Manchester City 3-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 20 April 2005

Result

Manchester City 3-0 Birmingham City

Premier League · Wednesday 20 April 2005, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City 3-0 Birmingham City: match report

Manchester City beat Birmingham City 3-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 20 April 2005. The half-time score was 0-0.

Manchester City's goals came from an own goal by Maik Taylor (55'), Richard Dunne (80') and Antoine Sibierski (86', penalty). Birmingham City did not score.

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 11th on 41 points from 33 and Birmingham City 12th on 38 points from 33. Manchester City went on to finish that season 8th with 52 points, and Birmingham City 12th with 45.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 55'Own goal · Maik TaylorManchester City · 1-0
  • 80'Goal · Richard DunneManchester City · 2-0
  • 85'Yellow card · Clinton MorrisonBirmingham City
  • 86'Penalty goal · Antoine SibierskiManchester City · 3-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Manchester City 2, draws 1, Birmingham City 2.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up

Sylvain Distin, Richard Dunne, Danny Mills, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, David James, Paul Bosvelt, Antoine Sibierski, Sun Jihai, Robbie Fowler

Birmingham City expected line-up

Maik Taylor, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Kenny Cunningham, Julian Gray, Robbie Savage, Jesper Gronkjaer, Darren Anderton, Emile Heskey, Damien Johnson, David Dunn