Birmingham City 2-2 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 3 October 2004

Result

Birmingham City 2-2 Newcastle United

Premier League · Sunday 3 October 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Birmingham City 2-2 Newcastle United: match report

Birmingham City drew with Newcastle United 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 October 2004. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jermaine Jenas opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Dwight Yorke (23') and Edward Upson (57'). Newcastle United scored through Jermaine Jenas (3') and Nicky Butt (67').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 16th on 6 points from 7 and Newcastle United 7th on 11 points from 7. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Newcastle United 14th with 44.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Jermaine JenasNewcastle United · 0-1
  • 23'Goal · Dwight YorkeBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Robbie ElliottNewcastle United
  • 53'Yellow card · David DunnBirmingham City
  • 57'Goal · Edward UpsonBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Stephen ClemenceBirmingham City
  • 67'Goal · Nicky ButtNewcastle United · 2-2
  • 73'Yellow card · Nicky ButtNewcastle United
  • 90'Yellow card · Robbie SavageBirmingham City

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 1, Newcastle United 2.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Jamie Clapham, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Mustafa Izzet, Jesper Gronkjaer, Robbie Savage, Emile Heskey, David Dunn, Damien Johnson