Manchester United Data
Premiership · Matchday 21

Manchester United v Birmingham City

1–0
Tuesday 1st January 2008 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,459

Manchester United beat Birmingham City 1–0 at Old Trafford on Tuesday 1st January 2008 in the Premiership. Carlos Tevez (25') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 25' Carlos Tevez 1–0
  3. 32' Liam Ridgewell
  4. Half Time
  5. 49' Franck Queudrue
  6. 71' Louis Saha for Tevez
  7. 73' Mehdi Nafti
  8. 75' Owen Hargreaves for Park
  9. 84' Wesley Brown for Evra
  10. 90' Wesley Brown
  11. 90' Wilson Palacios
  12. Full Time 1–0

Match Facts

Starting XI

Birmingham City Lineup

Starting XI
1 Maik Taylor G
2 Stephen Kelly D
6 Liam Ridgewell D
7 Sebastian Larsson M
8 Garry O'Connor F
10 Cameron Jerome F
11 Gary McSheffrey M
12 Mehdi Nafti M
15 Franck Queudrue D
24 Radhi Jaidi D
26 Fabrice Muamba M
Substitutes
9 Mikael Forssell on
13 Colin Doyle
20 Daniël De Ridder on
21 Stuart Parnaby
28 Wilson Palacios on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Alex McLeish
Birmingham City

Match Information

Man Utd Birmingham City
50%
Possession
50%
20
Shots
12
13
Shots on Target
4
2
Corners
0
11
Fouls
8
1
Offsides
1
3
Saves
6

United vs Birmingham City History

Meeting 102 of 106
106
Played
49
Won
32
Drawn
25
Lost
164
Goals For
114
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 22nd April 1893. After this match United had played Birmingham City 102 times: 47W 30D 25L.
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 503299 853764.0
Away 51142116 677227.5
Neutral 5320 12560.0
All 106 meetings with Birmingham City →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →