Premiership · Matchday 26
Birmingham City v Manchester United
0–1
Manchester United beat Birmingham City 1–0 at St Andrews on Tuesday 4th February 2003 in the Premiership. Ruud van Nistelrooy (56') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- Half Time
- 49' Stephen Clemence
- 56' Ruud van Nistelrooy 0–1
- 68' Roy Keane
- 82' Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer for van Nistlerooy
- Full Time 0–1
Match Facts
- A 6th consecutive win in all competitions.
- Ruud van Nistelrooy's 26th goal of 2002-2003, and his 60th for United.
Starting XI
Player
Substitutes
Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer
82' for van Nistlerooy
Birmingham City Lineup
Starting XI
2 Jeff Kenna D
8 Robbie Savage M
12 Kenny Cunningham D
14 Stern John F
18 Nico Vaesen G
19 Clinton Morrison F
21 Christophe Dugarry F
22 Damien Johnson M
23 Jamie Clapham D
25 Matt Upson D
32 Stephen Clemence M
Substitutes
1 Ian Bennett
7 Paul Devlin on
11 Stan Lazaridis on
15 Jovan Kirovski on
34 Piotr Swierczewski
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Steve Bruce
Birmingham City
Match Information
United vs Birmingham City History
Meeting 93 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 93 times: 40W 28D 25L.
1 Jan 1986 W 1–0 D1 29 Mar 1986 D 1–1 D1 28 Dec 2002 W 2–0 PL
4 Feb 2003 W 1–0 This match
4 Oct 2003 W 3–0 PL 10 Apr 2004 W 2–1 PL 16 Oct 2004 D 0–0 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 →