Aston Villa 2-2 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 22 February 2004

Result

Aston Villa 2-2 Birmingham City

Premier League · Sunday 22 February 2004, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 2-2 Birmingham City: match report

Aston Villa drew with Birmingham City 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 February 2004. The half-time score was 1-0.

Darius Vassell opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Darius Vassell (21') and Thomas Hitzlsperger (47'). Birmingham City scored through Mikael Forssell (60') and Stern John (90').

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

Going into the game Aston Villa were 7th on 36 points from 25 and Birmingham City 9th on 35 points from 24. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 56 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 2 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Darius VassellAston Villa · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Damien JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 47'Goal · Thomas HitzlspergerAston Villa · 2-0
  • 60'Goal · Mikael ForssellBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 90'Goal · Stern JohnBirmingham City · 2-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Aston Villa 0, draws 1, Birmingham City 2.

Team news

Birmingham City expected line-up

Maik Taylor, Jamie Clapham, Kenny Cunningham, Darren Purse, Robbie Savage, Stephen Clemence, Christophe Dugarry, Geoff Horsfield, David Dunn, Damien Johnson, Jeffrey Jude Kenna