Manchester United 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2005

Result

Manchester United 2-0 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester United 2-0 Birmingham City: match report

Manchester United beat Birmingham City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 February 2005. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Roy Keane opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Roy Keane (55') and Wayne Mark Rooney (78'). Birmingham City did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 53 points from 25 and Birmingham City 14th on 29 points from 25. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and Birmingham City 12th with 45.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Yellow card · Damien JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 55'Goal · Roy KeaneManchester United · 1-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Mehdi NaftiBirmingham City
  • 78'Goal · Wayne Mark RooneyManchester United · 2-0
  • 86'Yellow card · Iván Gabriel HeinzeManchester United
  • 90'Yellow card · Jermaine PennantBirmingham City

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Manchester United 4, draws 1, Birmingham City 0.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy

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