Birmingham City 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 January 2010

Result

Birmingham City 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 30 January 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Birmingham City drew with Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 January 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 69th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Liam Ridgewell (90'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Jermain Defoe (69').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 4 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 8th on 33 points from 22 and Tottenham Hotspur 4th on 41 points from 23. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 70.

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 3 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 6 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 57'Yellow card · R. JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 60'Yellow card · Wilson PalaciosTottenham Hotspur
  • 62'Yellow card · Lee BowyerBirmingham City
  • 69'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur
  • 83'Yellow card · James McFaddenBirmingham City
  • 89'Yellow card · Stephen CarrBirmingham City
  • 90'Goal · Liam RidgewellBirmingham City · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 3, draws 1, Tottenham Hotspur 6.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Stephen Carr, Liam Ridgewell, Roger Johnson, Scott Dann, Sebastian Larsson, Cameron Jerome, Christian Benitez Betancourt, James McFadden, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson

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

Heurelho Gomes, Michael Dawson, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Daniel Bentley, Tom Huddlestone, Wilson Palacios, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe