Birmingham City 2-2 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 23 February 2008
Result
Birmingham City 2-2 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 23 February 2008, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Birmingham City 2-2 Arsenal: match report
Birmingham City drew with Arsenal 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 February 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
James McFadden opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from James McFadden (28') and James McFadden (90+4', penalty). Arsenal scored through T. Walcott (49') and T. Walcott (55').
Discipline: Birmingham City received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 17th on 22 points from 26 and Arsenal 1st on 65 points from 26. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 35 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 85.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 2 draws and 6 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read D-D-L-L-D and Arsenal's W-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 3'Red card · Martin Taylor
- 28'Goal · James McFadden
- 49'Goal · T. Walcott
- 55'Goal · T. Walcott
- 90+4'Penalty goal · James McFadden
- 90+5'Yellow card · Gaël Clichy
- 90+5'Yellow card · William Gallas
- 90+5'Yellow card · Bacary Sagna
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Martin Taylor, Liam Ridgewell, David Murphy, Sebastian Larsson, Fabrice Muamba, Mikael Forssell, James McFadden, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Damien Johnson
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