Birmingham City 1-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Championship · Sunday 30 October 2016

Result

Birmingham City 1-1 Aston Villa

Championship · Sunday 30 October 2016, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Birmingham City 1-1 Aston Villa: match report

Birmingham City drew with Aston Villa 1-1 in the Championship on Sunday 30 October 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.

G. Gardner opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from David Davis (71'). Aston Villa scored through G. Gardner (29').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 8th on 23 points from 14 and Aston Villa 17th on 17 points from 14. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Aston Villa 13th with 62.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Shotton of Birmingham City (8.0), ahead of David Davis (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 6 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Jordan AmaviAston Villa
  • 28'Yellow card · Maikel KieftenbeldBirmingham City
  • 29'Goal · G. GardnerAston Villa · 0-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Ashley WestwoodAston Villa
  • 63'Yellow card · Jordan AyewAston Villa
  • 71'Goal · David DavisBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 72'Yellow card · David DavisBirmingham City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 2, draws 2, Aston Villa 6.

Team news

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

Tomasz Kuszczak, Jonathan Spector, Michael Morrison, Ryan Shotton, Rhoys Wiggins, David Davis, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Stephen Gleeson, Jacques Maghoma, Ché Adams, Clayton Donaldson

Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)

Pierluigi Gollini, Alan Hutton, James Chester, Nathan Baker, J. Amavi, Ashley Westwood, Mile Jedinak, Gary Gardner, Albert Adomah, Jonathan Kodjia, Jordan Ayew