Manchester City v Birmingham City
Line-ups
Who started; on the bench, who came on and for how long
Manchester City5-4-15-4-1Birmingham City
Manchester City bench
- Bradley Wright-Phillips22 min
- Robbie Fowler19 min
- Stephen Ireland6 min
Birmingham City bench
- Mikael Forssell67 min
- Jermaine Pennant55 min
- Jiri Jarosik17 min
Goals
4–1- 1'1–0David SommeilManchester City
- 15'2–0Joey Barton penManchester City
- 40'3–0Antoine SibierskiManchester City
- 70'4–0Bradley Wright-PhillipsManchester City
- 76'4–1Jiri JarosikBirmingham City
Match numbers
17
Shots
69
Shots on target
27
Corners
519
Fouls
122
Yellow cards
20
Red cards
1Who played
| Manchester City | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David James | 90 | – | ||
| David Sommeil | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Nedum Onuoha | 90 | – | ||
| Sylvain Distin | 90 | – | ||
| Ben Thatcher | 90 | – | ||
| Sun Jihai | 90 | – | ||
| Trevor Sinclair | 90 | – | ||
| Joey Barton | 90 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Antoine Sibierski | 84 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Claudio Reyna | 71 | – | ||
| Darius Vassell | 68 | – | ||
| Bradley Wright-Phillips sub | 22 | 1 | – | |
| Robbie Fowler sub | 19 | – | ||
| Stephen Ireland sub | 6 | – |
| Birmingham City | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Vaesen | 90 | – | ||
| Matt Upson | 90 | – | ||
| Kenny Cunningham | 90 | – | ||
| Marcos Painter | 90 | – | ||
| Jamie Clapham | 90 | – | ||
| Damien Johnson | 90 | – | ||
| Nicky Butt | 90 | – | ||
| Stephen Clemence | 90 | – | ||
| Walter Pandiani | 73 | – | ||
| David Dunn | 35 | – | ||
| Olivier Tebily | 23 | – | ||
| Mikael Forssell sub | 67 | – | ||
| Jermaine Pennant sub | 55 | – | ||
| Jiri Jarosik sub | 17 | 1 | – |