Premiership · Matchday 21
Manchester United v Birmingham City
1–0
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
- Kick Off
- 25' Carlos Tevez 1–0
- 32' Liam Ridgewell
- Half Time
- 49' Franck Queudrue
- 71' Louis Saha for Tevez
- 73' Mehdi Nafti
- 75' Owen Hargreaves for Park
- 84' Wesley Brown for Evra
- 90' Wesley Brown
- 90' Wilson Palacios
- Full Time 1–0
Starting XI
Player
32 Carlos Tevez 25'
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
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.
28 Dec 2005 D 2–2 PL 26 Mar 2006 W 3–0 PL 29 Sep 2007 W 1–0 PL
1 Jan 2008 W 1–0 This match
16 Aug 2009 W 1–0 PL 9 Jan 2010 D 1–1 PL 28 Dec 2010 D 1–1 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 50 | 32 | 9 | 9 | 85 | 37 | 64.0 |
| Away | 51 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 67 | 72 | 27.5 |
| Neutral | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 60.0 |
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 →