Birmingham City 0-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 August 2004

Result

Birmingham City 0-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 21 August 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 0-1 Chelsea: match report

Birmingham City lost to Chelsea 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 August 2004. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Joe Cole of Chelsea in the 68th minute.

Neither side received a card.

Birmingham City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Chelsea 1st with 95.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 68'Goal · Joe ColeChelsea · 0-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Birmingham City 0, draws 2, Chelsea 2.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Matthew Upson, Martin Taylor, Mario Melchiot, Mustafa Izzet, Jesper Gronkjaer, Robbie Savage, Julian Gray, Stan Lazaridis, Emile Heskey, Damien Johnson