Charlton Athletic 3-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 January 2005

Result

Charlton Athletic 3-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 15 January 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Charlton Athletic 3-1 Birmingham City: match report

Charlton Athletic won against Birmingham City 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 January 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Talal El Karkouri opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Charlton Athletic's goals came from Talal El Karkouri (9'), Shaun Bartlett (67') and Danny Murphy (75'). Birmingham City scored through Mario Melchiot (55').

Discipline: Charlton Athletic received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Charlton Athletic were 8th on 31 points from 22 and Birmingham City 13th on 26 points from 22. Charlton Athletic went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Birmingham City 12th with 45.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Charlton Athletic win, 3 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Talal El KarkouriCharlton Athletic · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Edward UpsonBirmingham City
  • 55'Goal · Mario MelchiotBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Damien JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 67'Goal · Shaun BartlettCharlton Athletic · 2-1
  • 75'Goal · Danny MurphyCharlton Athletic · 3-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Charlton Athletic 1, draws 3, Birmingham City 1.

Team news

Birmingham City expected line-up

Maik Taylor, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Kenny Cunningham, Julian Gray, Robbie Savage, Jesper Gronkjaer, Darren Anderton, Emile Heskey, Damien Johnson, David Dunn