Manchester United 1-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 1 January 2008

Result

Manchester United 1-0 Birmingham City

Premier League · Tuesday 1 January 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 1-0 Birmingham City: match report

Manchester United won against Birmingham City 1-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 1 January 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Carlos Tévez of Manchester United in the 25th minute.

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 44 points from 20 and Birmingham City 15th on 19 points from 20. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 35.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Carlos TévezManchester United · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Liam RidgewellBirmingham City
  • 49'Yellow card · Franck QueudrueBirmingham City
  • 73'Yellow card · Mehdi NaftiBirmingham City
  • 90'Yellow card · Wes BrownManchester United
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Wilson PalaciosBirmingham City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville

Birmingham City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Liam Ridgewell, Rafael Schmitz, Fabrice Muamba, Sebastian Larsson, Gary McSheffrey, Cameron Jerome, Mikael Forssell, Damien Johnson, Radhi Jaïdi