Premiership · Matchday 22

Manchester United v Birmingham City

5–0

Saturday 22nd January 2011 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,326

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

Player

1 Edwin van der Sar

3 Patrice Evra

8 Oliveira Anderson

9 Dimitar Berbatov 2', 31', 53'

11 Ryan Giggs 45'+2

17 Luis Nani 76'

Substitutes

24' for Carrick

45' for Evra

55' for Giggs

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

Man Utd Birmingham City

57%

Possession

43%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Birmingham City History

Meeting 106 of 106

106

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

164

Goals For

114

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 22nd April 1893.

16 Aug 2009 W 1–0 PL 9 Jan 2010 D 1–1 PL 28 Dec 2010 D 1–1 PL

22 Jan 2011 W 5–0 This match

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

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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 →