Birmingham City 2-2 Club Brugge: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 3 November 2011
Result
Birmingham City 2-2 Club Brugge
Europa League · Thursday 3 November 2011, 20:05 UTC · half-time 0-2
Birmingham City 2-2 Club Brugge: match report
Birmingham City drew with Club Brugge 2-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 3 November 2011. The half-time score was 0-2.
Thomas Meunier opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Jean Beausejour (55') and Marlon King (74', penalty). Club Brugge scored through Thomas Meunier (39') and Joseph Akpala (44').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Club Brugge received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 36th on 10 points from 5 and Club Brugge 19th on 13 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Club Brugge in a 4-1-2-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 0 draws and 0 for Club Brugge.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Club Brugge's L-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Joseph Akpala
- 39'Goal · Thomas Meunier
- 44'Goal · Joseph Akpala
- 55'Goal · Jean Beausejour
- 58'Yellow card · Nikola Zigic
- 63'Yellow card · Vladan Kujovic
- 64'Yellow card · Ryan Donk
- 74'Penalty goal · Marlon King
- 74'Yellow card · Guirane N'Daw
- 90+3'Yellow card · Björn Vleminckx
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Colin Doyle, David Murphy, Steven Caldwell, Pablo Ibáñez, Jonathan Spector, Guirane N'Daw, Jean Beausejour, Wade Elliott, Keith Fahey, Adam Rooney, Nikola Zigic
Club Brugge line-up (4-1-2-3)
Vladan Kujovic, Niki Dige Zimling, Ryan Donk, Thomas Meunier, Jannes Vansteenkiste, Nabil Dirar, Víctor Vázquez, Thibaut Van Acker, Daan Van Gijseghem, Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, Joseph Akpala