Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 29 August 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Tottenham Hotspur beat Birmingham City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 August 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Peter Crouch opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Peter Crouch (72') and Aaron Lennon (90'). Birmingham City scored through Lee Bowyer (75').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 2nd on 9 points from 3 and Birmingham City 8th on 4 points from 3. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 70 points, and Birmingham City 9th with 50.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 3 for Birmingham City.

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