Stats, from sportinglife.com's matchtracker... Code: [size=3]MAN UTD----------------------B'HAM CITY 8 Shots On Target 2 2 Shots Off Target 3 13 Fouls (Conceded) 11 5 Corners 1 0 Yellow Cards 1 0 Red Cards 1 [/size] United in complete control. Our man Howard with just one save to make, on Birmingham's Jamie Clapham in the 47th minute. United's back four played much better than they did in midweek, cutting off a lot of Blues attacks before they can get started and thus leaving Howard with precious little to do.
Tim has conceded in 3 games. Maik Taylor in 1 against fulham (before the game birmingham had only conceded 2 goals) so its a bit tricky since he got sent off. clean sheats taylor 5-6 (birmingham have played 7 games) tim 5 jones 4 lehman 3 van der sar 3 dudek 3 cudicini 2 (chelsea have played 6 games) I dont think the defence played much better. I think the main difference was that wednesday they were playing against the best team in germany right now who dont concede many goals, dont get many chances but when they do they usually score as we saw on tuesday with 2 top class goals compared to birmingham who are a mid-table team.
Looks like Barthez might be on the move, which would be good for Howard to not have him lurking on the bench in case he hits a run of bad form. An espn article hints that he may be loaned out, though it's still just speculation at this point.