Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 25 April 2010
Result
Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City
Premier League · Sunday 25 April 2010, 11:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City: match report
Aston Villa defeated Birmingham City 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 25 April 2010. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from James Milner of Aston Villa in the 83rd minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 6th on 61 points from 35 and Birmingham City 9th on 47 points from 35. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Birmingham City 9th with 50.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 3 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-W-D-W-L and Birmingham City's D-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 53'Yellow card · Carlos Cuéllar
- 56'Yellow card · Gregory Vignal
- 82'Yellow card · R. Johnson
- 83'Penalty goal · James Milner
- 83'Yellow card · Stephen Carr
- 90'Yellow card · Barry Ferguson
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, Stephen Warnock, James Collins, Stewart Downing, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Stephen Carr, Liam Ridgewell, Roger Johnson, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Cameron Jerome, James McFadden, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson, Gregory Vignal