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Birmingham City 1-3 Wrexham - February 15, 1997 / FA Cup 1996/1997

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FA Cup 1996/1997 - Round of 16

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

February 15, 1997

Birmingham City

1 - 3

Wrexham

Steve Bruce

37'

50'

Bryan Hughes

60'

Tony Humes

90'

Karl Connolly

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37' - Goal Steve Bruce37

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50' - Goal Bryan Hughes

56' - Red card Paul Devlin56

60' - Goal Tony Humes

64' - Substitution Anders Limparis substituted by Mike Newell64

85' - Substitution Gary Ablettis substituted by Jason Bowen85

89' - Substitution Martin Chalkis substituted by Dave Brammer

90' - Goal Karl Connolly

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

1 - 3

Wrexham

Birmingham City Wrexham

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Bennett

Ian Bennett

England

B.date10/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Ablett85

Gary Ablett

England

B.date19/11/1965

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Johnson

Michael Johnson

Jamaica

B.date04/07/1973

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Bruce37

Steve Bruce

England

B.date31/12/1960

Age36 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Legg

Andy Legg

Wales

B.date28/07/1966

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Brown

Kenny Brown

England

B.date11/07/1967

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Horne

Barry Horne

Wales

B.date18/05/1962

Age34 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Holland

Chris Holland

England

B.date11/09/1975

Age21 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

Limpar64

Anders Limpar

Sweden

B.date24/09/1965

Age31 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Devlin56

Paul Devlin

Scotland

B.date14/04/1972

Age24 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Furlong

Paul Furlong

England

B.date01/10/1968

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ian Bennett		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Ablett	85	31	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Johnson		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bruce	37	36	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Legg		30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Brown		29	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Horne		34	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Holland		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anders Limpar	64	31	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Devlin	56	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Furlong		28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Wrexham

Marriott

Andy Marriott

Wales

B.date11/10/1970

Age26 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Brace

Deryn Brace

Wales

B.date15/03/1975

Age21 years

positionDefender

Humes60

Tony Humes

England

B.date19/03/1966

Age30 years

positionDefender

McGregor

Mark McGregor

England

B.date16/02/1977

Age19 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Carey

Brian Carey

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/05/1968

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Chalk89

Martin Chalk

England

B.date30/08/1969

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Russell

Kevin Russell

England

B.date06/12/1966

Age30 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Ward

Peter Ward

England

B.date15/10/1964

Age32 years

positionMidfield

Hughes50

Bryan Hughes

England

B.date19/06/1976

Age20 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Watkin

Steven Watkin

Wales

B.date16/06/1971

Age25 years

positionForward

Connolly90

Karl Connolly

England

B.date09/02/1970

Age27 years

H1m81

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Andy Marriott		26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Deryn Brace		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Humes	60	30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark McGregor		19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Carey		28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Chalk	89	27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Russell		30	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Ward		32	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Hughes	50	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steven Watkin		25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Karl Connolly	90	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Jason Bowen	85	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Mike Newell	64	32	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Dave Brammer	89	21	3	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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Trevor Francis

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Francis vs Wrexham

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 15, 1997

Francis vs Flynn

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 15, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Flynn

217

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Flynn vs Birmingham City

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 15, 1997

Flynn vs Francis

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 15, 1997

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Karl Connolly scores at least 1 goals during the same game vs in FA Cup

End of streak for Birmingham City after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Wrexham (since 13/10/1979). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Bryan Hughes scores 1 goal vs Birmingham City in FA Cup

Read the next 3 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBirmingham City 0-0 Barnsley03/12/1996

DBirmingham City 0-0 Grimsby Town07/12/1996

VBirmingham City 4-1 Reading18/01/1997

VBirmingham City 3-1 Stockport25/01/1997

LBirmingham City 2-3 West Bromwich Albion04/02/1997

LBirmingham City 0-3 Portsmouth08/02/1997

Overall

VBirmingham City 4-1 Reading18/01/1997

VBirmingham City 3-1 Stockport25/01/1997

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Birmingham City29/01/1997

LBolton Wanderers 2-1 Birmingham City01/02/1997

LBirmingham City 2-3 West Bromwich Albion04/02/1997

LBirmingham City 0-3 Portsmouth08/02/1997

Current form

Away

VScunthorpe United 2-3 Wrexham17/12/1996

DLuton Town 0-0 Wrexham18/01/1997

VWest Ham 0-1 Wrexham25/01/1997

VPeterborough United 2-4 Wrexham04/02/1997

DChesterfield 0-0 Wrexham08/02/1997

VPeterborough United 0-1 Wrexham11/02/1997

Overall

DLuton Town 0-0 Wrexham18/01/1997

VWest Ham 0-1 Wrexham25/01/1997

DWrexham 1-1 Gillingham01/02/1997

VPeterborough United 2-4 Wrexham04/02/1997

DChesterfield 0-0 Wrexham08/02/1997

VPeterborough United 0-1 Wrexham11/02/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	4	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	4	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	6	8
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	7
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
2	Victories (Competition total)	4
1	Victories (Home / Away)	3
0	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	14
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.25
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.14
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
3-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (1 times)

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Paul Devlin	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Kevin Russell
Paul Devlin	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Kevin Russell
Paul Devlin	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Paul Devlin	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Kevin Russell