Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 22 May 2011

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Sunday 22 May 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Birmingham City: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Birmingham City 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 May 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.

Roman Pavlyuchenko opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Roman Pavlyuchenko (49') and Roman Pavlyuchenko (90+2'). Birmingham City scored through Craig Gardner (79').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 59 points from 37 and Birmingham City 17th on 39 points from 37. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 39.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 3 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Yellow card · Barry FergusonBirmingham City
  • 49'Goal · Roman PavlyuchenkoTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Liam RidgewellBirmingham City
  • 60'Yellow card · Craig GardnerBirmingham City
  • 79'Goal · Craig GardnerBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Matt DerbyshireBirmingham City
  • 90+2'Goal · Roman PavlyuchenkoTottenham Hotspur · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 5, draws 3, Birmingham City 2.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Carlo Cudicini, Younès Kaboul, Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Tom Huddlestone, Luka Modrić, Peter Crouch, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe, Danny Rose, Sandro

Birmingham City line-up (4-5-1)

Ben Foster, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Curtis Davies, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Keith Fahey, Jean Beausejour, Cameron Jerome, Barry Ferguson