Cardiff City 1-2 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 27 September 2008

Result

Cardiff City 1-2 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 27 September 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Cardiff City 1-2 Birmingham City: match report

Cardiff City were beaten by Birmingham City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 27 September 2008. It was 0-2 at half-time.

James McFadden opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Cardiff City's goal came from Ross McCormack (86'). Birmingham City scored through James McFadden (5') and Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (41').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 7th on 11 points from 7 and Birmingham City 2nd on 16 points from 7. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Birmingham City 4th with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cardiff City win, 0 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · James McFaddenBirmingham City · 0-1
  • 41'Goal · Quincy Owusu-AbeyieBirmingham City · 0-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Stuart ParnabyBirmingham City
  • 65'Yellow card · Miguel CommingesCardiff City
  • 86'Goal · Ross McCormackCardiff City · 1-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Cardiff City 1, draws 0, Birmingham City 1.

Team news

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

Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, David Murphy, Liam Ridgewell, Fabrice Muamba, Sebastian Larsson, Mikael Forssell, James McFadden, Mauro Zárate, Radhi Jaïdi