Aston Villa 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 11 February 2018

Result

Aston Villa 2-0 Birmingham City

Championship · Sunday 11 February 2018, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Championship predictions

Aston Villa 2-0 Birmingham City: match report

Aston Villa won against Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Sunday 11 February 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Albert Adomah opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Albert Adomah (60') and Conor Hourihane (81'). Birmingham City did not score.

Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 3rd on 56 points from 30 and Birmingham City 20th on 30 points from 30. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 46.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Grealish of Aston Villa (8.3), ahead of Albert Adomah (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Aston Villa wins, 4 draws and 0 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Yellow card · Carl JenkinsonBirmingham City
  • 57'Yellow card · C. N'DoyeBirmingham City
  • 60'Goal · Albert AdomahAston Villa · 1-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Harlee DeanBirmingham City
  • 81'Goal · Conor HourihaneAston Villa · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 6, draws 4, Birmingham City 0.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-1-4-1)

Sam Johnstone, James Chester, Alan Hutton, John Terry, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Robert Snodgrass, Jack Grealish, C. Hourihane, Mile Jedinak, Albert Adomah, Scott Hogan

Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Adam Stockdale, M. Roberts, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, C. Jenkinson, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Cheikh N'Doye, Jacques Maghoma, Jérémie Boga, David Davis, Sam Gallagher