Birmingham City 2-2 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 24 September 2005

Result

Birmingham City 2-2 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 24 September 2005, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 2-2 Liverpool: match report

Birmingham City drew with Liverpool 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 September 2005. The half-time score was 0-0.

Luis García opened the scoring in the 68th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from an own goal by Stephen Warnock (72') and W. Pandiani (75'). Liverpool scored through Luis García (68') and Djibril Cissé (85', penalty).

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 15th on 5 points from 6 and Liverpool 11th on 6 points from 4. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Liverpool 3rd with 82.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Yellow card · Florent Sinama-PongolleLiverpool
  • 44'Yellow card · Jamie ClaphamBirmingham City
  • 65'Yellow card · Luis GarcíaLiverpool
  • 67'Yellow card · Kenny CunninghamBirmingham City
  • 68'Goal · Luis GarcíaLiverpool · 0-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Stephen WarnockLiverpool
  • 72'Own goal · Stephen WarnockBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 75'Goal · W. PandianiBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 84'Red card · Neil KilkennyBirmingham City
  • 85'Penalty goal · Djibril CisséLiverpool · 2-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Birmingham City 3, draws 1, Liverpool 2.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Jamie Clapham, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Jermaine Pennant, Neil Kilkenny, Julian Gray, Mikael Forssell, Emile Heskey, Damien Johnson

Liverpool line-up

Pepe Reina, Josemi, Jamie Carragher, Stephen Warnock, Dietmar Hamann, Boudewijn Zenden, Peter Crouch, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso