English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 17, 2005
Birmingham City LWDLW 1
–
Manchester City LDLWL 4
City of Manchester Stadium · 41,343 att.

Team Stats

12
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
7
9
Saves
4
46
Possession
54
6
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
12
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
13
Clearances
9

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

MNC

  1. 1David JamesG
  2. 2David SommeilD
  3. 16Nedum OnuohaD
  4. 5Sylvain DistinD
  5. 3Ben ThatcherD
  6. 17Sun JihaiD
  7. 28Trevor SinclairM
  8. 8Joey BartonM
  9. 6Claudio ReynaM
  10. 10Antoine SibierskiM
  11. 11Darius VassellF

Substitutes

  1. 38Stephen IrelandM
  2. 40Lee CroftM
  3. 41Stephen JordanM
  4. 7Robbie FowlerF
  5. 42Bradley Wright-PhillipsF

BIR

  1. 18Nico VaesenG
  2. 26Olivier TebilyD
  3. 5Matt UpsonD
  4. 4Kenny CunninghamD
  5. 31Marcos PainterD
  6. 3Jamie ClaphamD
  7. 22Damien JohnsonM
  8. 20Nicky ButtM
  9. 25Stephen ClemenceM
  10. 10David DunnM
  11. 8Walter PandianiF

Substitutes

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 7Jermaine PennantM
  3. 14Jiri JarosikM
  4. 9Mikael ForssellF
  5. 16Emile HeskeyF

Timeline

  1. 1'
  2. 15'
  3. 23'
  4. 35'
  5. 40'
  6. 68'
  7. 70'
  8. 71'
  9. 73'
  10. 76'
  11. 84'
  12. 90'

Premier League News

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