Birmingham City 2-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 28 December 2005

Result

Birmingham City 2-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Wednesday 28 December 2005, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Birmingham City 2-2 Manchester United: match report

Birmingham City drew with Manchester United 2-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 28 December 2005. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Jamie Clapham (18') and W. Pandiani (78'). Manchester United scored through Ruud van Nistelrooy (5') and Wayne Rooney (54').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 19th on 12 points from 17 and Manchester United 2nd on 40 points from 18. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 5 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 0-1
  • 18'Goal · Jamie ClaphamBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 54'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-2
  • 78'Goal · W. PandianiBirmingham City · 2-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Birmingham City 0, draws 1, Manchester United 5.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Martin Taylor, Jamie Clapham, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Jermaine Pennant, Stephen Clemence, Emile Heskey, Jirí Jarosík, Nicky Butt, Damien Johnson

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Mikaël Silvestre, John O'Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith, Gary Neville