Club Brugge 1-2 Birmingham City: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 20 October 2011
Result
Club Brugge 1-2 Birmingham City
Europa League · Thursday 20 October 2011, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Club Brugge 1-2 Birmingham City: match report
Club Brugge lost to Birmingham City 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 20 October 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.
Joseph Akpala opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Club Brugge's goal came from Joseph Akpala (3'). Birmingham City scored through David Murphy (26') and C. Wood (90+10').
Discipline: Club Brugge received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Club Brugge were 13th on 13 points from 6 and Birmingham City 53rd on 7 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Club Brugge lined up in a 4-3-3 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Club Brugge's last five read W-W-W-D-L and Birmingham City's W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Joseph Akpala
- 26'Goal · David Murphy
- 31'Yellow card · Jonathan Blondel
- 35'Yellow card · Nikola Zigic
- 68'Yellow card · N. Zimling
- 77'Yellow card · Jonathan Spector
- 82'Yellow card · Wade Elliott
- 90+10'Goal · C. Wood
Team news
Club Brugge line-up (4-3-3)
Colin Coosemans, Tom Høgli, Niki Dige Zimling, Ryan Donk, Jannes Vansteenkiste, Lior Refaelov, Nabil Dirar, Jonathan Blondel, Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, Michael Almebäck, Joseph Akpala
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Boaz Myhill, David Murphy, Steven Caldwell, Pablo Ibáñez, Jonathan Spector, C. Burke, Guirane N'Daw, Wade Elliott, Keith Fahey, Adam Rooney, Nikola Zigic