Birmingham City 0-2 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 18 August 2021

Result

Birmingham City 0-2 AFC Bournemouth

Championship · Wednesday 18 August 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 0-2 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Birmingham City lost to AFC Bournemouth 0-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 18 August 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

Dominic Solanke opened the scoring in the 77th minute. Birmingham City did not score. AFC Bournemouth scored through Dominic Solanke (77') and Jaidon Anthony (87').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; AFC Bournemouth received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 11th on 4 points from 2 and AFC Bournemouth 8th on 4 points from 2. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and AFC Bournemouth 2nd with 88.

Birmingham City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Zeno Ibsen Rossi of AFC Bournemouth (8.3), ahead of Jaidon Anthony (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 0 draws and 5 for AFC Bournemouth.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 73'Yellow card · Kristian PedersenBirmingham City
  • 77'Goal · Dominic SolankeAFC Bournemouth · 0-1
  • 87'Goal · Jaidon AnthonyAFC Bournemouth · 0-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 0, AFC Bournemouth 5.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Lewis CookAFC Bournemouth · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)

Birmingham City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Matija Šarkić, M. Roberts, Harlee Dean, Kristian Pedersen, Maxime Colin, Gary Gardner, Ryan Woods, Jérémie Bela, Tahith Chong, Jonathan Leko, Lukas Jutkiewicz

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-3-3)

Mark Travers, Chris Mepham, Zeno Ibsen Rossi, Lloyd Kelly, Jordan Zemura, Philip Billing, Gavin Kilkenny, Emiliano Marcondes, Leif Davis, Dominic Solanke, Jaidon Anthony