West Bromwich Albion 2-3 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 27 August 2005
Result
West Bromwich Albion 2-3 Birmingham City
Premier League · Saturday 27 August 2005, 11:15 UTC · half-time 1-3
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West Bromwich Albion 2-3 Birmingham City: match report
West Bromwich Albion were beaten by Birmingham City 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 August 2005. It was 1-3 at half-time.
Emile Heskey opened the scoring in the 10th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goals came from Geoff Horsfield (12') and Geoff Horsfield (64'). Birmingham City scored through Emile Heskey (10'), Jiri Jarosik (26') and Emile Heskey (33').
Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 12th on 4 points from 3 and Birmingham City 17th on 1 point from 3. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 19th with 30 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 34.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 West Bromwich Albion win, 1 draw and 2 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match West Bromwich Albion's last five read L-W-D and Birmingham City's L-L-D.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Emile Heskey
- 12'Goal · Geoff Horsfield
- 26'Goal · Jiri Jarosik
- 33'Goal · Emile Heskey
- 34'Yellow card · Neil Clement
- 40'Yellow card · Jamie Clapham
- 64'Goal · Geoff Horsfield
- 81'Yellow card · Jiri Jarosik
- 82'Yellow card · Edward Upson
Head-to-head
Team news
West Bromwich Albion line-up
Thomas Gaardsoe, Neil Clement, Jonathan Greening, Darren Carter, Ronnie Wallwork, Geoff Horsfield, Kevin Campbell, Paul Robinson, Zoltán Gera, Steve Watson, Chris Kirkland
Birmingham City line-up
Maik Taylor, Jamie Clapham, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Jermaine Pennant, Mikael Forssell, Emile Heskey, Jirí Jarosík, Nicky Butt, Damien Johnson