Norwich City 1-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 7 May 2005

Result

Norwich City 1-0 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 7 May 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Norwich City 1-0 Birmingham City: match report

Norwich City beat Birmingham City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 May 2005. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Dean Ashton of Norwich City in the 45th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Norwich City received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Norwich City were 20th on 30 points from 36 and Birmingham City 13th on 42 points from 36. Norwich City went on to finish that season 19th with 33 points, and Birmingham City 12th with 45.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Norwich City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Mehdi NaftiBirmingham City
  • 31'Red card · Damien JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 45'Penalty goal · Dean AshtonNorwich City · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Kenny CunninghamBirmingham City
  • 48'Yellow card · Clinton MorrisonBirmingham City
  • 58'Yellow card · Jermaine PennantBirmingham City
  • 67'Yellow card · Leon McKenzieNorwich City
  • 71'Yellow card · Stephen ClemenceBirmingham City

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Norwich City 0, draws 1, Birmingham City 0.

Team news

Birmingham City expected line-up

Maik Taylor, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Kenny Cunningham, Julian Gray, Robbie Savage, Jesper Gronkjaer, Darren Anderton, Emile Heskey, Damien Johnson, David Dunn