Sheffield United 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Sunday 1 March 2009
Result
Sheffield United 2-1 Birmingham City
Championship · Sunday 1 March 2009, 12:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Sheffield United 2-1 Birmingham City: match report
Sheffield United defeated Birmingham City 2-1 in the Championship on Sunday 1 March 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Danny Webber opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Danny Webber (44') and David Cotterill (83', penalty). Birmingham City scored through an own goal by Chris Morgan (74').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 7th on 52 points from 33 and Birmingham City 2nd on 61 points from 34. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Birmingham City 4th with 83.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sheffield United wins, 0 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read D-L-W-D-L and Birmingham City's D-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Nick Montgomery
- 32'Yellow card · Hameur Bouazza
- 44'Goal · Danny Webber
- 49'Yellow card · Stephen Quinn
- 64'Yellow card · Stephen Carr
- 74'Own goal · Chris Morgan
- 83'Penalty goal · David Cotterill
- 88'Yellow card · L. Carsley
- 90'Yellow card · Kyle Naughton
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield United expected line-up
Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge
Birmingham City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, David Murphy, Liam Ridgewell, Fabrice Muamba, Sebastian Larsson, Mikael Forssell, James McFadden, Mauro Zárate, Radhi Jaïdi