Manchester United vs. Birmingham City Match Report – Saturday December 28, 2002

FA Premier League (Matchweek 21)

Manchester United

11-5-5

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Manager: Alex Ferguson

Birmingham City

6-7-8

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Manager: Steve Bruce

Saturday December 28, 2002

FA Premier League (Matchweek 21)

Manchester United vs. Birmingham City Historical Head-to-Head

Attendance: 67,640

Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester

Officials: Mike Dean (Referee)

Diego Forlán · 37’

David Beckham · 73’

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Match Summary

Manchester United

Birmingham City

Kick Off

37’
1:0

Diego Forlán

Assist: David Beckham

Half Time

50’
1:0

Geoff Horsfield

for Stan Lazaridis

63’
1:0

Darryl Powell

for Kenny Cunningham

68’
1:0

Curtis Woodhouse

for Mat Sadler

73’
2:0

David Beckham

Assist: Juan Sebastián Verón

75’
2:0

Kieran Richardson

for Paul Scholes

76’
2:0

Phil Neville

for Ole Gunnar Solskjær

85’
2:0

Ryan Giggs

for Roy Keane

Team Stats

Manchester Utd	Birmingham City
Cards

Manchester Utd Player Stats

Manchester Utd Player Stats Table
						Performance
Player	#	Nation	Pos	Age	Min	Gls	Ast	PK	PKatt	Sh	SoT	CrdY	CrdR	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	TklW	Int	OG	PKwon	PKcon
Fabien Barthez		fr FRA	GK	31-183	90	0	0	0				0	0							0
David Beckham		eng ENG	MF	27-240	90	1	1	0				0	0							0
Wes Brown		eng ENG	DF	23-076	90	0	0	0				1	0							0
Rio Ferdinand		eng ENG	DF	24-051	90	0	0	0				0	0							0
Diego Forlán		uy URU	FW,MF	23-223	90	1	0	0				0	0							0
Ole Gunnar Solskjær		no NOR	FW	29-305	75	0	0	0				0	0							0
Phil Neville		eng ENG	DF,MF	25-341	15	0	0	0				0	0							0
Roy Keane		ie IRL	MF	31-140	84	0	0	0				0	0							0
Ryan Giggs		wls WAL	FW,MF	29-029	6	0	0	0				0	0							0
John O'Shea		ie IRL	DF,MF	21-242	90	0	0	0				0	0							0
Paul Scholes		eng ENG	MF	28-042	74	0	0	0				0	0							0
Kieran Richardson		eng ENG	DF,MF	18-068	16	0	0	0				0	0							0
Juan Sebastián Verón		ar ARG	MF	27-294	90	0	1	0				0	0							0
Mikaël Silvestre		fr FRA	DF	25-141	90	0	0	0				0	0							0
14 Players					990	2	2	0				1	0							0

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Manchester Utd Goalkeeper Stats

Manchester Utd Goalkeeper Stats Table
				Shot Stopping
Player	Nation	Age	Min	SoTA	GA	Saves	Save%
Fabien Barthez	fr FRA	31-183	90		0

Birmingham City Player Stats

Birmingham City Player Stats Table
						Performance
Player	#	Nation	Pos	Age	Min	Gls	Ast	PK	PKatt	Sh	SoT	CrdY	CrdR	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	TklW	Int	OG	PKwon	PKcon
Aliou Cissé		sn SEN	DF,MF	26-279	90	0	0	0				1	0							0
Kenny Cunningham		ie IRL	DF	31-183	62	0	0	0				0	0							0
Darryl Powell		jm JAM	MF	31-043	28	0	0	0				0	0							0
Paul Devlin		sct SCO	MF	30-258	90	0	0	0				0	0							0
Michael Johnson		jm JAM	DF	29-177	90	0	0	0				0	0							0
Jeff Kenna		ie IRL	DF	32-123	90	0	0	0				1	0							0
Jovan Kirovski		us USA	FW	26-285	90	0	0	0				0	0							0
Stan Lazaridis		au AUS	DF,MF	30-134	49	0	0	0				0	0							0
Geoff Horsfield		eng ENG	FW	29-057	41	0	0	0				0	0							0
Clinton Morrison		ie IRL	FW	23-228	90	0	0	0				0	0							0
Mat Sadler		eng ENG	DF	17-305	67	0	0	0				0	0							0
Curtis Woodhouse		eng ENG	MF	22-255	23	0	0	0				0	0							0
Robbie Savage		wls WAL	MF	28-071	90	0	0	0				0	0							0
Nico Vaesen		be BEL	GK	33-091	90	0	0	0				0	0							0
14 Players					990	0	0	0				2	0							0

Birmingham City Goalkeeper Stats

Birmingham City Goalkeeper Stats Table
				Shot Stopping
Player	Nation	Age	Min	SoTA	GA	Saves	Save%
Nico Vaesen	be BEL	33-091	90		2

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