Liverpool 1-1 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 1 February 2006
Result
Liverpool 1-1 Birmingham City
Premier League · Wednesday 1 February 2006, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Liverpool 1-1 Birmingham City: match report
Liverpool drew with Birmingham City 1-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 1 February 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.
Steven Gerrard opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Liverpool's goal came from Steven Gerrard (62'). Birmingham City scored through an own goal by Xabi Alonso (88').
Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received no yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 3rd on 44 points from 21 and Birmingham City 18th on 19 points from 22. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 82 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 34.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 3 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Birmingham City's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 28'Red card · Damien Johnson
- 62'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 88'Own goal · Xabi Alonso
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up
Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, Daniel Agger, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Luis García, Dietmar Hamann, Peter Crouch, Morientes, Sami Hyypia, Harry Kewell, Steven Gerrard
Birmingham City line-up
Maik Taylor, Matthew Upson, Martin Latka, Mario Melchiot, Jermaine Pennant, Neil Kilkenny, Julian Gray, Emile Heskey, Chris Sutton, David Dunn, Damien Johnson