Second-half goals bring Birmingham win

Marlon King and Chris Wood were on target as Birmingham City defeated Leicester 2-0 in the Championship on Sunday.

King opened the scoring for hosts Birmingham five minutes into the second half at St Andrew’s.

The former Watford forward struck from the spot after Chile international Jean Beausejour was fouled inside the box by Andy King.

The penalty was awarded by replacement match official Kevin Wright, who had to step in when the original referee, Graham Salisbury, suffered an injury.

Leicester were reduced to 10 men just past the hour mark, when captain Matt Mills was shown a straight red card for a two-footed tackle on Morgaro Gomis.

New Zealand striker Wood sealed victory for Birmingham when he rounded Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel to score with six minutes remaining.

The win was Birmingham’s fourth from nine Championship matches played this season, and their third consecutive victory in all competitions.

For Sven Goran Eriksson’s big-spending Leicester, it was a first defeat in eight matches, and leaves a side aiming for automatic promotion in 13th place, already seven points behind leaders Southampton.