Birmingham City 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 16 April 2011
Result
Birmingham City 2-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 16 April 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Birmingham City 2-0 Sunderland: match report
Birmingham City defeated Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 April 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Sebastian Larsson opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Sebastian Larsson (41') and Craig Gardner (66'). Sunderland did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 16th on 35 points from 31 and Sunderland 13th on 38 points from 32. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 39 points, and Sunderland 10th with 47.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read D-W-L-D-L and Sunderland's L-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 41'Goal · Sebastian Larsson
- 66'Goal · Craig Gardner
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Ben Foster, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Stuart Parnaby, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Kevin Phillips, Cameron Jerome, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, Nedum Onuoha, Lee Cattermole, Jordan Henderson, Jack Colback, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Stéphane Sessègnon, Danny Welbeck, Asamoah Gyan