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Southampton 1-0 Birmingham City - December 02, 1978 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 18

St. Mary's Stadium - Southampton - England

December 02, 1978

Southampton

1 - 0

Birmingham City

Philip Boyer

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0' - Goal Philip Boyer0

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46' - Substitution Alberto Tarantiniis substituted by Garry Pendrey

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Southampton

1 - 0

Birmingham City

Southampton Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Southampton

Gennoe

Terry Gennoe

England

B.date16/03/1953

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Golac

Ivan Golac

Serbia

B.date15/06/1950

Age28 years

positionDefender

Holmes

Nick Holmes

England

B.date11/11/1954

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Waldron

Malcolm Waldron

England

B.date06/09/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Nicholl

Chris Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date12/10/1946

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

Peach

David Peach

England

B.date21/01/1951

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Williams

Steve Williams

England

B.date12/07/1958

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Curran

Terry Curran

England

B.date20/03/1955

Age23 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Hebberd

Trevor Hebberd

England

B.date19/06/1958

Age20 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Ball

Alan Ball

England

B.date12/05/1945

Age33 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

Boyer0

Philip Boyer

England

B.date25/01/1949

Age29 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Terry Gennoe	25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ivan Golac	28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nick Holmes	24	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Waldron	22	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Nicholl	32	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Peach	27	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Williams	20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Curran	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Hebberd	20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Ball	33	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Philip Boyer	29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Freeman

Neil Freeman

England

B.date16/02/1955

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Tarantini46

Alberto Tarantini

Argentina

B.date03/12/1955

Age22 years

H1m79

positionCentral defender

Page

Malcolm Page

Wales

B.date05/02/1947

Age31 years

positionDefender

Calderwood

Jimmy Calderwood

Scotland

B.date28/02/1955

Age23 years

positionDefender

Gallagher

Joe Gallagher

England

B.date11/01/1955

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Dennis

Mark Dennis

England

B.date02/05/1961

Age17 years

positionDefender

Dillon

Kevin Dillon

England

B.date18/12/1959

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Towers

Tony Towers

England

B.date13/04/1952

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Givens

Don Givens

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/08/1949

Age29 years

positionStriker

Fox

Steve Fox

England

B.date17/02/1958

Age20 years

positionLeft Winger

Buckley

Alan Buckley

England

B.date20/04/1951

Age27 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Neil Freeman		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alberto Tarantini	46	22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Page		31	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Calderwood		23	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Gallagher		23	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Dennis		17	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Dillon		18	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Towers		26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Don Givens		29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Fox		20	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Buckley		27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Garry Pendrey	46	29	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Terry Curran

Graham Baker

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Lawrie McMenemy

257

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

McMenemy vs Birmingham City

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 02, 1978

McMenemy vs Smith

4 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 02, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Smith

Success rate in this team:

26 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Smith vs Southampton

2 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 02, 1978

Smith vs McMenemy

2 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 02, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Tony Towers played his game number 10 vs Birmingham City in Premier League

The last time Southampton has ended with the score 1-0 vs Birmingham City at home, It was on the 28/09/1946

Philip Boyer scored 6 goals vs in his professional career

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSouthampton 1-0 Derby County04/10/1978

DSouthampton 1-1 Queens Park Rangers14/10/1978

DSouthampton 0-0 Nottingham Forest28/10/1978

DSouthampton 2-2 Norwich City11/11/1978

VSouthampton 2-0 Reading14/11/1978

VSouthampton 2-0 Aston Villa21/11/1978

Overall

DReading 0-0 Southampton08/11/1978

DSouthampton 2-2 Norwich City11/11/1978

VSouthampton 2-0 Reading14/11/1978

LMiddlesbrough 2-0 Southampton18/11/1978

VSouthampton 2-0 Aston Villa21/11/1978

LLeeds United 4-0 Southampton25/11/1978

Current form

Away

LNorwich City 4-0 Birmingham City16/09/1978

LLeeds United 3-0 Birmingham City30/09/1978

LTottenham 1-0 Birmingham City14/10/1978

LCoventry 2-1 Birmingham City28/10/1978

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Birmingham City04/11/1978

LDerby County 2-1 Birmingham City18/11/1978

Overall

LCoventry 2-1 Birmingham City28/10/1978

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Birmingham City04/11/1978

VBirmingham City 5-1 Manchester United11/11/1978

LDerby County 2-1 Birmingham City18/11/1978

VBirmingham City 3-0 Bolton Wanderers21/11/1978

DBirmingham City 1-1 Bristol City25/11/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	6	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	10	1
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	8	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
3	Victories (Competition total)	2
3	Victories (Home / Away)	0
7	Draws (Competition total)	4
4	Draws (Home / Away)	1
7	Losses (Competition total)	11
1	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
27	Goals conceded (Competition total)	29
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.06	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1.63	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
1.59	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.71
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
2-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

2	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

Edward MacDougall	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Don Givens
Edward MacDougall	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Trevor Francis
David Peach	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Nick Holmes	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Alan Buckley

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

5 v

1 d

4 l

12 gf

10 ga

Away

9 matches

2 v

4 d

3 l

11 gf

12 ga

Total

19 matches

7 v

5 d

7 l

23 gf

22 ga

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

3 v

4 d

2 l

12 gf

11 ga

Away

10 matches

4 v

1 d

5 l

10 gf

12 ga

Total

19 matches

7 v

5 d

7 l

22 gf

23 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	August 30, 1978
Home	4 - 1	January 29, 1927

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 26, 1935
Away	3 - 0	January 26, 1935

Latest head to head

August 30, 1978 - League Cup 1978/1979

Birmingham City

2 - 5

Southampton logo Southampton

March 23, 1974 - Division 1 1973/1974

Southampton

0 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 10, 1973 - Division 1 1973/1974

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

March 17, 1973 - Division 1 1972/1973

Southampton

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

October 21, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Edward MacDougall	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Mick Channon	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Philip Boyer	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Hugh Fisher	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Paul Bennett	1 goal	1972 - 1972
David Peach	1 goal	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Kenny Burns	1 goal	1974 - 1974
Bob Hatton	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Trevor Francis	1 goal	1974 - 1974
John Roberts	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Eric Martin	4 matches	1972 - 1974
Paul Bennett	4 matches	1972 - 1974
Terry Paine	4 matches	1972 - 1974
Paul Gilchrist	4 matches	1972 - 1974
Hugh Fisher	4 matches	1972 - 1974
Jim Steele	4 matches	1972 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Garry Pendrey	4 matches	1972 - 1974
John Roberts	4 matches	1972 - 1974
Trevor Francis	4 matches	1972 - 1974
Bob Hatton	4 matches	1972 - 1974
Roger Hynd	4 matches	1972 - 1974
Gordon Taylor	4 matches	1972 - 1974