Southampton 1-2 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 August 2008

Result

Southampton 1-2 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 16 August 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Southampton 1-2 Birmingham City: match report

Southampton were beaten by Birmingham City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 16 August 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Chris Perry opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Southampton's goal came from Chris Perry (43'). Birmingham City scored through Garry O'Connor (49') and K. Phillips (77').

Neither side received a card.

Southampton went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Birmingham City 4th with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Southampton wins, 2 draws and 4 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Goal · Chris PerrySouthampton · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Garry O'ConnorBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 77'Goal · K. PhillipsBirmingham City · 1-2

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Southampton 2, draws 2, Birmingham City 4.

Team news

Southampton expected line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap

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

Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, David Murphy, Liam Ridgewell, Fabrice Muamba, Sebastian Larsson, Mikael Forssell, James McFadden, Mauro Zárate, Radhi Jaïdi