Ipswich Town 0-1 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Friday 26 December 2008
Result
Ipswich Town 0-1 Birmingham City
Championship · Friday 26 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Ipswich Town 0-1 Birmingham City: match report
Ipswich Town lost to Birmingham City 0-1 in the Championship on Friday 26 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from James McFadden of Birmingham City in the 39th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Ipswich Town received 3 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Ipswich Town were 12th on 32 points from 24 and Birmingham City 3rd on 47 points from 24. Ipswich Town went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Birmingham City 4th with 83.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Ipswich Town win, 1 draw and 1 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Ipswich Town's last five read D-L-W-L-D and Birmingham City's L-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Stuart Parnaby
- 39'Penalty goal · James McFadden
- 39'Yellow card · Alan Quinn
- 58'Yellow card · Liam Ridgewell
- 70'Yellow card · Moritz Volz
- 89'Yellow card · Tommy Miller
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, David Murphy, Liam Ridgewell, Fabrice Muamba, Sebastian Larsson, Mikael Forssell, James McFadden, Mauro Zárate, Radhi Jaïdi