Birmingham City 1-2 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Monday 5 December 2005

Result

Birmingham City 1-2 West Ham United

Premier League · Monday 5 December 2005, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Birmingham City 1-2 West Ham United: match report

Birmingham City lost to West Ham United 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 5 December 2005. The half-time score was 1-2.

Emile Heskey opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Emile Heskey (12'). West Ham United scored through Bobby Zamora (36') and Marlon Harewood (45').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; West Ham United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 19th on 9 points from 13 and West Ham United 9th on 19 points from 13. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and West Ham United 9th with 55.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 1 draw and 0 for West Ham United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Emile HeskeyBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Tomas RepkaWest Ham United
  • 36'Goal · Bobby ZamoraWest Ham United · 1-1
  • 45'Goal · Marlon HarewoodWest Ham United · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Emile HeskeyBirmingham City

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 1, West Ham United 0.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Nico Vaesen, Martin Taylor, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Mustafa Izzet, Jermaine Pennant, Julian Gray, Emile Heskey, David Dunn, Damien Johnson

West Ham United line-up

Roy Carroll, Tomas Repka, Paul Konchesky, Danny Gabbidon, Anton Ferdinand, Yossi Benayoun, Marlon Harewood, Bobby Zamora, Matthew Etherington, Hayden Mullins, Mark Noble