Premiership · Matchday 22
Manchester United v Birmingham City
5–0
Manchester United beat Birmingham City 5–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 22nd January 2011 in the Premiership. Dimitar Berbatov (2', 31', 53'), Ryan Giggs (45'+2') and Nani (76') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 2' Dimitar Berbatov 1–0
- 24' Darron Gibson for Carrick
- 31' Dimitar Berbatov 2–0
- 45' Fabio da Silva for Evra
- 45+2' Ryan Giggs 3–0
- Half Time
- 53' Dimitar Berbatov 4–0
- 55' Michael Owen for Giggs
- 76' Nani 5–0
- Full Time 5–0
Match Facts
- United's biggest win over Birmingham City at the time, in their 106th meeting.
- Dimitar Berbatov scored a hat-trick.
- Nani scored his 25th goal for United in all competitions.
- Dimitar Berbatov's 3 goals took him to 17 in 2010-2011 and 43 for United.
- Ryan Giggs' 3rd goal of 2010-2011, and his 156th for United.
Starting XI
Birmingham City Lineup
Starting XI
2 Stephen Carr RB
3 David Murphy LB
5 Roger Johnson CD-R
6 Liam Ridgewell CD-L
11 David Bentley RM
12 Barry Ferguson CM-R
14 Matt Derbyshire F
18 Keith Fahey LM
22 Aleksandr Hleb RCF
25 Jordon Mutch CM-L
26 Ben Foster G
Substitutes
4 Lee Bowyer
7 Sebastian Larsson on
8 Craig Gardner on
10 Cameron Jerome on
13 Colin Doyle
19 Nikola Zigic
28 Martin Jiránek
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Alex McLeish
Birmingham City
Match Information
United vs Birmingham City History
Meeting 106 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.
| 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 →