Arsenal 1-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 October 2005

Result

Arsenal 1-0 Birmingham City

Premier League · Sunday 2 October 2005, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 1-0 Birmingham City: match report

Arsenal won against Birmingham City 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 October 2005. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Robin van Persie of Arsenal in the 81st minute.

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 10th on 10 points from 6 and Birmingham City 14th on 6 points from 7. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 34.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 1 for Birmingham City.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-W-L-W-L and Birmingham City's D-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Red card · Kenny CunninghamBirmingham City
  • 78'Yellow card · Stephen ClemenceBirmingham City
  • 81'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 1-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 1, Birmingham City 1.

Team news

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Ashley Cole, Laurén, Kolo Touré, Robert Pirès, José Antonio Reyes, Alexander Hleb, Cesc Fàbregas, Gilberto Silva, Fredrik Ljungberg, Sulzeer Campbell

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Jamie Clapham, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Olivier Tebily, Jermaine Pennant, Julian Gray, Stephen Clemence, Emile Heskey, Walter Gerardo Pandiani Urquiza, Damien Johnson