Birmingham City 3-1 Manchester City: result and report

Birmingham City 3-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 29 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Birmingham City defeated Manchester City 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 March 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Mauro Zárate opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Mauro Zárate (39'), Mauro Zárate (54') and Gary McSheffrey (76', penalty). Manchester City scored through Elano (58', penalty).

Discipline: Birmingham City received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 17th on 27 points from 31 and Manchester City 9th on 49 points from 31. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 35 points, and Manchester City 9th with 55.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 6 for Manchester City.

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