Watford 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 August 2012

Result

Watford 2-0 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 25 August 2012, 16:20 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Watford 2-0 Birmingham City: match report

Watford beat Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 25 August 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Almen Abdi opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Watford's goals came from Almen Abdi (4', penalty) and M. Vydra (17'). Birmingham City did not score.

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 17th on 3 points from 2 and Birmingham City 22nd on 1 point from 2. Watford went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 64.

Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 1 draw and 3 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Penalty goal · Almen AbdiWatford · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · M. VydraWatford · 2-0
  • 79'Yellow card · Martin TaylorWatford

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Watford 0, draws 1, Birmingham City 3.

Team news

Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Almunia, Martin Taylor, Lloyd Doyley, Daniel Pudil, Nyron Nosworthy, Mark Yeates, Jonathan Hogg, Sean Murray, Almen Abdi, Matej Vydra, Chris Iwelumo

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

Jack Butland, Steven Caldwell, Curtis Davies, Ben Gordon, Jonathan Spector, C. Burke, Darren Ambrose, Marlon King, Nikola Zigic, Nathan Redmond, Hayden Mullins