Everton 1-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 April 2005

Result

Everton 1-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 23 April 2005, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Everton 1-1 Birmingham City: match report

Everton drew with Birmingham City 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 April 2005. The half-time score was 0-1.

Emile Heskey opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Everton's goal came from Duncan Ferguson (86'). Birmingham City scored through Emile Heskey (5').

Discipline: Everton received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 4th on 57 points from 33 and Birmingham City 13th on 38 points from 34. Everton went on to finish that season 4th with 61 points, and Birmingham City 12th with 45.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Everton wins, 2 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Emile HeskeyBirmingham City · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Lee CarsleyEverton
  • 32'Yellow card · Mario MelchiotBirmingham City
  • 69'Yellow card · Kenny CunninghamBirmingham City
  • 81'Yellow card · Stephen ClemenceBirmingham City
  • 86'Goal · Duncan FergusonEverton · 1-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Everton 2, draws 2, 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