West Ham United vs Birmingham City, 2010-2011 Barclays Premier League

· English Premier League

West Ham United

FT
0 - 1

Birmingham City

65': Nikola Zigic

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West Ham United are hosting Birmingham City at Boleyn Ground, , , starting on . The match is a part of the English Premier League.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
3': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Stephen Carr.
4': Attempt blocked. Robbie Keane (West Ham United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mark Noble with a cross.
4': Foul by Roger Johnson (Birmingham City).
4': Gary O'Neil (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
7': Liam Ridgewell (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in his own half.
7': Foul by Frédéric Piquionne (West Ham United).
8': Attempt missed. David Bentley (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ben Foster.
10': Barry Ferguson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
10': Foul by Robbie Keane (West Ham United).
11': Foul by David Bentley (Birmingham City).
11': Matthew Upson (West Ham United) wins a free kick in his own half.
12': Lee Bowyer (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in his own half.
12': Foul by Mark Noble (West Ham United).
14': Foul by Liam Ridgewell (Birmingham City).
14': Gary O'Neil (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
15': Attempt missed. Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nikola Zigic.
16': Liam Ridgewell (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in his own half.
16': Foul by Frédéric Piquionne (West Ham United).
17': Roger Johnson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in his own half.
17': Foul by Frédéric Piquionne (West Ham United).
19': Dangerous play by David Bentley (Birmingham City).
19': Scott Parker (West Ham United) wins a free kick in his own half.
20': Attempt saved. Gary O'Neil (West Ham United) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mark Noble with a headed pass.
20': Attempt saved. Frédéric Piquionne (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Robbie Keane.
21': Attempt missed. Victor Obinna (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Robbie Keane.
23': Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in his own half.
23': Foul by Mark Noble (West Ham United).
26': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Roger Johnson.
27': Martin Jiránek (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in his own half.
27': Foul by Winston Reid (West Ham United).
28': Liam Ridgewell (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in his own half.
28': Foul by Frédéric Piquionne (West Ham United).
30': Attempt missed. Mark Noble (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
31': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Winston Reid.
32': Attempt missed. Cameron Jerome (Birmingham City) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by David Bentley with a cross following a corner.
32': Attempt missed. Roger Johnson (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Lee Bowyer with a cross.
34': Offside, Birmingham City. David Bentley tries a through ball, but Nikola Zigic is caught offside.
35': Attempt missed. Nikola Zigic (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Barry Ferguson with a cross.
36': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Roger Johnson.
36': Attempt missed. Winston Reid (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Frédéric Piquionne with a headed pass following a corner.
38': Foul by Cameron Jerome (Birmingham City).
38': Winston Reid (West Ham United) wins a free kick in his own half.
39': Foul by Martin Jiránek (Birmingham City).
39': Frédéric Piquionne (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
40': David Bentley (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in his own half.
40': Foul by Mark Noble (West Ham United).
40': Mark Noble (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Winston Reid.
42': Offside, West Ham United. Mark Noble tries a through ball, but Robbie Keane is caught offside.
45': Attempt blocked. Victor Obinna (West Ham United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Scott Parker.
45': Attempt missed. Robbie Keane (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Wayne Bridge with a cross.
45': First Half ends, West Ham United 0, Birmingham City 0.
45': Substitution, West Ham United. Manuel Da Costa defender replaces Matthew Upson because of an injury.
0': Second Half begins West Ham United 0, Birmingham City 0.
47': Foul by Barry Ferguson (Birmingham City).
47': Victor Obinna (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
49': Attempt blocked. Victor Obinna (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
50': Dangerous play by Cameron Jerome (Birmingham City).
50': Winston Reid (West Ham United) wins a free kick in his own half.
51': Attempt missed. Nikola Zigic (Birmingham City) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by David Bentley with a cross.
53': Foul by Cameron Jerome (Birmingham City).
53': Manuel Da Costa (West Ham United) wins a free kick in his own half.
57': Lee Bowyer (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
57': Foul by Manuel Da Costa (West Ham United).
57': Substitution, Birmingham City. Sebastian Larsson midfielder replaces Cameron Jerome.
58': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Winston Reid.
59': Offside, Birmingham City. Sebastian Larsson tries a through ball, but Nikola Zigic is caught offside.
60': Substitution, West Ham United. Carlton Cole forward replaces Frédéric Piquionne.
60': Attempt blocked. Carlton Cole (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
61': Roger Johnson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in his own half.
61': Foul by Carlton Cole (West Ham United).
61': Offside, Birmingham City. Barry Ferguson tries a through ball, but Nikola Zigic is caught offside.
63': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Wayne Bridge.
64': David Bentley (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
64': Foul by Manuel Da Costa (West Ham United).
65': David Bentley (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
65': Foul by Mark Noble (West Ham United).
65': Goal! West Ham United 0, Birmingham City 1. Nikola Zigic (Birmingham City) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sebastian Larsson with a cross following a set piece situation.
71': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Manuel Da Costa.
73': Offside, West Ham United. Wayne Bridge tries a through ball, but Carlton Cole is caught offside.
74': Ben Foster (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
75': Foul by Nikola Zigic (Birmingham City).
75': Winston Reid (West Ham United) wins a free kick in his own half.
75': Foul by Nikola Zigic (Birmingham City).
75': Manuel Da Costa (West Ham United) wins a free kick in his own half.
76': Substitution, West Ham United. Demba Ba forward replaces Robbie Keane.
77': Foul by David Bentley (Birmingham City).
77': Gary O'Neil (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
77': Attempt blocked. Manuel Da Costa (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wayne Bridge with a cross.
77': Demba Ba (West Ham United) hits the right post with a right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right. Assisted by Manuel Da Costa following a set piece situation.
79': Stephen Carr (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in his own half.
79': Dangerous play by Wayne Bridge (West Ham United).
81': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Craig Gardner.
82': Attempt saved. Manuel Da Costa (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Winston Reid.
82': Attempt saved. Gary O'Neil (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Victor Obinna with a cross.
83': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Sebastian Larsson.
84': Barry Ferguson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in his own half.
84': Foul by Victor Obinna (West Ham United).
85': Attempt saved. Nikola Zigic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lee Bowyer.
86': Attempt blocked. Victor Obinna (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Carlton Cole.
87': Foul by Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham City).
87': Wayne Bridge (West Ham United) wins a free kick in his own half.
89': Attempt missed. Manuel Da Costa (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lars Jacobsen with a cross.
90': Offside, Birmingham City. Sebastian Larsson tries a through ball, but Nikola Zigic is caught offside.
90': Attempt missed. Victor Obinna (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
90': Attempt blocked. Scott Parker (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Manuel Da Costa with a headed pass.
90': Barry Ferguson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in his own half.
90': Foul by Victor Obinna (West Ham United).
90': Victor Obinna (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90': Stephen Carr (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in his own half.
90': Foul by Manuel Da Costa (West Ham United).
90': Manuel Da Costa (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90': Offside, Birmingham City. Ben Foster tries a through ball, but Nikola Zigic is caught offside.
90': Roger Johnson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in his own half.
90': Foul by Winston Reid (West Ham United).
90': Second Half ends, West Ham United 0, Birmingham City 1.
0': Match ends, West Ham United 0, Birmingham City 1.

Statistics

BIR		WHU
13	Fouls	18
1	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
5	Offsides	2
5	Corner Kicks	5
4	Saves	1
45	Possession	55
8	SHOTS	18
2	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
202	Accurate Passes	275
313	Passes	377
0.6	Pass Completion %	0.7
8	Accurate Crosses	6
26	Crosses	37
0.3	Cross %	0.2
68	Long Balls	76
21	Accurate Long Balls	39
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
0	Blocked Shots	7
15	Effective Tackles	11
23	Tackles	13
0.7	Tackle %	0.8
0	Interceptions	0
29	Effective Clearances	15
55	Clearances	30

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Boleyn Ground
Location: ,
Attendance: 32,927

Premier League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	AFC Bournemouth	0	0	0
2	Arsenal	0	0	0
3	Aston Villa	0	0	0
4	Brentford	0	0	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

West Ham United (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Robert Green (GK)
2	Winston Reid
5	James Tomkins
15	Matt Upson
36	Wayne Bridge
37	Lars Jacobsen
8	Scott Parker
16	Mark Noble
33	Victor Obinna
32	Gary O'Neil
30	Frédéric Piquionne
34	Robbie Keane

West Ham United Substitutes:

Radoslav Kovác, Ruud Boffin, Carlton Cole, Freddie Sears, Manuel da Costa, Matt Upson, Demba Ba, Julien Faubert.

Birmingham City (4-4-2)

No.	Name
26	Ben Foster (GK)
28	Martin Jiránek
5	Roger Johnson
6	Liam Ridgewell
2	Stephen Carr
8	Craig Gardner
12	Barry Ferguson
4	Lee Bowyer
11	David Bentley
19	Nikola Zigic
10	Cameron Jerome

Birmingham City Substitutes:

Sebastian Larsson, Jean Beausejour, David Murphy, Kevin Phillips, Keith Fahey, Colin Doyle, Curtis Davies.

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