Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 2 December 2007
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 Birmingham City
Premier League · Sunday 2 December 2007, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 Birmingham City: match report
Tottenham Hotspur lost to Birmingham City 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 December 2007. The half-time score was 0-1.
Gary McSheffrey opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Robbie Keane (50', penalty) and Robbie Keane (53'). Birmingham City scored through Gary McSheffrey (24', penalty), Cameron Jerome (62') and Sebastian Larsson (90+2').
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 15th on 12 points from 14 and Birmingham City 16th on 11 points from 14. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 35.
Tottenham Hotspur 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 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 24'Penalty goal · Gary McSheffrey
- 50'Penalty goal · Robbie Keane
- 53'Goal · Robbie Keane
- 60'Yellow card · Rafael Schmitz
- 62'Goal · Cameron Jerome
- 68'Red card · Robbie Keane
- 90+2'Goal · Sebastian Larsson
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)
Paul Robinson, Pascal Chimbonda, Younès Kaboul, Michael Dawson, Didier Zokora, Steed Malbranque, Dimitar Berbatov, Gareth Bale, Darren Bent, R. Keane, Aaron Lennon
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Rafael Schmitz, Liam Ridgewell, Johan Djourou, Sebastian Larsson, Gary McSheffrey, Fabrice Muamba, Cameron Jerome, Daniel De Ridder, Mehdi Nafti