Birmingham City 1-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 24 August 2004

Result

Birmingham City 1-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Tuesday 24 August 2004, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Birmingham City 1-0 Manchester City: match report

Birmingham City won against Manchester City 1-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 24 August 2004. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Emile Heskey of Birmingham City in the 8th minute.

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

Going into the game Birmingham City were 18th on 1 point from 2 and Manchester City 14th on 1 point from 2. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Manchester City 8th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 1 draw and 2 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Emile HeskeyBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Danny MillsManchester City
  • 69'Yellow card · Mustafa IzzetBirmingham City

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 1, Manchester City 2.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Mustafa Izzet, Jesper Gronkjaer, Julian Gray, Mikael Forssell, Stan Lazaridis, Emile Heskey, Damien Johnson

Manchester City line-up

Ben Thatcher, Sylvain Distin, Danny Mills, Claudio Reyna, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, David James, Robbie Fowler, Antoine Sibierski, Sun Jihai, Paul Bosvelt