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Birmingham City 0-1 Nottingham - December 26, 1985 / Division 1 1985/1986

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Division 1 1985/1986 - Round 23

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

December 26, 1985

0 - 1

Nottingham

45'

Neil Webb

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45' - Goal Neil Webb

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46' - Substitution Jim McInallyis substituted by Colin Walsh

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Nottingham

Birmingham City Nottingham

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age22 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Wright

Billy Wright

England

B.date28/04/1958

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Hagan

James Hagan

Northern Ireland

B.date10/10/1956

Age29 years

positionDefender

Ranson

Ray Ranson

England

B.date12/06/1960

Age25 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Roberts

Brian Roberts

England

B.date06/11/1955

Age30 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Platnauer

Nicholas Platnauer

England

B.date10/06/1961

Age24 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Dicks

Julian Dicks

England

B.date08/08/1968

Age17 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

Kuhl

Martin Kuhl

England

B.date10/01/1965

Age20 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Bremner

Des Bremner

Scotland

B.date07/09/1952

Age33 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Hopkins

Robert Hopkins

England

B.date25/10/1961

Age24 years

H1m70

positionForward

Kennedy

Andrew Kennedy

Scotland

B.date08/10/1964

Age21 years

H1m88

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Wright	27	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Hagan	29	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Ranson	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Roberts	30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicholas Platnauer	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Julian Dicks	17	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Kuhl	20	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Des Bremner	33	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Hopkins	24	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andrew Kennedy	21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Nottingham

Sutton

Steve Sutton

England

B.date16/04/1961

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Metgod

John Metgod

Netherlands

B.date27/02/1958

Age27 years

H1m87

positionSweeper

Walker

Des Walker

England

B.date26/11/1965

Age20 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Williams

Brett Williams

England

B.date19/03/1968

Age17 years

positionFull-back

McInally46

Jim McInally

Scotland

B.date19/02/1964

Age21 years

H1m72

positionCentre Midfield

Bowyer

Ian Bowyer

England

B.date06/06/1951

Age34 years

positionCentre Midfield

Webb45

Neil Webb

England

B.date30/07/1963

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight Midfielder

Clough

Nigel Clough

England

B.date19/03/1966

Age19 years

H1m75

positionOffensive Midfielder

Robertson

John Robertson

Scotland

B.date20/01/1953

Age32 years

positionLeft Winger

Davenport

Peter Davenport

England

B.date24/03/1961

Age24 years

H1m78

positionForward

Birtles

Garry Birtles

England

B.date27/07/1956

Age29 years

H1m83

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Sutton		24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Metgod		27	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Walker		20	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brett Williams		17	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim McInally	46	21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Bowyer		34	289	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Webb	45	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Clough		19	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Robertson		32	309	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Davenport		24	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Birtles		29	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

105

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Anthony Rees		21

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Colin Walsh	46	23	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Robert Hopkins

Anthony Rees

OUT

Nicholas Platnauer

Mark Jones

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Davenport

Franz Carr

OUT

John Metgod

Ian Butterworth

OUT

Brett Williams

Colin Walsh

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

199

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Nottingham

5 victories

3 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1985

Saunders vs Clough

5 victories

4 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Clough

590

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Clough vs Birmingham City

14 victories

6 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1985

Clough vs Saunders

12 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1985

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Key figures

Nottingham keeps its 12 matches with at least one goal scored away from home running (since 08/09/1985). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/05/1982-03/01/1983 time period (14 matches).

It's the first time Neil Webb scores 1 goal vs Birmingham City in Premier League

Nottingham keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 25/11/1985).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBirmingham City 0-1 Coventry26/10/1985

DBirmingham City 1-1 Southampton29/10/1985

LBirmingham City 0-1 Newcastle United09/11/1985

LBirmingham City 0-2 Liverpool23/11/1985

LBirmingham City 1-2 Watford07/12/1985

LBirmingham City 1-2 Chelsea21/12/1985

Overall

LSouthampton 1-0 Birmingham City16/11/1985

LBirmingham City 0-2 Liverpool23/11/1985

DArsenal 0-0 Birmingham City30/11/1985

LBirmingham City 1-2 Watford07/12/1985

LWest Ham 2-0 Birmingham City14/12/1985

LBirmingham City 1-2 Chelsea21/12/1985

Current form

Away

VNewcastle United 0-3 Nottingham Forest19/10/1985

LChelsea 4-2 Nottingham Forest09/11/1985

DEverton 1-1 Nottingham Forest23/11/1985

LQueens Park Rangers 3-1 Nottingham Forest25/11/1985

LSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Nottingham Forest07/12/1985

LSouthampton 3-1 Nottingham Forest20/12/1985

Overall

DEverton 1-1 Nottingham Forest23/11/1985

LQueens Park Rangers 3-1 Nottingham Forest25/11/1985

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Oxford United01/12/1985

LSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Nottingham Forest07/12/1985

VNottingham Forest 2-0 Luton Town14/12/1985

LSouthampton 3-1 Nottingham Forest20/12/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	4	3
Winless streak	6	12
Drawless streak	4	3
Scoring streak	2	1
Conceding streak	9	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	1
Winless streak	5	1
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	9	6
Conceding streak	5	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
5	Victories (Competition total)	9
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
14	Losses (Competition total)	10
6	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

13	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
0.62	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.55
0.82	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.55
1.48	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.59
1.09	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.82

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 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 Geddis	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Peter Davenport
David Geddis	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Nigel Clough
Billy Wright	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Peter Davenport
Billy Wright	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Nicholas Platnauer	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 7 matches	Nigel Clough

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

18 v

11 d

12 l

75 gf

54 ga

Away

42 matches

13 v

14 d

15 l

51 gf

56 ga

Total

83 matches

31 v

25 d

27 l

126 gf

110 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

15 v

14 d

13 l

56 gf

51 ga

Away

41 matches

12 v

11 d

18 l

54 gf

75 ga

Total

83 matches

27 v

25 d

31 l

110 gf

126 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	March 10, 1920
Home	8 - 0	March 10, 1920

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 23, 1959
Away	5 - 0	November 29, 1952

Latest head to head

April 21, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

Nottingham

5 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 26, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Birmingham City

1 - 2

Nottingham

February 26, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Nottingham

October 16, 1982 - Division 1 1982/1983

Nottingham

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

January 09, 1982 - Division 1 1981/1982

Nottingham

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

Johnny Gordon	5 goals	1959 - 1960
Frank Worthington	4 goals	1980 - 1982
Robin Stubbs	3 goals	1959 - 1959
Jimmy Harris	3 goals	1961 - 1962
Kenneth Leek	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Gordon Astall	3 goals	1959 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/10/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Colin Addison	5 goals	1964 - 1964
Ian Wallace	5 goals	1981 - 1984
Colin Booth	3 goals	1961 - 1961
Garry Birtles	3 goals	1979 - 1983
Peter Davenport	3 goals	1983 - 1984
Len Julians	2 goals	1962 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/10/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Trevor Smith	10 matches	1959 - 1964
Kevin Dillon	10 matches	1977 - 1983
Johnny Watts	9 matches	1958 - 1963
Mike Hellawell	8 matches	1961 - 1964
Malcolm Beard	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Colin Withers	7 matches	1961 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/10/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Bob McKinlay	13 matches	1958 - 1964
Jeff Whitefoot	11 matches	1958 - 1964
Billy Gray	10 matches	1958 - 1963
Viv Anderson	10 matches	1977 - 1984
John Robertson	9 matches	1977 - 1982
Ian Bowyer	9 matches	1978 - 1984