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.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Geremi N'Djitap Fotso
- 32'Goal · James McFadden
- 55'Goal · Michael Owen
- 64'Yellow card · Steven Taylor
- 72'Yellow card · Liam Ridgewell
- 84'Yellow card · Stephen Kelly
- 87'Yellow card · Stuart Parnaby
Head-to-head
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