English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 20, 2005
Manchester City DWWDD 2
–
Birmingham City DWLWD 1
St Andrews Stadium · 26,366 att.

Team Stats

12
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
7
35
Possession
65
9
SHOTS
9
6
ON GOAL
2
0.0
On Target %
0.2
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
9
Crosses
23
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
17
Clearances
3

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 29Mario MelchiotD
  3. 4Kenny CunninghamD
  4. 5Matt UpsonD
  5. 3Jamie ClaphamD
  6. 7Jermaine PennantM
  7. 20Nicky ButtM
  8. 25Stephen ClemenceM
  9. 21Julian GrayM
  10. 8Walter PandianiF
  11. 9Mikael ForssellF

Substitutes

  1. 18Nico VaesenG
  2. 26Olivier TebilyD
  3. 6Muzzy IzzetM
  4. 11Stan LazaridisM
  5. 15Neil KilkennyM

MNC

  1. 1David JamesG
  2. 18Danny MillsD
  3. 22Richard DunneD
  4. 41Stephen JordanD
  5. 3Ben ThatcherD
  6. 28Trevor SinclairM
  7. 8Joey BartonM
  8. 6Claudio ReynaM
  9. 14Kizito MusampaM
  10. 9Andrew ColeF
  11. 11Darius VassellF

Substitutes

  1. 25Geert De VliegerG
  2. 16Nedum OnuohaD
  3. 17Sun JihaiD
  4. 10Antoine SibierskiM
  5. 42Bradley Wright-PhillipsF

Timeline

  1. 7'
  2. 20'
  3. 47'
  4. 65'
  5. 72'
  6. 77'
  7. 87'
  8. 90'
  9. 90'+2'

Premier League News

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