Birmingham City 1-3 Cardiff City: Colwill, Wintle and Etete score as Jutkiewicz sent off in Bluebirds Carabao Cup win

Cardiff City progressed through to the third round of the Carabao Cup thanks to goals from Rubin Colwill, Ryan Wintle and Kion Etete against a 10-man Birmingham City side.

Colwill was electric all evening and got on the scoresheet within three minutes to hand City an early lead. A rash challenge from Lukas Jutkiewicz early in the second half then reduced the hosts to 10 men and the Bluebirds capitalised thanks to a well-taken goal from captain Wintle.

Blues gave City a fright in the last 20 minutes, despite the man disadvantage, when Scott Hogan drilled home from close range, but Cardiff managed to hold out, courtesy of an injury-time strike from Etete, for their second win in four days.

Erol Bulut threw a massive spanner in the works with his team, naming two right-backs, five central midfielders and no centre-backs in his starting XI.

There was room in the starting lineup for Romaine Sawyers, whom Bulut told was free to leave before Friday's transfer deadline, while Vontae Campbell was also named on the bench despite also being allowed to go. Curiously, there was no Jack Simpson in the squad for the second game running.

There was a debut for Arsenal loanee Alex Runarsson in goal, while the bench was packed with young players and academy products desperate to get more first-team minutes under their belts.

The game started at a wonderful, frenetic pace and it was a dream start, by all accounts, for Cardiff, who took the lead with just a little over two minutes on the clock.

The move started with a well spread ball from Ryan Wintle out to Karlan Grant, who blitzed past his defender before driving in a low cross for Colwill, who opened his body and steer the ball expertly into the bottom corner.

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