Newcastle United 1-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2005
Result
Newcastle United 1-0 Birmingham City
Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Newcastle United 1-0 Birmingham City: match report
Newcastle United beat Birmingham City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 November 2005. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Emre Belözoglu of Newcastle United in the 78th minute.
Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 11th on 15 points from 11 and Birmingham City 19th on 6 points from 11. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 34.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read W-W-L-D-W and Birmingham City's L-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Stan Lazaridis
- 41'Yellow card · Mustafa Izzet
- 44'Yellow card · Steven Taylor
- 78'Goal · Emre Belözoglu
- 82'Yellow card · A. Shearer
- 84'Yellow card · Emre Belözoglu
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up
Shay Given, Titus Bramble, Peter Ramage, Steven Taylor, Celestine Babayaro, Charles N'Zogbia, Michael Owen, N. Solano, Emre Belözoğlu, Alan Shearer, Scott Parker
Birmingham City line-up
Maik Taylor, Martin Taylor, Jamie Clapham, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Mustafa Izzet, Jermaine Pennant, Neil Kilkenny, Stan Lazaridis, Emile Heskey, Jirí Jarosík