West Ham United 1-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 9 February 2008

Result

West Ham United 1-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 9 February 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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West Ham United 1-1 Birmingham City: match report

West Ham United drew with Birmingham City 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 February 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Fredrik Ljungberg opened the scoring in the 7th minute. West Ham United's goal came from Fredrik Ljungberg (7'). Birmingham City scored through James McFadden (16', penalty).

Discipline: West Ham United received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Birmingham City received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Ham United were 10th on 36 points from 24 and Birmingham City 18th on 21 points from 25. West Ham United went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 35.

West Ham United 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 3 West Ham United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Fredrik LjungbergWest Ham United · 1-0
  • 16'Penalty goal · James McFaddenBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 33'Yellow card · Damien JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 58'Yellow card · Gary McSheffreyBirmingham City
  • 70'Yellow card · Fabrice MuambaBirmingham City
  • 89'Red card · Lee BowyerWest Ham United
  • 90'Yellow card · Cameron JeromeBirmingham City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Maik TaylorBirmingham City

Head-to-head

5 meetings: West Ham United 3, draws 1, Birmingham City 1.

Team news

West Ham United line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Green, Lucas Neill, George McCartney, Anton Ferdinand, Matthew Upson, Dean Ashton, Carlton Cole, Fredrik Ljungberg, Matthew Etherington, Hayden Mullins, Lee Bowyer

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Martin Taylor, Liam Ridgewell, David Murphy, Sebastian Larsson, Gary McSheffrey, Fabrice Muamba, Mikael Forssell, James McFadden, Damien Johnson