Birmingham City 1-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 August 2005

Result

Birmingham City 1-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 20 August 2005, 16:15 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Birmingham City 1-2 Manchester City: match report

Birmingham City lost to Manchester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 August 2005. The half-time score was 1-1.

Nicky Butt opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Nicky Butt (7'). Manchester City scored through Joey Barton (20') and Andy Cole (47').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.

Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Manchester City 15th with 43.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Nicky ButtBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 20'Goal · Joey BartonManchester City · 1-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Nicky ButtBirmingham City
  • 47'Goal · Andy ColeManchester City · 1-2
  • 54'Yellow card · Stephen ClemenceBirmingham City
  • 77'Yellow card · W. PandianiBirmingham City
  • 79'Yellow card · K. MusampaManchester City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Jamie Clapham, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Jermaine Pennant, Julian Gray, Stephen Clemence, Mikael Forssell, Walter Gerardo Pandiani Urquiza, Nicky Butt

Manchester City line-up

Ben Thatcher, Danny Mills, Richard Dunne, Stephen Jordan, Claudio Reyna, Kizito Kiki Musampa, Trevor Sinclair, Andy Cole, Darius Vassell, David James, Joey Barton