Sunderland 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 29 January 2008

Result

Sunderland 2-0 Birmingham City

Premier League · Tuesday 29 January 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sunderland 2-0 Birmingham City: match report

Sunderland beat Birmingham City 2-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 29 January 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Daryl Murphy opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Daryl Murphy (15') and Rade Prica (65'). Birmingham City did not score.

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 18th on 20 points from 23 and Birmingham City 16th on 20 points from 23. Sunderland went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 35.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 4 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Daryl MurphySunderland · 1-0
  • 65'Goal · Rade PricaSunderland · 2-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Rade PricaSunderland
  • 71'Yellow card · Narcisse-Olivier Kapo ObouBirmingham City
  • 73'Yellow card · Rafael SchmitzBirmingham City
  • 86'Yellow card · Liam RidgewellBirmingham City

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Sunderland 0, draws 1, Birmingham City 4.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Nyron Nosworthy, Danny Collins, Phil Bardsley, Jonny Evans, Dean Whitehead, Liam Miller, Anthony Stokes, Daryl Murphy, Kenwyne Jones, Dwight Yorke

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

Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Rafael Schmitz, Liam Ridgewell, Franck Queudrue, Sebastian Larsson, Fabrice Muamba, Cameron Jerome, James McFadden, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Damien Johnson