English Premier League

FT Sunday, February 22, 2004
Birmingham City WDDWD 2
–
Aston Villa LWWWW 2
Villa Park · 40,061 att.

Team Stats

14
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
5
Corner Kicks
7
8
Saves
12
50
Possession
50
13
SHOTS
11
9
ON GOAL
8
0.7
On Target %
0.0
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
21
Crosses
22
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
15
Clearances
15

Head to Head

BIR leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

AVL

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 15Ulises De la CruzD
  3. 4Olof MellbergD
  4. 27Ronny JohnsenD
  5. 3Jlloyd SamuelD
  6. 6Gareth BarryD
  7. 7Lee HendrieM
  8. 11 Nolberto SolanoM
  9. 12Thomas HitzlspergerM
  10. 10Darius VassellF
  11. 18Juan Pablo AngelF

Substitutes

  1. 13Stefan PostmaG
  2. 9Dion DublinF
  3. 16Peter CrouchF
  4. 17Peter WhittinghamF
  5. 31Luke MooreF

BIR

  1. 12Maik TaylorG
  2. 26Olivier TebilyD
  3. 4Kenny CunninghamD
  4. 5Darren PurseD
  5. 2Jeff KennaD
  6. 22Damien JohnsonM
  7. 32Stephen ClemenceM
  8. 8Robbie SavageM
  9. 10Bryan HughesM
  10. 21Christophe DugarryF
  11. 9Mikael ForssellF

Substitutes

  1. 1Ian BennettG
  2. 15Martin TaylorD
  3. 16David DunnM
  4. 14Stern JohnF
  5. 19Clinton MorrisonF

Timeline

  2. 21'
  3. 47'
  4. 52'
  5. 55'
  6. 55'
  7. 56'
  8. 60'
  9. 81'
  10. 83'
  11. 90'+4'

Premier League News

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