Birmingham City 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 11 November 2007
Result
Birmingham City 1-2 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 11 November 2007, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Birmingham City 1-2 Aston Villa: match report
Birmingham City were beaten by Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 11 November 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Birmingham City's goal came from Mikael Forssell (62'). Aston Villa scored through an own goal by Liam Ridgewell (11') and Gabriel Agbonlahor (86').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 14th on 11 points from 12 and Aston Villa 10th on 18 points from 11. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 35 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 60.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-W-L-L-L and Aston Villa's W-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 11'Own goal · Liam Ridgewell
- 16'Yellow card · Gareth Barry
- 32'Yellow card · Daniel De Ridder
- 50'Yellow card · Fabrice Muamba
- 54'Yellow card · Stephen Kelly
- 62'Goal · Mikael Forssell
- 86'Goal · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 88'Yellow card · Gabriel Agbonlahor
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Rafael Schmitz, Liam Ridgewell, Johan Djourou, Fabrice Muamba, Wilson Palacios, Cameron Jerome, Daniel De Ridder, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Mehdi Nafti
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg