Crystal Palace 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 February 2005
Result
Crystal Palace 2-0 Birmingham City
Premier League · Saturday 26 February 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Crystal Palace 2-0 Birmingham City: match report
Crystal Palace defeated Birmingham City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 February 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Andy Johnson opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Crystal Palace's goals came from Andy Johnson (41', penalty) and Andy Johnson (68', penalty). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crystal Palace were 17th on 22 points from 27 and Birmingham City 12th on 32 points from 27. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 18th with 33 points, and Birmingham City 12th with 45.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crystal Palace win, 0 draws and 0 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Crystal Palace's last five read L-L-D-W-L and Birmingham City's W-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Mikele Leigertwood
- 27'Yellow card · Jermaine Pennant
- 32'Yellow card · Walter Pandiani Urquiza
- 41'Penalty goal · Andy Johnson
- 55'Yellow card · Michael Hughes
- 57'Yellow card · Tom Soares
- 60'Yellow card · Clinton Morrison
- 68'Penalty goal · Andy Johnson
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up
Maik Taylor, Olivier Tebily, Jamie Clapham, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Jermaine Pennant, Julian Gray, Stephen Clemence, Clinton Morrison, Walter Gerardo Pandiani Urquiza, Damien Johnson