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Chelsea 2-0 Birmingham City - August 24, 1985 / Division 1 1985/1986

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Division 1 1985/1986 - Round 3

Stamford Bridge - London - England

August 24, 1985

2 - 0

Birmingham City

Doug Rougvie

Keith Jones

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0' - Goal Doug Rougvie photo Keith Jones

0' - Goal Keith Jones0

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

2 - 0

Birmingham City

Chelsea Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Chelsea

1 Niedzwiecki

Eddie Niedzwiecki

Wales

B.date03/05/1959

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

McLaughlin

Joe McLaughlin

Scotland

B.date02/06/1960

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Pates

Colin Pates

England

B.date10/08/1961

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Rougvie0

Doug Rougvie

Scotland

B.date24/05/1956

Age29 years

H1m87

positionLeft full-back

Murphy

Jerry Murphy

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/09/1959

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Jones0

Keith Jones

England

B.date14/10/1965

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Bumstead

John Bumstead

England

B.date27/11/1958

Age26 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Lee

Colin Lee

England

B.date12/06/1956

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Nevin

Pat Nevin

Scotland

B.date06/09/1963

Age21 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

Speedie

David Speedie

Scotland

B.date20/02/1960

Age25 years

H1m68

positionForward

9 Dixon

Kerry Dixon

England

B.date24/07/1961

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11			Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Eddie Niedzwiecki	26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Joe McLaughlin	25	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Colin Pates	24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Doug Rougvie	29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Jerry Murphy	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Keith Jones	19	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	John Bumstead	26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Colin Lee	29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Pat Nevin	21	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	David Speedie	25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Kerry Dixon	24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age21 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Jones

Mark Jones

England

B.date22/10/1961

Age23 years

positionDefender

Wright

Billy Wright

England

B.date28/04/1958

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Armstrong

Kenneth Armstrong

England

B.date31/01/1959

Age26 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Ranson

Ray Ranson

England

B.date12/06/1960

Age25 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Kuhl

Martin Kuhl

England

B.date10/01/1965

Age20 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Geddis

David Geddis

England

B.date12/03/1958

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Bremner

Des Bremner

Scotland

B.date07/09/1952

Age32 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Kennedy

Andrew Kennedy

Scotland

B.date08/10/1964

Age20 years

H1m88

positionForward

Hopkins

Robert Hopkins

England

B.date25/10/1961

Age23 years

H1m70

positionForward

Clarke

Wayne Clarke

England

B.date28/02/1961

Age24 years

H1m83

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Jones	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Wright	27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenneth Armstrong	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Ranson	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Kuhl	20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Geddis	27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Des Bremner	32	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andrew Kennedy	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Hopkins	23	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Clarke	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Julian Dicks		17

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

Martin Kuhl

Gerry Daly

OUT

Kenneth Armstrong

James Hagan

OUT

Andrew Kennedy

Brian Roberts

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Hollins

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

67 %

Hollins vs Birmingham City

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 1985

Hollins vs Saunders

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

176

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Chelsea

6 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on August 24, 1985

Saunders vs Hollins

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 1985

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Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Keith Jones scores 1 goal vs Birmingham City in his professional career with Chelsea

Birmingham City keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a win away from home in Premier League running (since 17/03/1984). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 28/08/1982-12/04/1983 time period (18 matches).

The last time Birmingham City has ended with the score 0-2 away from home in Premier League, It was on the 19/03/1983 (vs )

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 3-1 Aston Villa16/04/1985

DChelsea 1-1 Tottenham27/04/1985

VChelsea 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday06/05/1985

VChelsea 2-0 Luton Town08/05/1985

LChelsea 1-2 Norwich City14/05/1985

VChelsea 1-0 Coventry20/08/1985

Overall

VChelsea 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday06/05/1985

VChelsea 2-0 Luton Town08/05/1985

VStoke City 0-1 Chelsea11/05/1985

LChelsea 1-2 Norwich City14/05/1985

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Chelsea17/08/1985

VChelsea 1-0 Coventry20/08/1985

Current form

Away

LBlackburn 2-1 Birmingham City16/03/1985

LGrimsby Town 1-0 Birmingham City05/04/1985

VPortsmouth 1-3 Birmingham City13/04/1985

VBarnsley 0-1 Birmingham City27/04/1985

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Birmingham City06/05/1985

LWatford 3-0 Birmingham City20/08/1985

Overall

VBarnsley 0-1 Birmingham City27/04/1985

VBirmingham City 2-0 Cardiff City04/05/1985

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Birmingham City06/05/1985

VBirmingham City 1-0 Leeds United11/05/1985

VBirmingham City 1-0 West Ham17/08/1985

LWatford 3-0 Birmingham City20/08/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	7	11
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

David Speedie	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Robert Hopkins
David Speedie	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
David Speedie	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Robert Hopkins

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

18 v

10 d

9 l

62 gf

46 ga

Away

36 matches

12 v

10 d

14 l

57 gf

63 ga

Total

73 matches

30 v

20 d

23 l

119 gf

109 ga

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

14 v

10 d

12 l

63 gf

57 ga

Away

37 matches

9 v

10 d

18 l

46 gf

62 ga

Total

73 matches

23 v

20 d

30 l

109 gf

119 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	November 21, 1964
Home	5 - 1	August 31, 1957

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 11, 1980
Away	4 - 0	February 14, 1953

Latest head to head

March 11, 1980 - Division 2 1979/1980

Birmingham City

5 - 1

Chelsea

September 08, 1979 - Division 2 1979/1980

Chelsea

1 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

February 03, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Chelsea

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 23, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Chelsea

December 31, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Birmingham City

4 - 5

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Jimmy Greaves	8 goals	1957 - 1961
Robert Tambling	7 goals	1959 - 1965
Tommy Langley	4 goals	1975 - 1977
George Graham	4 goals	1964 - 1964
Barry Bridges	3 goals	1961 - 1965
Ian Hutchinson	3 goals	1970 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Bob Hatton	3 goals	1973 - 1975
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Trevor Francis	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Jimmy Bloomfield	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Keith Bertschin	2 goals	1977 - 1979
Denis Thwaites	2 goals	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Peter Bonetti	18 matches	1961 - 1979
Ron Harris	18 matches	1963 - 1979
John Hollins	13 matches	1964 - 1975
Peter Brabrook	10 matches	1957 - 1962
Eddie McCreadie	10 matches	1963 - 1973
Robert Tambling	10 matches	1959 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Malcolm Page	10 matches	1968 - 1979
Malcolm Beard	10 matches	1961 - 1970
Ray Martin	10 matches	1964 - 1974
Garry Pendrey	9 matches	1972 - 1979
William Hennessey	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Mike Hellawell	7 matches	1960 - 1964