Birmingham City 2-1 Burnley: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 1 May 2010
Result
Birmingham City 2-1 Burnley
Premier League · Saturday 1 May 2010, 11:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Birmingham City 2-1 Burnley: match report
Birmingham City defeated Burnley 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 May 2010. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Birmingham City's goals came from an own goal by Brian Jensen (29') and Christian Benitez Betancourt (41'). Burnley scored through Steven Thompson (87').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Burnley received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 9th on 47 points from 36 and Burnley 19th on 27 points from 36. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Burnley 18th with 30.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Burnley in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Birmingham City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Burnley.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-D-L-D-D and Burnley's L-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 29'Own goal · Brian Jensen
- 41'Goal · Christian Benitez Betancourt
- 50'Yellow card · Danny Fox
- 56'Yellow card · Stuart Parnaby
- 66'Yellow card · Gregory Vignal
- 87'Goal · Steven Thompson
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Liam Ridgewell, Roger Johnson, Stuart Parnaby, Sebastian Larsson, Cameron Jerome, Christian Benitez Betancourt, James McFadden, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson, Gregory Vignal
Burnley expected line-up (4-4-2)
Brian Jensen, Tyrone Mears, Danny Fox, Clarke Carlisle, Leon Cort, Andre Bikey, K. McDonald, Steven Fletcher, Martin Paterson