Birmingham City 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 20 March 2005
Result
Birmingham City 2-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 20 March 2005, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Birmingham City 2-0 Aston Villa: match report
Birmingham City defeated Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 20 March 2005. The half-time score was 0-0.
Emile Heskey opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Emile Heskey (52') and Julian Gray (89'). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 13th on 32 points from 29 and Aston Villa 10th on 38 points from 29. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Aston Villa 10th with 47.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 0 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Aston Villa's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Mario Melchiot
- 40'Yellow card · Edward Upson
- 41'Yellow card · Damien Johnson
- 52'Goal · Emile Heskey
- 54'Yellow card · Mathieu Berson
- 57'Yellow card · Martin Laursen
- 89'Goal · Julian Gray
- 90'Yellow card · Lee Hendrie
Head-to-head
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
Aston Villa expected line-up
Thomas Sorensen, Ronny Johnsen, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jlloyd Samuel, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Juan Ángel Arango