Manchester United 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2005
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Birmingham City
Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Manchester United 2-0 Birmingham City: match report
Manchester United beat Birmingham City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 February 2005. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Roy Keane opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Roy Keane (55') and Wayne Mark Rooney (78'). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 53 points from 25 and Birmingham City 14th on 29 points from 25. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and Birmingham City 12th with 45.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Birmingham City's W-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 45'Yellow card · Damien Johnson
- 55'Goal · Roy Keane
- 65'Yellow card · Mehdi Nafti
- 78'Goal · Wayne Mark Rooney
- 86'Yellow card · Iván Gabriel Heinze
- 90'Yellow card · Jermaine Pennant
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy
Birmingham City expected line-up
Maik Taylor, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Kenny Cunningham, Julian Gray, Robbie Savage, Jesper Gronkjaer, Darren Anderton, Emile Heskey, Damien Johnson, David Dunn