Birmingham City 1-0 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 December 2009

Result

Birmingham City 1-0 West Ham United

Premier League · Saturday 12 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 1-0 West Ham United: match report

Birmingham City defeated West Ham United 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 December 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Lee Bowyer of Birmingham City in the 52nd minute.

Discipline: Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards; West Ham United received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 9th on 21 points from 15 and West Ham United 17th on 14 points from 15. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and West Ham United 17th with 35.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Ham United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 2 draws and 3 for West Ham United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · R. KováčWest Ham United
  • 16'Yellow card · Barry FergusonBirmingham City
  • 44+1'Yellow card · Alessandro DiamantiWest Ham United
  • 52'Goal · Lee BowyerBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Liam RidgewellBirmingham City
  • 72'Yellow card · J. CollisonWest Ham United
  • 72'Yellow card · Mark NobleWest Ham United
  • 78'Yellow card · R. JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 79'Second yellow · Mark NobleWest Ham United

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 2, West Ham United 3.

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

West Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Green, Matthew Upson, James Collins, Julien Faubert, Luis Jiménez, Carlton Cole, Junior Stanislas, Mark Noble, Scott Parker, Jack Collison