English Premier League

FT Friday, December 26, 2003
Manchester City LLDLD 1
–
Birmingham City DLLLW 2
St Andrews Stadium · 29,520 att.

Team Stats

14
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
9
0
Saves
3
53
Possession
47
9
SHOTS
5
5
ON GOAL
3
0.0
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
8
Crosses
20
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
16
Clearances
5

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

BIR

  1. 12Maik TaylorG
  2. 2Jeff KennaD
  3. 4Kenny CunninghamD
  4. 25Matt UpsonD
  5. 11Stan LazaridisM
  6. 22Damien JohnsonM
  7. 8Robbie SavageM
  8. 16David DunnM
  9. 32Stephen ClemenceM
  10. 9Mikael ForssellF
  11. 19Clinton MorrisonF

Substitutes

  1. 1Ian BennettG
  2. 6Aliou CisseD
  3. 5Darren PurseD
  4. 14Stern JohnF
  5. 15Jovan KirovskiF

MNC

  1. 1David SeamanG
  2. 17Sun JihaiD
  3. 22Richard DunneD
  4. 2David SommeilD
  5. 5Sylvain DistinD
  6. 24Joey BartonM
  7. 6Claudio ReynaM
  8. 20Steve McManamanM
  9. 29Shaun Wright-PhillipsF
  10. 8Robbie FowlerF
  11. 39Nicolas AnelkaF

Substitutes

  1. 32Kevin Stuhr-EllegaardG
  2. 10Antoine SibierskiM
  3. 18Michael TarnatM
  4. 28Trevor SinclairM
  5. 11Jonathan MackenF

Timeline

  2. 14'
  3. 61'
  4. 61'
  5. 69'
  6. 69'
  7. 81'
  8. 87'
  9. 89'

Premier League News

All news
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