Arsenal 1-1 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 12 January 2008
Result
Arsenal 1-1 Birmingham City
Premier League · Saturday 12 January 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 1-1 Birmingham City: match report
Arsenal drew with Birmingham City 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 January 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Arsenal's goal came from Emmanuel Adebayor (21', penalty). Birmingham City scored through Garry O'Connor (48').
Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 52 points from 21 and Birmingham City 16th on 19 points from 21. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 35.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 1 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-D-W-W and Birmingham City's L-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 21'Penalty goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 39'Yellow card · Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou
- 48'Goal · Garry O'Connor
- 55'Yellow card · Alexander Hleb
- 55'Yellow card · Liam Ridgewell
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)
Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Philippe Senderos, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Cesc Fàbregas, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Eduardo da Silva, Emmanuel Adebayor, Theo Walcott
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Rafael Schmitz, Liam Ridgewell, Franck Queudrue, Sebastian Larsson, Fabrice Muamba, Garry O'Connor, Cameron Jerome, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Damien Johnson