{"id":288616,"date":"2023-09-22T22:35:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T22:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=288616"},"modified":"2023-09-22T22:35:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T22:35:16","slug":"birmingham-0-0-qpr-stalemate-at-st-andrews-as-teams-lack-cutting-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/birmingham-0-0-qpr-stalemate-at-st-andrews-as-teams-lack-cutting-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham 0-0 QPR: Stalemate at St Andrews as teams lack cutting edge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Birmingham 0-0 QPR: Stalemate at St Andrews as both sides find goalkeepers in fine form and struggle for cutting edge in goalless draw<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Birmingham and QPR can&#8217;t force an advantage in a goalless draw at St Andrews<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Both goalies made impressive stops but neither side could force a winner\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Birmingham and QPR struggled for a cutting edge as they fought out a goalless draw in an uneventful game at St Andrews.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both City&#8217;s John Ruddy and the visitors Asmir Begovic both pulled off impressive saves in the second half, but neither side could force a way through and had to settle for a point a piece.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sam Field&#8217;s impressive goal-line clearance from a Steve Cook deflection was the highlight of a drab affair, as the QPR midfielder acrobatically prevented the ball from the crossing the line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the end Rangers\u00a0boss Gareth Ainsworth will be the happier of the new managers, with a point and a clean sheet on the road that sees his side move up to 17th, while Birmingham stay 8th in the table.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Full report to follow&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/21\/75744933-12551053-image-a-66_1695416110213.jpg\" height=\"442\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Both Birmingham and QPR failed to find a breakthrough in the goalless draw at St Andrews\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12551053\/Birmingham-0-0-QPR-Stalemate-St-Andrews-sides-fine-goalkeepers-fine-form-struggle-cutting-edge-goalless-draw.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham 0-0 QPR: Stalemate at St Andrews as both sides find goalkeepers in fine form and struggle for cutting edge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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