Birmingham City 0-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 February 2006

Result

Birmingham City 0-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 4 February 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Birmingham City 0-2 Arsenal: match report

Birmingham City were beaten by Arsenal 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 February 2006. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Birmingham City did not score. Arsenal scored through Emmanuel Adebayor (21') and Thierry Henry (63').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 18th on 20 points from 23 and Arsenal 6th on 37 points from 23. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Arsenal 4th with 67.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 1 draw and 5 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Thierry HenryArsenal
  • 21'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Sebastian LarssonArsenal
  • 63'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 0-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Chris SuttonBirmingham City
  • 75'Yellow card · Abou DiabyArsenal

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 1, Arsenal 5.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Matthew Upson, Martin Latka, Mario Melchiot, Mustafa Izzet, Jermaine Pennant, Julian Gray, Emile Heskey, Chris Sutton, Jirí Jarosík, Nicky Butt

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Philippe Senderos, Johan Djourou, Abou Diaby, José Antonio Reyes, Cesc Fàbregas, Mathieu Flamini, Gilberto Silva, Sebastian Larsson, Emmanuel Adebayor, Thierry Henry