Manchester United 3-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 March 2006

Result

Manchester United 3-0 Birmingham City

Premier League · Sunday 26 March 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 3-0 Birmingham City: match report

Manchester United won against Birmingham City 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 March 2006. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Ryan Giggs opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Ryan Giggs (3'), Ryan Giggs (15') and Wayne Rooney (83'). Birmingham City did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 63 points from 29 and Birmingham City 18th on 24 points from 29. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 34.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Ryan GiggsManchester United · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Ryan GiggsManchester United · 2-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Martin LatkaBirmingham City
  • 36'Yellow card · Jiri JarosikBirmingham City
  • 45'Yellow card · Jermaine PennantBirmingham City
  • 83'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 3-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Manchester United 5, draws 2, Birmingham City 0.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Kieran Richardson, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith, John O'Shea

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Kenny Cunningham, Martin Latka, Mario Melchiot, Jermaine Pennant, Stephen Clemence, Stan Lazaridis, Emile Heskey, Dudley Campbell, Jirí Jarosík, Damien Johnson