Fulham 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 3 May 2008
Result
Fulham 2-0 Birmingham City
Premier League · Saturday 3 May 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Fulham 2-0 Birmingham City: match report
Fulham beat Birmingham City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 May 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Brian McBride opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Fulham's goals came from Brian McBride (52') and Erik Nevland (87'). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Fulham received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fulham were 19th on 30 points from 36 and Birmingham City 18th on 32 points from 36. Fulham went on to finish that season 17th with 36 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 35.
Fulham lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Fulham win, 5 draws and 3 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Fulham's last five read W-L-W-L-D and Birmingham City's D-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 45'Yellow card · Paul Stalteri
- 50'Yellow card · Fabrice Muamba
- 52'Goal · Brian McBride
- 70'Yellow card · Simon Davies
- 87'Goal · Erik Nevland
- 87'Yellow card · Franck Queudrue
- 90'Yellow card · Radhi Jaïdi
- 90'Yellow card · James McFadden
Head-to-head
Team news
Fulham expected line-up (4-4-2)
Antti Niemi, Paul Konchesky, Carlos Bocanegra, Dejan Stefanovic, Chris Baird, Simon Davies, Steven Davis, Danny Murphy, Clint Dempsey, Diomansy Kamara, David Healy
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Liam Ridgewell, David Murphy, Sebastian Larsson, Fabrice Muamba, Mikael Forssell, James McFadden, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Damien Johnson, Radhi Jaïdi