Birmingham City 1-0 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 20 November 2010
Result
Birmingham City 1-0 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 20 November 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Birmingham City 1-0 Chelsea: match report
Birmingham City beat Chelsea 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 November 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Lee Bowyer of Birmingham City in the 17th minute.
Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 18th on 13 points from 13 and Chelsea 1st on 28 points from 13. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 39 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 71.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Birmingham City wins, 5 draws and 5 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read D-L-D-D-W and Chelsea's L-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Lee Bowyer
- 78'Yellow card · Liam Ridgewell
- 85'Yellow card · Keith Fahey
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-3-3)
Ben Foster, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Scott Dann, Sebastian Larsson, Keith Fahey, Cameron Jerome, Nikola Zigic, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, Paulo Ferreira, Alex, Ramires, John Mikel Obi, Florent Malouda, Didier Drogba, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Nicolas Anelka