Chelsea 3-2 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 12 August 2007

Result

Chelsea 3-2 Birmingham City

Premier League · Sunday 12 August 2007, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Chelsea 3-2 Birmingham City: match report

Chelsea won against Birmingham City 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 12 August 2007. The half-time score was 2-2.

Mikael Forssell opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Claudio Pizarro (17'), Florent Malouda (30') and Michael Essien (49'). Birmingham City scored through Mikael Forssell (15') and Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou (36').

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card.

Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 35.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 0 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Mikael ForssellBirmingham City · 0-1
  • 17'Goal · Claudio PizarroChelsea · 1-1
  • 30'Goal · Florent MaloudaChelsea · 2-1
  • 36'Goal · Narcisse-Olivier Kapo ObouBirmingham City · 2-2
  • 49'Goal · Michael EssienChelsea · 3-2
  • 50'Yellow card · Michael EssienChelsea
  • 77'Yellow card · Sebastian LarssonBirmingham City
  • 79'Yellow card · Ricardo CarvalhoChelsea

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Chelsea 4, draws 4, Birmingham City 0.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, John Terry, William Gallas, Paulo Ferreira, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Arjen Robben, Claude Makélélé, Damien Duff

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

Colin Doyle, Stephen Kelly, Liam Ridgewell, Franck Queudrue, Johan Djourou, Sebastian Larsson, Gary McSheffrey, Fabrice Muamba, Mikael Forssell, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Mehdi Nafti