West Ham United 1-1 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 9 February 2008
Result
West Ham United 1-1 Birmingham City
Premier League · Saturday 9 February 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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West Ham United 1-1 Birmingham City: match report
West Ham United drew with Birmingham City 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 February 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Fredrik Ljungberg opened the scoring in the 7th minute. West Ham United's goal came from Fredrik Ljungberg (7'). Birmingham City scored through James McFadden (16', penalty).
Discipline: West Ham United received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Birmingham City received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game West Ham United were 10th on 36 points from 24 and Birmingham City 18th on 21 points from 25. West Ham United went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 35.
West Ham United 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 3 West Ham United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match West Ham United's last five read L-W-D-W-L and Birmingham City's D-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Fredrik Ljungberg
- 16'Penalty goal · James McFadden
- 33'Yellow card · Damien Johnson
- 58'Yellow card · Gary McSheffrey
- 70'Yellow card · Fabrice Muamba
- 89'Red card · Lee Bowyer
- 90'Yellow card · Cameron Jerome
- 90+2'Yellow card · Maik Taylor
Head-to-head
Team news
West Ham United line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Green, Lucas Neill, George McCartney, Anton Ferdinand, Matthew Upson, Dean Ashton, Carlton Cole, Fredrik Ljungberg, Matthew Etherington, Hayden Mullins, Lee Bowyer
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Martin Taylor, Liam Ridgewell, David Murphy, Sebastian Larsson, Gary McSheffrey, Fabrice Muamba, Mikael Forssell, James McFadden, Damien Johnson