Birmingham City 2-1 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 May 2010

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 1 May 2010, 11:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Birmingham City 2-1 Burnley: match report

Birmingham City defeated Burnley 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 May 2010. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Birmingham City's goals came from an own goal by Brian Jensen (29') and Christian Benitez Betancourt (41'). Burnley scored through Steven Thompson (87').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Burnley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 9th on 47 points from 36 and Burnley 19th on 27 points from 36. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Burnley 18th with 30.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Burnley in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Own goal · Brian JensenBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · Christian Benitez BetancourtBirmingham City · 2-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Danny FoxBurnley
  • 56'Yellow card · Stuart ParnabyBirmingham City
  • 66'Yellow card · Gregory VignalBirmingham City
  • 87'Goal · Steven ThompsonBurnley · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Birmingham City 0, draws 0, Burnley 1.

Team news

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

Joe Hart, Liam Ridgewell, Roger Johnson, Stuart Parnaby, Sebastian Larsson, Cameron Jerome, Christian Benitez Betancourt, James McFadden, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson, Gregory Vignal

Burnley expected line-up (4-4-2)

Brian Jensen, Tyrone Mears, Danny Fox, Clarke Carlisle, Leon Cort, Andre Bikey, K. McDonald, Steven Fletcher, Martin Paterson