Newcastle United 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Newcastle United 2-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 7 May 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Newcastle United defeated Birmingham City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 May 2011. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Shola Ameobi opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Shola Ameobi (36', penalty) and Steven Taylor (43'). Birmingham City scored through Lee Bowyer (45').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 12th on 41 points from 35 and Birmingham City 15th on 39 points from 35. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 39.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Newcastle United wins, 4 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.

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