Birmingham City 2-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 15 May 2005

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 15 May 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 2-1 Arsenal: match report

Birmingham City won against Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 15 May 2005. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Walter Pandiani Urquiza opened the scoring in the 80th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Walter Pandiani Urquiza (80') and Emile Heskey (90'). Arsenal scored through Dennis Bergkamp (88').

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

Going into the game Birmingham City were 13th on 42 points from 37 and Arsenal 2nd on 83 points from 37. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 4 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 80'Goal · Walter Pandiani UrquizaBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Walter Pandiani UrquizaBirmingham City
  • 88'Goal · Dennis BergkampArsenal · 1-1
  • 90'Goal · Emile HeskeyBirmingham City · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Birmingham City 0, draws 1, Arsenal 4.

Team news

Birmingham City expected line-up

Maik Taylor, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Kenny Cunningham, Julian Gray, Robbie Savage, Jesper Gronkjaer, Darren Anderton, Emile Heskey, Damien Johnson, David Dunn