Newcastle United 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Newcastle United 2-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Newcastle United beat Birmingham City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 December 2007. The half-time score was 1-1.

Cameron Jerome opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Obafemi Martins (36', penalty) and H. Beye (90+1'). Birmingham City scored through Cameron Jerome (9').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 11th on 19 points from 15 and Birmingham City 12th on 14 points from 15. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 35.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.

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