The home side dominated possession and chances but could not convert and their afternoon was summed up when Given kept out McFadden’s spot kick.
The day ended on a sour note for Birmingham as Barry Ferguson picked up a second caution for a needless handball, as the game ended goalless.
Just a day after 29 goals were scored in nine Premier League games, neither side could serve up a goal and although his side was outplayed for large portions of the game, Mark Hughes’s 46th birthday celebrations are likely to be muted as this is a game a club with designs on breaking into the top four will target three points from.
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