Premiership · Matchday 08
Manchester United v Birmingham City
3–0
Manchester United beat Birmingham City 3–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 4th October 2003 in the Premiership. Ruud van Nistelrooy (36'), Paul Scholes (57') and Ryan Giggs (82') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 34' Maik Taylor
- 35' Aliou Cisse
- 36' Ruud van Nistelrooy pen 1–0
- Half Time
- 57' Paul Scholes 2–0
- 66' Diego Forlan for Keane
- 71' Nicky Butt for P.Neville
- 82' Ryan Giggs 3–0
- Full Time 3–0
Match Facts
Starting XI
Birmingham City Lineup
Starting XI
4 Kenny Cunningham D
6 Aliou Cisse D
9 Mikael Forssell F
11 Stan Lazaridis M
12 Maik Taylor G
16 David Dunn M
21 Christophe Dugarry F
22 Damien Johnson M
23 Jamie Clapham D
25 Matt Upson D
32 Stephen Clemence M
Substitutes
1 Ian Bennett on
14 Stern John
19 Clinton Morrison
24 Darren Carter on
26 Olivier Tebily on
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 94 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 94 times: 41W 28D 25L.
29 Mar 1986 D 1–1 D1 28 Dec 2002 W 2–0 PL 4 Feb 2003 W 1–0 PL
4 Oct 2003 W 3–0 This match
10 Apr 2004 W 2–1 PL 16 Oct 2004 D 0–0 PL 5 Feb 2005 W 2–0 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 →