Birmingham City 1-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Monday 17 March 2008

Result

Birmingham City 1-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Monday 17 March 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Birmingham City 1-1 Newcastle United: match report

Birmingham City drew with Newcastle United 1-1 in the Premier League on Monday 17 March 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

James McFadden opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Birmingham City's goal came from James McFadden (32'). Newcastle United scored through Michael Owen (55').

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

Going into the game Birmingham City were 17th on 26 points from 29 and Newcastle United 15th on 28 points from 29. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 35 points, and Newcastle United 12th with 43.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 3 draws and 5 for Newcastle United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Geremi N'Djitap FotsoNewcastle United
  • 32'Goal · James McFaddenBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Michael OwenNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Steven TaylorNewcastle United
  • 72'Yellow card · Liam RidgewellBirmingham City
  • 84'Yellow card · Stephen KellyBirmingham City
  • 87'Yellow card · Stuart ParnabyBirmingham City

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 3, Newcastle United 5.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Liam Ridgewell, David Murphy, Sebastian Larsson, Gary McSheffrey, Fabrice Muamba, Mikael Forssell, James McFadden, Damien Johnson, Radhi Jaïdi

Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)

Steve Harper, José Enrique, Abdoulaye Faye, Steven Taylor, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Obafemi Martins, Michael Owen, Mark Viduka, Joey Barton, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt