Birmingham City 1-1 Everton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 April 2008

Result

Birmingham City 1-1 Everton

Premier League · Saturday 12 April 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 1-1 Everton: match report

Birmingham City drew with Everton 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 April 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Joleon Lescott opened the scoring in the 78th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Mauro Zárate (83'). Everton scored through Joleon Lescott (78').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Everton received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 17th on 30 points from 33 and Everton 5th on 60 points from 33. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 35 points, and Everton 5th with 65.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 4 draws and 4 for Everton.

Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Everton's W-L-D-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Mehdi NaftiBirmingham City
  • 72'Yellow card · L. CarsleyEverton
  • 78'Goal · Joleon LescottEverton · 0-1
  • 83'Goal · Mauro ZárateBirmingham City · 1-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 4, Everton 4.

Team news

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

Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Liam Ridgewell, David Murphy, Sebastian Larsson, Gary McSheffrey, Fabrice Muamba, Mikael Forssell, James McFadden, Mehdi Nafti, Radhi Jaïdi

Everton expected line-up

Tim Howard, Joseph Yobo, Joleon Lescott, Leon Osman, James Beattie, James McFadden, Andy Johnson, Nuno Valente, Alan Stubbs, Lee Kevin Carsley