Liverpool 3-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 30 November 2003

Result

Liverpool 3-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Sunday 30 November 2003, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Liverpool 3-1 Birmingham City: match report

Liverpool defeated Birmingham City 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 30 November 2003. The half-time score was 1-1.

Mikael Forssell opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Liverpool's goals came from Steven Gerrard (35', penalty), Harry Kewell (69') and Emile Heskey (78'). Birmingham City scored through Mikael Forssell (33').

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

Going into the game Liverpool were 9th on 18 points from 13 and Birmingham City 7th on 20 points from 13. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 60 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 1 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Damien JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 32'Yellow card · Salif DiaoLiverpool
  • 33'Goal · Mikael ForssellBirmingham City · 0-1
  • 35'Penalty goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 1-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Dietmar HamannLiverpool
  • 69'Goal · Harry KewellLiverpool · 2-1
  • 78'Goal · Emile HeskeyLiverpool · 3-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Liverpool 0, draws 1, Birmingham City 1.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Ian Bennett, Kenny Cunningham, Jamie Clapham, Matthew Upson, Robbie Savage, Stephen Clemence, Mikael Forssell, Stan Lazaridis, Christophe Dugarry, David Dunn, Damien Johnson