Manchester United 3-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 October 2003

Result

Manchester United 3-0 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 4 October 2003, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 3-0 Birmingham City: match report

Manchester United defeated Birmingham City 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 October 2003. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Ruud van Nistelrooy (36', penalty), Paul Scholes (57') and Joshua Andrew Harrop (82'). Birmingham City did not score.

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

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 16 points from 7 and Birmingham City 4th on 14 points from 6. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 0 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Red card · Maik TaylorBirmingham City
  • 35'Yellow card · Aliou CisséBirmingham City
  • 36'Penalty goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 1-0
  • 57'Goal · Paul ScholesManchester United · 2-0
  • 82'Goal · Joshua Andrew HarropManchester United · 3-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Manchester United 2, draws 0, Birmingham City 0.

Team news

Birmingham City expected line-up

Maik Taylor, Jamie Clapham, Kenny Cunningham, Darren Purse, Robbie Savage, Stephen Clemence, Christophe Dugarry, Geoff Horsfield, David Dunn, Damien Johnson, Jeffrey Jude Kenna