Liverpool 2-2 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Monday 9 November 2009
Result
Liverpool 2-2 Birmingham City
Premier League · Monday 9 November 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Liverpool 2-2 Birmingham City: match report
Liverpool drew with Birmingham City 2-2 in the Premier League on Monday 9 November 2009. The half-time score was 1-2.
David N'Gog opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Liverpool's goals came from David N'Gog (13') and Steven Gerrard (72', penalty). Birmingham City scored through Christian Benitez Betancourt (26') and Cameron Jerome (44').
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 7th on 18 points from 11 and Birmingham City 15th on 11 points from 11. Liverpool went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and Birmingham City 9th with 50.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Liverpool wins, 5 draws and 3 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Birmingham City's D-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 13'Goal · David N'Gog
- 26'Goal · Christian Benitez Betancourt
- 44'Goal · Cameron Jerome
- 64'Yellow card · James McFadden
- 71'Yellow card · L. Carsley
- 71'Yellow card · David N'Gog
- 72'Penalty goal · Steven Gerrard
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Albert Riera, Yossi Benayoun, Lucas Leiva, Dirk Kuyt, David N'Gog, Martin Škrtel
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Stephen Carr, Liam Ridgewell, Roger Johnson, Scott Dann, Sebastian Larsson, Cameron Jerome, Christian Benitez Betancourt, James McFadden, Lee Bowyer, Teemu Tainio