Manchester City 1-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2007

Result

Manchester City 1-0 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 1-0 Birmingham City: match report

Manchester City won against Birmingham City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 October 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Elano of Manchester City in the 37th minute.

Discipline: Manchester City received 3 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 4th on 19 points from 9 and Birmingham City 13th on 8 points from 9. Manchester City went on to finish that season 9th with 55 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 35.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · ElanoManchester City · 1-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Wilson PalaciosBirmingham City
  • 78'Yellow card · Vedran ĆorlukaManchester City
  • 84'Yellow card · Javier GarridoManchester City
  • 88'Yellow card · Michael JohnsonManchester City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Liam RidgewellBirmingham City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Vedran Ćorluka, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Johnson, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Dietmar Hamann, Emile Mpenza Lokonda, Elano

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Rafael Schmitz, Liam Ridgewell, Franck Queudrue, Gary McSheffrey, Fabrice Muamba, Wilson Palacios, Cameron Jerome, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Mehdi Nafti