Aston Villa 3-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 16 April 2006

Result

Aston Villa 3-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Sunday 16 April 2006, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Aston Villa 3-1 Birmingham City: match report

Aston Villa defeated Birmingham City 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 16 April 2006. The half-time score was 1-1.

Milan Baros opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Milan Baros (10'), Gary Cahill (56') and Milan Baros (78'). Birmingham City scored through Chris Sutton (25').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 16th on 36 points from 33 and Birmingham City 18th on 29 points from 33. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 42 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 34.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 2 draws and 4 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Milan BarosAston Villa · 1-0
  • 25'Goal · Chris SuttonBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Milan BarosAston Villa
  • 56'Yellow card · Gary CahillAston Villa
  • 56'Goal · Gary CahillAston Villa · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Gavin McCannAston Villa
  • 78'Goal · Milan BarosAston Villa · 3-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Damien JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 86'Yellow card · Gareth BarryAston Villa
  • 86'Yellow card · Olivier TebilyBirmingham City
  • 90'Yellow card · Nicky ButtBirmingham City

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Aston Villa 1, draws 2, Birmingham City 4.

Team news

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Liam Ridgewell, Ronny Johnsen, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, James Milner, Steven Davis, Olof Mellberg, Mark Anthony Delaney

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Martin Taylor, Kenny Cunningham, Olivier Tebily, Jermaine Pennant, Emile Heskey, Chris Sutton, David Dunn, Nicky Butt, Damien Johnson, Matt Sadler