Birmingham City 1-3 West Bromwich Albion: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2011
Result
Birmingham City 1-3 West Bromwich Albion
Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2011, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Birmingham City 1-3 West Bromwich Albion: match report
Birmingham City lost to West Bromwich Albion 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 March 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.
Youssouf Mulumbu opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Jean Beausejour (48'). West Bromwich Albion scored through Youssouf Mulumbu (47'), James Morrison (58') and Paul Scharner (72').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 16th on 30 points from 26 and West Bromwich Albion 17th on 29 points from 28. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 39 points, and West Bromwich Albion 11th with 47.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 2 for West Bromwich Albion.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-W-W-D-L and West Bromwich Albion's D-D-D-L-D.
Key events
- 47'Goal · Youssouf Mulumbu
- 48'Goal · Jean Beausejour
- 51'Yellow card · Lee Bowyer
- 52'Yellow card · Liam Ridgewell
- 52'Yellow card · Paul Scharner
- 58'Goal · James Morrison
- 72'Goal · Paul Scharner
- 88'Yellow card · Keith Fahey
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Ben Foster, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Curtis Davies, Daniel Bentley, Keith Fahey, Jean Beausejour, Cameron Jerome, Obafemi Martins, Lee Bowyer
West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-5-1)
Scott Carson, Jonas Olsson, Steven Reid, Nicky Shorey, Abdoulaye Meite, James Morrison, Chris Brunt, Jerome Thomas, Youssouf Chafiq Mulumbu Ngangu, Paul Scharner, Marc-Antoine Fortune