Manchester Utd v Birmingham City

Start date: Sun Aug 16, 2009
League: Premier League
Sport: Soccer

Manchester Utd 1-0 Birmingham City

Rooney 34

Game summary

The game was played in Premier League on Sunday August 16.
Manchester United took the lead when Rooney scored the first goal after 34 minutes.
Vignal was shown a yellow card after 60 minutes.
Fletcher was shown a yellow card after 75 minutes.
The game ended in a 1-0 victory for the home team Manchester United.

Team comparison

Average goals and home team advantage

The graphs and numbers here are based on the last 40 played games for Manchester United (20 wins, 10 draws and 10 losses) and the last 40 games for Birmingham City (20 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses).

During that period, the average number of goals scored per game was 2.13 for Manchester United and 1.38 for Birmingham City. The average for all teams combined within the Premier League was 1.36 goals scored per game. This means that Manchester Utd is better than its peers and Birmingham City is better than its peers when it comes to scoring goals.

The home team, Manchester Utd, is quite weak as a home team, winning just 40% of their home games. The away team, Birmingham City, usually wins a whopping 45% of its away games which is particularly good compared to the rest of the league.