Sunderland 0-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2005

Result

Sunderland 0-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 0-1 Birmingham City: match report

Sunderland were beaten by Birmingham City 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 November 2005. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Julian Gray of Birmingham City in the 68th minute.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 20th on 5 points from 13 and Birmingham City 19th on 6 points from 12. Sunderland went on to finish that season 20th with 15 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 34.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sunderland wins, 0 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.

Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Birmingham City's L-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 68'Goal · Julian GrayBirmingham City · 0-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Sunderland 0, draws 0, Birmingham City 2.

Team news

Sunderland line-up

Ben Alnwick, Gary Breen, Nyron Nosworthy, Danny Collins, Justin Hoyte, Dean Whitehead, Jon Stead, Anthony Le Tallec, Andy Welsh, Tommy Miller, Christian Bassila

Birmingham City line-up

Nico Vaesen, Martin Taylor, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Mustafa Izzet, Neil Kilkenny, Emile Heskey, David Dunn, Jirí Jarosík, Damien Johnson