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Aston Villa vs Birmingham City

Championship
Aston Villa
10-7-10
2-2
Final
Birmingham
9-9-7
Villa Park

Match pulse

AVLAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'BIR
50%Possession50%
11Shots13
8On target9
7Corners5
12Saves8
15Fouls14

Final score

Aston Villa and Birmingham City drew 2-2 on Sunday, February 22, 2004 at Villa Park. Goals for Aston Villa: Darius Vassell (21') and Thomas Hitzlsperger (47'). Goals for Birmingham: Mikael Forssell (60') and Stern John (90'+4').

What it means

  • Aston Villa has won 4 straight.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Sep 21
Ex-Birmingham City player Jordan Graham in hospital following serious road traffic accident
ESPN · Sep 13
Was this miss from Tom Brady's Birmingham the worst ever? Not even close
Recap · Aug 28
Wrexham remain winless after loss to Birmingham
ESPN · Aug 22
Outrageous back-heel, goal of the season contender scored for Bristol City in draw vs. Birmingham
ESPN · Jul 31
Jude Bellingham cheers on Birmingham in win over Barcelona
ESPN · Jul 31
Birmingham City 2-2 Barcelona: Blues beat LaLiga champions on penalties in friendly - as it happened
ESPN · Jun 18
Barcelona to play Tom Brady's Birmingham City in preseason friendly
ESPN · Apr 12
Tom Brady teases Ryan Reynolds, Rob Mac after Birmingham beat Wrexham

Lineups

Birmingham7th in English League Championship
Lineup
  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 2Olivier TebilyD
  3. 3Kenny CunninghamD
  4. 4Darren PurseD
  5. 5Jeff KennaD
  6. 6Damien JohnsonM
  7. 7Stephen ClemenceM
  8. 8Robbie SavageM
  9. 9Bryan HughesM
  10. 10Christophe DugarryF
  11. 11Mikael ForssellF
Aston Villa16th in English Premier League
Lineup
  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 2Ulises De la CruzD
  3. 3Olof MellbergD
  4. 4Ronny JohnsenD
  5. 5Jlloyd SamuelD
  6. 6Gareth BarryD
  7. 7Lee HendrieM
  8. 8 Nolberto SolanoM
  9. 9Thomas HitzlspergerM
  10. 10Darius VassellF
  11. 11Juan Pablo AngelF

Head to head

BIR leads series 2-0-1
Last meeting: Birmingham 3, Aston Villa 0 (Sep 16)

Last 5

BIR
  • T@ SUN1-1
  • Wvs EVE3-0
  • T@ MNC0-0
  • Tvs NEW1-1
  • Wvs MKD1-0
AVL
  • W@ FUL2-1
  • Wvs LEE2-0
  • W@ LEI5-0
  • Wvs BOL2-0
  • L@ BOL2-5

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Game info

Venue
Villa Park, Birmingham, England · Attendance 40,061
Officials
J Winter (Referee)

Injuries, starters, headlines and game info from ESPN. Headlines open on ESPN.

Season seriesBIR leads series 2-0-1