Birmingham City 2-0 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 August 2008

Result

Birmingham City 2-0 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 23 August 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Birmingham City · Barnsley · Championship predictions

Birmingham City 2-0 Barnsley: match report

Birmingham City beat Barnsley 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 23 August 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.

K. Phillips opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from K. Phillips (13') and Garry O'Connor (44'). Barnsley did not score.

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 4th on 6 points from 2 and Barnsley 22nd on 0 points from 2. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Barnsley 20th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 0 draws and 1 for Barnsley.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · K. PhillipsBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Brian HowardBarnsley
  • 44'Goal · Garry O'ConnorBirmingham City · 2-0
  • 81'Yellow card · L. CarsleyBirmingham City

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 0, Barnsley 1.

Team news

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

Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, David Murphy, Liam Ridgewell, Fabrice Muamba, Sebastian Larsson, Mikael Forssell, James McFadden, Mauro Zárate, Radhi Jaïdi