Liverpool 5-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 April 2011

Result

Liverpool 5-0 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 23 April 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Liverpool 5-0 Birmingham City: match report

Liverpool won against Birmingham City 5-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 April 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.

Maxi Rodríguez opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Maxi Rodríguez (7'), Dirk Kuyt (24'), Maxi Rodríguez (67'), Maxi Rodríguez (74') and Joe Cole (86'). Birmingham City did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 6th on 49 points from 33 and Birmingham City 15th on 38 points from 33. Liverpool went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 39.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Liverpool win, 7 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Maxi RodríguezLiverpool · 1-0
  • 24'Goal · Dirk KuytLiverpool · 2-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Jack RobinsonLiverpool
  • 67'Goal · Maxi RodríguezLiverpool · 3-0
  • 74'Goal · Maxi RodríguezLiverpool · 4-0
  • 86'Goal · Joe ColeLiverpool · 5-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 1, draws 7, Birmingham City 2.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)

Pepe Reina, Jamie Carragher, Jack Robinson, Raúl Meireles, Lucas Leiva, Jay Spearing, Luis Suárez, Dirk Kuyt, Maxi Rodríguez, Martin Škrtel, Jon Flanagan

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Ben Foster, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Martin Jiranek, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Keith Fahey, Alexander Hleb, Cameron Jerome, Lee Bowyer