Premier League
Birmingham 1-1 Man Utd
Stadium Villa Park
Sat, 9 Jan 2010
kick off:17:30 GMT
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
squads
Birmingham City: Hart, Maik Taylor, Doyle, Carr, R Johnson, Dann, Queudrue, Martin Taylor, Ridgewell, Larsson, Ferguson, Bowyer, McFadden, Fahey, D Johnson, McSheffrey, Jerome, Benitez, Phillips.
Manchester United: Kuszczak, Foster, Neville, Rafael, De Laet, Brown, Evra, Fabio, Valencia, Park, Carrick, Fletcher, Scholes, Anderson, Gibson, Giggs, Obertan, Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Welbeck, Diouf, Tosic.
Birmingham
Suspended: None Doubtful: None
Injured: Carsley (ankle), Murphy & Tainio (both knee), O’Connor (hip), Parnaby (back), Vignal (unspecified)
Manchester United
Suspended: None Doubtful: None
Injured: Ferdinand (calf/back), Hargreaves (knee), O’Shea (thigh), Van der Sar (knee), Vidic (nerve in leg)
| Birmingham | Manchester Utd | ||||
| 28.12 | Stoke City – Birmingham | 0 : 1 | 28.12 | Manchester Utd – Wigan | 5 : 0 |
| 26.12 | Birmingham – Chelsea | 0 : 0 | 26.12 | Hull City – Manchester Utd | 1 : 3 |
| 20.12 | Everton – Birmingham | 1 : 1 | 20.12 | Fulham – Manchester Utd | 3 : 0 |
| 15.12 | Birmingham – Blackburn | 2 : 1 | 15.12 | Manchester Utd – Wolves | 3 : 0 |
| 12.12 | Birmingham – West Ham | 1 : 0 | 12.12 | Manchester Utd – Aston Villa | 0 : 1 |
| 05.12 | Wigan – Birmingham | 2 : 3 | 05.12 | West Ham – Manchester Utd | 0 : |
Head-to-head
Manchester United are unbeaten against Birmingham in 22 games (21 league), winning 16 and drawing six since a 5-1 defeat at St Andrew’s on 11 November 1978.
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Birmingham
Bowyer: 6 goals (5 league);
Jerome, Larsson: 4 goals (4 league)
Man Utd
Rooney: 15 goals (14 league); Owen: 7 goals (2 league)
MOST RECENT MEETING
Man Utd 1-0 Birmingham (16 August 2009)
Man Utd scorer: Rooney 34.
| Goal scorers: 39′ [1 : 0] Cameron Jerome 64′ [1 : 1] Scott Dann (og) |
Cards: |
38:45 GOAL – Cameron Jerome:Birmingham 1 – 0 Man Utd Cameron Jerome gets on the score sheet with a goal from inside the six-yard box to the bottom left corner of the goal.
62:54 GOAL – Scott Dann:Birmingham 1 – 1 Man Utd Scott Dann puts the ball into his own goal from 6 yards.
