Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2004

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Birmingham City: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Birmingham City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 August 2004. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Jermain Defoe of Tottenham Hotspur in the 37th minute.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 4 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 5 points from 3 and Birmingham City 10th on 4 points from 3. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Birmingham City 12th with 45.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 1 draw and 1 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Michael BrownTottenham Hotspur
  • 37'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur
  • 68'Yellow card · Johnnie JacksonTottenham Hotspur
  • 83'Yellow card · Emile HeskeyBirmingham City
  • 90'Yellow card · Pedro MendesTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 2, draws 1, Birmingham City 1.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up

Kasey Keller, Gary Doherty, Anthony Gardner, Mauricio Taricco, Stephen Carr, Simon Davies, Jamie Redknapp, Frédéric Kanouté, Michael Brown, Jermain Defoe

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Mustafa Izzet, Jesper Gronkjaer, Julian Gray, Stephen Clemence, Mikael Forssell, Emile Heskey, Damien Johnson