Birmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 16 October 2005

Result

Birmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 16 October 2005, 11:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Birmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa: match report

Birmingham City lost to Aston Villa 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 16 October 2005. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from K. Phillips of Aston Villa in the 19th minute.

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 16th on 6 points from 8 and Aston Villa 17th on 6 points from 8. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 0 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Liam RidgewellAston Villa
  • 19'Goal · K. PhillipsAston Villa · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Olof MellbergAston Villa
  • 84'Yellow card · Mikael ForssellBirmingham City
  • 87'Yellow card · Damien JohnsonBirmingham City

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Birmingham City 4, draws 2, Aston Villa 0.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Martin Taylor, Jamie Clapham, Matthew Upson, Olivier Tebily, Jermaine Pennant, Julian Gray, Stephen Clemence, Emile Heskey, Walter Gerardo Pandiani Urquiza, Damien Johnson

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