English Premier League

FT Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Manchester City WLWDL 0
–
Birmingham City DLDDL 1
St Andrews Stadium · 28,551 att.

Team Stats

14
Fouls
20
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
4
50
Possession
50
4
SHOTS
6
1
ON GOAL
2
0.0
On Target %
0.3
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
6
Crosses
10
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
3
Clearances
6

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 29Mario MelchiotD
  3. 5Matt UpsonD
  4. 4Kenny CunninghamD
  5. 21Julian GrayD
  6. 11Stan LazaridisM
  7. 7Jesper GronkjaerM
  8. 22Damien JohnsonM
  9. 6Muzzy IzzetM
  10. 9Mikael ForssellF
  11. 16Emile HeskeyF

Substitutes

  1. 12Ian BennettG
  2. 2Olivier TebilyD
  3. 15Martin TaylorD
  4. 25Stephen ClemenceM
  5. 14Stern JohnF

MNC

  1. 1David JamesG
  2. 17Sun JihaiD
  3. 18Danny MillsD
  4. 5Sylvain DistinD
  5. 3Ben ThatcherD
  6. 26Paul BosveltM
  7. 6Claudio ReynaM
  8. 10Antoine SibierskiM
  9. 29Shaun Wright-PhillipsF
  10. 8Robbie FowlerF
  11. 39Nicolas AnelkaF

Substitutes

  1. 32Kevin Stuhr-EllegaardG
  2. 27Mikkel BischoffD
  3. 28Trevor SinclairM
  4. 24Joey BartonM
  5. 11Jonathan MackenF

Timeline

  1. 8'
  2. 54'
  3. 57'
  4. 59'
  5. 79'
  6. 79'
  7. 79'
  8. 90'

Premier League News

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