Leeds United 1-4 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 31 January 2012

Result

Leeds United 1-4 Birmingham City

Championship · Tuesday 31 January 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Leeds United 1-4 Birmingham City: match report

Leeds United lost to Birmingham City 1-4 in the Championship on Tuesday 31 January 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Ross McCormack opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Leeds United's goal came from Ross McCormack (19'). Birmingham City scored through Nikola Zigic (31'), Nikola Zigic (61'), Nikola Zigic (64') and Nikola Zigic (68').

Discipline: Leeds United received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leeds United were 9th on 42 points from 27 and Birmingham City 7th on 43 points from 26. Leeds United went on to finish that season 14th with 61 points, and Birmingham City 5th with 77.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leeds United wins, 0 draws and 5 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Ross McCormackLeeds United · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · Nikola ZigicBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Jonathan SpectorBirmingham City
  • 61'Goal · Nikola ZigicBirmingham City · 1-2
  • 64'Goal · Nikola ZigicBirmingham City · 1-3
  • 68'Goal · Nikola ZigicBirmingham City · 1-4
  • 86'Yellow card · Darren O'DeaLeeds United
  • 88'Yellow card · Curtis DaviesBirmingham City

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Leeds United 2, draws 0, Birmingham City 5.

Team news

Leeds United line-up

Andy Lonergan, Tom Lees, Adam Clayton, Aidan White, Zac Thompson, Luciano Becchio, Andros Townsend, Robert Snodgrass, Ross McCormack, Fabian Delph, Darren O'Dea

Birmingham City line-up

Boaz Myhill, David Murphy, Steven Caldwell, Jonathan Spector, Curtis Davies, C. Burke, Jordon Mutch, Morgaro Gomis, Wade Elliott, Keith Fahey, Nikola Zigic