League Cup · 5th Round
Birmingham City v Manchester United
1–3
Manchester United beat Birmingham City 3–1 at St Andrews on Tuesday 20th December 2005 in the League Cup. Louis Saha (46', 63') and Ji-Sung Park (50') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- Half Time
- 46' Louis Saha 0–1
- 46' Wayne Rooney for Rossi
- 50' Ji-Sung Park 0–2
- 59' Rio Ferdinand for Silvestre
- 63' Louis Saha 0–3
- 66' Ritchie Jones for O'Shea
- 74' Jiri Jarosik 1–3
- Full Time 1–3
Match Facts
Starting XI
Birmingham City Lineup
Starting XI
1 Maik Taylor G
2 Martin Taylor D
5 Matt Upson D
7 Jermaine Pennant M
10 David Dunn M
14 Jiri Jarosik M
16 Emile Heskey F
20 Nicky Butt M
22 Damien Johnson M
25 Stephen Clemence M
31 Marcos Painter D
Substitutes
3 Jamie Clapham on
8 Walter Pandiani
9 Mikael Forssell on
13 Colin Doyle
15 Neil Kilkenny 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
United vs Birmingham City History
Meeting 98 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 98 times: 44W 29D 25L.
10 Apr 2004 W 2–1 PL 16 Oct 2004 D 0–0 PL 5 Feb 2005 W 2–0 PL
20 Dec 2005 W 3–1 This match
28 Dec 2005 D 2–2 PL 26 Mar 2006 W 3–0 PL 29 Sep 2007 W 1–0 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 FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →