Birmingham Senior Cup 2nd Round.
Boro made the most of the early running but without creating anything clear cut.
Against the run of play Sphinx had a great chance in the 24th minute when they had an effort cleared off the line following a corner.
A Matt Stenson header gave Boro a deserved lead in the 34th minute.
Sphinx drew level on the stroke of half-time with a neat near post finish.
HT: 1-1
Boro regained the lead in the 54th minute with Lita calmly slotting the ball home.
The home side hit back immediately to draw level after a defensive mix up.
Both sides attacked to try and find the winner in an end to end game.
In the 88th minute Leroy Lita found the decisive strike to take Boro through to the next round.
FT: 2-3
BORO:
OSBORN, LAFLEUR, STORER, NIRENNOLD, MCMANUS (c) , LITA, OSENI, STENSON (Monga 87), CHETTLE (Friel 80), MILAN-BUTTERFIELD, ELHAGHANY (Curtlin 62).
Unused Subs:
JEZEPH, EDMONDS.