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
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.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Maxi Rodríguez
- 24'Goal · Dirk Kuyt
- 49'Yellow card · Jack Robinson
- 67'Goal · Maxi Rodríguez
- 74'Goal · Maxi Rodríguez
- 86'Goal · Joe Cole
Head-to-head
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