Chelsea 3-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 20 April 2011

Result

Chelsea 3-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Wednesday 20 April 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Chelsea 3-1 Birmingham City: match report

Chelsea won against Birmingham City 3-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 20 April 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.

Florent Malouda opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Florent Malouda (3'), S. Kalou (26') and Florent Malouda (62'). Birmingham City scored through Sebastian Larsson (77', penalty).

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 61 points from 32 and Birmingham City 14th on 38 points from 32. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 71 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 39.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Florent MaloudaChelsea · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · S. KalouChelsea · 2-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Stuart ParnabyBirmingham City
  • 62'Goal · Florent MaloudaChelsea · 3-0
  • 77'Penalty goal · Sebastian LarssonBirmingham City · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 5, draws 4, Birmingham City 1.

Team news

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

Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, José Bosingwa, Florent Malouda, Ramires, John Mikel Obi, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Ben Foster, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Stuart Parnaby, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Keith Fahey, Alexander Hleb, Cameron Jerome, Barry Ferguson