on the right-hand side but as of yet has not found a final ball.
30 min: Birmingham will be the happier with the opening 30 minutes of action, but have so far not threatened to break the deadlock.
33 min: We have not seen a lot of the much-fancied Nathan
Redmond thus far, but he looks lively when fed the ball.
34 min: Johnson writhes in agony on the ground after colliding with Adam Rooney. Looks a nasty one.
36 min: Johnson's afternoon is cut short and Kevin Foley takes his place.
38 min: Wolves striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake so nearly opens the scoring with a snap shot from close range, but Colin Doyle is more than equal to it.
40 min: Kevin Doyle's horrendous effort from outside the area sums up the opening half of football as it drifts out for a goal kick.
42 min: Redmond fires in from distance but Wolves keeper Dorus de Vries collects with ease.
45 min: The fourth official indicates two minutes of added time.
HALF TIME: Mike Dean blows his whistle after a fairly uninspiring half of football in the Midlands.
Second-half underway: No changes for either side at the break. Will we see a goal in the second-half or is the tie heading for a replay?
48 min: How long will it be until the big Serbian Nikola Zigic is fancied from the bench for the home side? Rooney's struggled so far.
50 min: Steven Caldwell enters the pitch for the home side as Liam Ridgewell departs through injury.
52 min: Kightly and Ebanks-Blake combine for the away side inside the Birmingham area, but to no avail.
53 min: Doyle fires another shot harmlessly wide. He looks a shadow of the player he was last season.
54 min: It's Rooney with the snap shot for Birmingham but Foley produces a fine block inside the area.
56 min: Stephen Hunt wants a penalty for hand-ball against Curtis Davies, referee Dean shakes his head.
58 min: Chance! Ebanks-Blake fires the best chance of the game over the bar after he had been found by Kightly in the area. Should score.
62 min: Wolves beginning to dominate proceedings as the second-half advances, with Birmingham's Rooney cutting an isolated figure.
66 min: Wolves really controlling the game now, with Ebanks-Blake's chance after 58 minutes remaining the best chance of the match.
68 min: Doyle chopped down outside the area, free kick for Wolves right on the edge of the area.
70 min: It's Hunt with the effort, but it drifts just over. Both side's make changes, Matthew Jarvis enters for Wolves with Hunt leaving the field, while Mutch is replaced by Jean Beausejour for the home side.
72 min: Steven Fletcher is incoming for Wolves.
73 min: Or is he? He puts his training top back on and takes his place on the bench.
74 min: Redmond finally influences the match with a mazy run but his shot is blocked by Stearman.
74 min: Fletcher does join us, replacing the disappointing Doyle for Wolves.
77 min: Neither side would welcome a replay with their busy league schedule but it looks increasingly likely that will be the case.
79 min: It's Birmingham who enter the final ten minutes the stronger but they still have not created a single chance of note.
81 min: Chance! Beausejour arrives at the back post for Birmingham, but his shot is blocked inside the area.
83 min: Birmingham keeper Doyle takes a nasty fall after a challenge with Fletcher, allowing boss Chris Hughton to introduce Keith Fahey for Guirane N'Daw.
86 min: Neither side looks anywhere near opening the scoring as we enter the final five minutes as N'Daw is announced as the man of the match.
88 min: Home fans begin to leave the ground with a winner looking increasingly unlikely.
90 min: The fourth official indicates four minutes of added time, will we have a winner?
90 min: Redmond goes close with an effort from inside the area, but it is collected by de Vries.
90 min: Wolves so nearly take the win late on with a Jarvis effort which smashes the post before Doyle denies Fletcher from close range.
FULL TIME: Dean brings the game to a close. The two sides will face off at Molineux in around ten days' time.
Matt Law
