Birmingham City 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 March 2008

Result

Birmingham City 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur

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

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Birmingham City 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Birmingham City won against Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 March 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Mikael Forssell opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Mikael Forssell (7'), Sebastian Larsson (55'), Mikael Forssell (59') and Mikael Forssell (81'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Jermaine Jenas (90+1').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 17th on 23 points from 27 and Tottenham Hotspur 11th on 32 points from 26. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 35 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 11th with 46.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Mikael ForssellBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Damien JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 55'Goal · Sebastian LarssonBirmingham City · 2-0
  • 59'Goal · Mikael ForssellBirmingham City · 3-0
  • 81'Goal · Mikael ForssellBirmingham City · 4-0
  • 90+1'Goal · Jermaine JenasTottenham Hotspur · 4-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Birmingham City 2, draws 2, Tottenham Hotspur 5.

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, Damien Johnson, Radhi Jaïdi

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Pascal Chimbonda, Younès Kaboul, Alan Hutton, Didier Zokora, Steed Malbranque, Tom Huddlestone, Dimitar Berbatov, Darren Bent, Teemu Tainio, Jamie O'Hara