Manchester City 4-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Manchester City 4-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 17 December 2005, 17:15 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Manchester City defeated Birmingham City 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 December 2005. The half-time score was 3-0.

David Sommeil opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Manchester City's goals came from David Sommeil (1'), Joey Barton (15', penalty), A. Sibierski (40') and Bradley Wright-Phillips (70'). Birmingham City scored through Jiri Jarosik (76').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 10th on 24 points from 16 and Birmingham City 19th on 12 points from 15. Manchester City went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 34.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Birmingham City.

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