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Birmingham City 2-3 Reading - January 27, 2007 / FA Cup 2006/2007

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FA Cup 2006/2007 - Round of 32

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

January 27, 2007

20 041

Birmingham City

2 - 3

Reading

Assist by Cameron Jerome (left foot) Martin Taylor

47'

(free kick) Sebastian Larsson

90'

Dave Kitson

41'

Leroy Lita

82'

Leroy Lita

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3' - Goal Dave Kitson

41' - Goal Leroy Lita

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47' - Goal Martin Taylor47

68' - Substitution DJ Campbellis substituted by Nicklas Bendtner68

78' - Substitution Dave Kitsonis substituted by Simon Cox

80' - Substitution Bruno N'Gottyis substituted by Neil Danns photo Neil Kilkenny

80' - Substitution Fabrice Muambais substituted by Neil Kilkenny80

82' - Goal Leroy Lita

89' - Substitution James Harperis substituted by Curtis Osano

90' - Goal Sebastian Larsson90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

2 - 3

Reading

Birmingham City Reading

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age35 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

N'Gotty80

Bruno N'Gotty

France

B.date10/06/1971

Age35 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

M. Taylor47

Martin Taylor

England

B.date09/11/1979

Age27 years

H1m94

positionCentral defender

Sadler

Mat Sadler

England

B.date26/02/1985

Age21 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Muamba80

Fabrice Muamba

England

B.date06/04/1988

Age18 years

H1m90

positionMidfield

Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Larsson90

Sebastian Larsson

Sweden

B.date06/06/1985

Age21 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Campbell68

DJ Campbell

England

B.date12/11/1981

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Jerome

Cameron Jerome

England

B.date14/10/1986

Age20 years

H1m86

positionStriker

McSheffrey

Gary McSheffrey

England

B.date13/08/1982

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Maik Taylor		35	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bruno N'Gotty	80	35	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Upson		27	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Taylor	47	27	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mat Sadler		21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabrice Muamba	80	18	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Johnson		28	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sebastian Larsson	90	21	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	DJ Campbell	68	25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cameron Jerome		20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary McSheffrey		24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Reading

Federici

Adam Federici

Australia

B.date31/01/1985

Age21 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Sodje

Sam Sodje

Nigeria

B.date25/05/1979

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Bikey

André Bikey

Cameroon

B.date08/01/1985

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

de la Cruz

Ulises de la Cruz

Ecuador

B.date08/02/1974

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Harper89

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age26 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Convey

Bobby Convey

United States

B.date27/05/1983

Age23 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Oster

John Oster

Wales

B.date08/12/1978

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Kitson378

Dave Kitson

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age27 years

H1m90

positionStriker

Lita4182

Leroy Lita

England

B.date28/12/1984

Age22 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Seol

Ki-hyeon Seol

South Korea

B.date08/01/1979

Age28 years

H1m87

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Adam Federici		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sam Sodje		27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	André Bikey		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		32	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ulises de la Cruz		32	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper	89	26	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Convey		23	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Oster		28	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Kitson	378	27	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leroy Lita	4182	22	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ki-hyeon Seol		28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Neil Kilkenny	80	21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Danns	80	24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicklas Bendtner	68	19	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Curtis Osano	89	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Simon Cox	78	19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bobby Convey

Glen Little

OUT

Sam Sodje

Ívar Ingimarsson

OUT

Adam Federici

Marcus Hahnemann

OUT

André Bikey

Ibrahima Sonko

OUT

John Oster

Stephen Hunt

OUT

Dave Kitson

Shane Long

OUT

Ki-hyeon Seol

Steve Sidwell

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

235

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Bruce vs Reading

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 27, 2007

Bruce vs Coppell

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on January 27, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

172

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Coppell vs Birmingham City

7 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on January 27, 2007

Coppell vs Bruce

1 victory

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 27, 2007

Referee

Philip Dowd

8 victories	7 draws	13 losses	Birmingham City28 matches	General total	Reading10 matches	6 victories	0 draw	4 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Birmingham City1 match	Season total	Reading1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 19, 2013					Latest figure on February 23, 2013

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Key figures

Reading keeps its 12 matches with at least one goal scored in FA Cup running (since 14/01/2003). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 10/12/1955 (11 matches)

It's the first time Dave Kitson scores 1 goal in FA Cup with Reading

It's the first time Sebastian Larsson scores 1 goal vs Reading in his professional career

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBirmingham City 1-1 Wolverhampton18/11/2006

VBirmingham City 3-0 Plymouth02/12/2006

VBirmingham City 3-1 Preston North End09/12/2006

VBirmingham City 2-1 Queens Park Rangers26/12/2006

DBirmingham City 2-2 Luton Town29/12/2006

DBirmingham City 2-2 Newcastle United06/01/2007

Overall

VSouthend 0-4 Birmingham City23/12/2006

VBirmingham City 2-1 Queens Park Rangers26/12/2006

DBirmingham City 2-2 Luton Town29/12/2006

LIpswich Town 1-0 Birmingham City01/01/2007

DBirmingham City 2-2 Newcastle United06/01/2007

VNewcastle United 1-5 Birmingham City17/01/2007

Current form

Away

VFulham 0-1 Reading25/11/2006

LNewcastle United 3-2 Reading06/12/2006

DWatford 0-0 Reading09/12/2006

DChelsea 2-2 Reading26/12/2006

LManchester United 3-2 Reading30/12/2006

DEverton 1-1 Reading14/01/2007

Overall

DChelsea 2-2 Reading26/12/2006

LManchester United 3-2 Reading30/12/2006

VReading 6-0 West Ham01/01/2007

VReading 3-2 Burnley09/01/2007

DEverton 1-1 Reading14/01/2007

VReading 3-1 Sheffield United20/01/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	7	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	7	2
Conceding streak	4	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	3	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

0	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	159
0	FBDB index ranking (National)	17

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	1
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
3.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
2-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Sebastian Larsson	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Leroy Lita
Sebastian Larsson	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Damien Johnson	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Matthew Upson	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Sebastian Larsson	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Leroy Lita

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

4 v

3 d

2 l

16 gf

9 ga

Away

10 matches

2 v

6 d

2 l

10 gf

10 ga

Total

19 matches

6 v

9 d

4 l

26 gf

19 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

2 v

6 d

2 l

10 gf

10 ga

Away

9 matches

2 v

3 d

4 l

9 gf

16 ga

Total

19 matches

4 v

9 d

6 l

19 gf

26 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 23, 1997
Home	3 - 0	August 23, 1997

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	January 31, 1998
Away	2 - 1	May 05, 1996

Latest head to head

February 07, 2006 - FA Cup 2005/2006

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Reading

January 28, 2006 - FA Cup 2005/2006

Reading

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

January 31, 1998 - First Division 1997/1998

Reading

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

August 23, 1997 - First Division 1997/1998

Birmingham City

3 - 0

Reading

January 18, 1997 - First Division 1996/1997

Birmingham City

4 - 1

Reading

Best historical scorers against Reading

David Dunn	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Julian Gray	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Mikael Forssell	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/01/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

	Shane Long	1 goal	2006 - 2006
	Stephen Hunt	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/01/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Mario Melchiot	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Mikael Forssell	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Maik Taylor	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Alex Bruce	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Jermaine Pennant	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Jiri Jarosik	2 matches	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/01/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

John Halls	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Brynjar Gunnarsson	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Stephen Hunt	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Graham Stack	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Ibrahima Sonko	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Chris Makin	2 matches	2006 - 2006