Burnley 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 3 October 2009
Result
Burnley 2-1 Birmingham City
Premier League · Saturday 3 October 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Burnley 2-1 Birmingham City: match report
Burnley beat Birmingham City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 October 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Steven Fletcher opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Burnley's goals came from Steven Fletcher (53') and Andre Bikey (62'). Birmingham City scored through Sebastian Larsson (90').
Discipline: Burnley received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burnley were 11th on 9 points from 7 and Birmingham City 14th on 7 points from 7. Burnley went on to finish that season 18th with 30 points, and Birmingham City 9th with 50.
Going into the match Burnley's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Birmingham City's L-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · S. Dann
- 50'Yellow card · Barry Ferguson
- 53'Goal · Steven Fletcher
- 62'Goal · Andre Bikey
- 78'Yellow card · Stephen Carr
- 90'Goal · Sebastian Larsson
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-5-1)
Joe Hart, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Scott Dann, Franck Queudrue, Keith Fahey, Garry O'Connor, James McFadden, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson, Teemu Tainio