English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 16, 2009
Birmingham City DDWLW 0
–
Manchester United WDWLD 1
Old Trafford · 75,062 att.

Team Stats

9
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
13
10
Saves
2
36.9
Possession
63.1
7
SHOTS
30
2
ON GOAL
11
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
266
Accurate Passes
515
344
Passes
587
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
11
20
Crosses
34
0.1
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
58
25
Accurate Long Balls
45
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
2
Blocked Shots
10
20
Effective Tackles
20
26
Tackles
25
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
12
34
Clearances
21

Head to Head

MAN leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MAN · 4-4-2

  1. 12Ben FosterG
  2. 23Jonny EvansCD-L
  3. 22John O'SheaCD-R
  4. 3Patrice EvraLB
  5. 20FabioRB
  6. 18Paul ScholesCM-L
  7. 24Darren FletcherCM-R
  8. 17NaniLM
  9. 25Antonio ValenciaRM
  10. 9Dimitar BerbatovCF-L
  11. 10Wayne RooneyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 28Darron GibsonSUB
  2. 11Ryan GiggsSUB
  3. 8AndersonSUB
  4. 30Ritchie de LaetSUB
  5. 7Michael OwenSUB
  6. 29Tomasz KuszczakSUB
  7. 6Wes BrownSUB

BIR · 4-5-1

  1. 25Joe HartG
  2. 20Franck QueudrueCD-L
  3. 14Roger JohnsonCD-R
  4. 27Gregory VignalLB
  5. 2Stephen CarrRB
  6. 12Barry FergusonCM-L
  7. 26Lee CarsleyCM-R
  8. 18Keith FaheyAM
  9. 16James McFaddenLM
  10. 7Sebastian LarssonRM
  11. 10Cameron JeromeF

Substitutes

  1. 19Gary McSheffreySUB
  2. 11Christian BenitezSUB
  3. 9Kevin PhillipsSUB
  4. 24Jay O'SheaSUB
  5. 8Garry O'ConnorSUB
  6. 21Stuart ParnabySUB
  7. 1Maik TaylorSUB

Timeline

  1. 34'
  2. 45'
  3. 65'
  4. 74'
  5. 75'
  6. 75'
  7. 82'

Premier League News

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