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Chelsea 2-1 Birmingham City - February 03, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 27

Stamford Bridge - London - England

February 03, 1979

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Ray Wilkins

45'

Ray Wilkins

78'

49'

Keith Bertschin

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32' - Substitution Michael Droyis substituted by Ron Harris32

45' - Goal Ray Wilkins45

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49' - Goal Keith Bertschin

74' - Substitution Alan Buckleyis substituted by Tony Towers

78' - Goal Ray Wilkins78

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Chelsea Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age37 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Droy32

Michael Droy

England

B.date07/05/1951

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

G. Wilkins

Graham Wilkins

England

B.date28/06/1955

Age23 years

positionDefender

Nutton

Michael Nutton

England

B.date03/10/1959

Age19 years

positionDefender

Stride

David Stride

England

B.date14/03/1958

Age20 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Ray Wilkins4578

Ray Wilkins

England

B.date14/09/1956

Age22 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Stanley

Gary Stanley

England

B.date04/03/1954

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Bannon

Eamonn Bannon

Scotland

B.date18/04/1958

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Osgood

Peter Osgood

England

B.date20/02/1947

Age31 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Langley

Tommy Langley

England

B.date08/02/1958

Age20 years

positionForward

Walker

Clive Walker

England

B.date26/05/1957

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti		37	608	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Droy	32	27	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Wilkins		23	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Nutton		19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Stride		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Wilkins	4578	22	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Stanley		24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eamonn Bannon		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Osgood		31	374	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Langley		20	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clive Walker		21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

127

Birmingham City

Montgomery

Jimmy Montgomery

England

B.date09/10/1943

Age35 years

positionGoalkeeper

Tarantini

Alberto Tarantini

Argentina

B.date03/12/1955

Age23 years

H1m79

positionCentral defender

Pendrey

Garry Pendrey

England

B.date09/02/1949

Age29 years

positionDefender

Page

Malcolm Page

Wales

B.date05/02/1947

Age31 years

positionDefender

Gallagher

Joe Gallagher

England

B.date11/01/1955

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Broadhurst

Kevan Broadhurst

England

B.date03/06/1959

Age19 years

positionDefender

Dillon

Kevin Dillon

England

B.date18/12/1959

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Francis

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Buckley74

Alan Buckley

England

B.date20/04/1951

Age27 years

positionStriker

Givens

Don Givens

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/08/1949

Age29 years

positionStriker

Bertschin49

Keith Bertschin

England

B.date25/08/1956

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Montgomery		35	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alberto Tarantini		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Pendrey		29	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Page		31	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Gallagher		24	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevan Broadhurst		19	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Dillon		19	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis		24	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Buckley	74	27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Don Givens		29	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Keith Bertschin	49	22	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Ron Harris	32	34	653	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Tony Towers	74	26	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Nutton

Steve Wicks

OUT

Ray Wilkins

Ron Harris

OUT

Eamonn Bannon

Duncan McKenzie

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Danny Blanchflower

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

26 %

Blanchflower vs Birmingham City

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 03, 1979

Blanchflower vs Smith

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 03, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Smith

Success rate in this team:

22 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Smith vs Chelsea

0 victory

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on February 03, 1979

Smith vs Blanchflower

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 03, 1979

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Chelsea keeps its 4 consecutive wins vs Birmingham City at home running (since 05/09/1973). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/09/1956-04/03/1961 time period (5 matches).

It's the first time in his career that Ray Wilkins scores at least 2 goals during the same game in Premier League

Chelsea keeps its 4 matches with at least 2 goals scored vs Birmingham City at home running (since 05/09/1973). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 11/09/1937-17/12/1949 time period (4 matches).

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 4-3 Bolton Wanderers14/10/1978

DChelsea 3-3 Norwich City28/10/1978

LChelsea 1-3 Tottenham18/11/1978

LChelsea 0-1 Manchester United25/11/1978

LChelsea 0-1 Aston Villa09/12/1978

DChelsea 0-0 Bristol City23/12/1978

Overall

LMiddlesbrough 7-2 Chelsea16/12/1978

DChelsea 0-0 Bristol City23/12/1978

DSouthampton 0-0 Chelsea26/12/1978

LIpswich Town 5-1 Chelsea30/12/1978

LManchester United 3-0 Chelsea15/01/1979

VManchester City 2-3 Chelsea20/01/1979

Current form

Away

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

LDerby County 2-1 Birmingham City18/11/1978

LSouthampton 1-0 Birmingham City02/12/1978

LNottingham Forest 1-0 Birmingham City16/12/1978

LWolverhampton 2-1 Birmingham City26/12/1978

LArsenal 3-1 Birmingham City30/12/1978

Overall

LSouthampton 1-0 Birmingham City02/12/1978

LBirmingham City 1-3 Everton09/12/1978

LNottingham Forest 1-0 Birmingham City16/12/1978

LWolverhampton 2-1 Birmingham City26/12/1978

LArsenal 3-1 Birmingham City30/12/1978

LBirmingham City 0-2 Burnley06/01/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	0	3
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	3	0
Conceding streak	0	3
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	10	6
Winless streak	14	7
Drawless streak	10	6
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	12	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	22
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
3	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
14	Losses (Competition total)	16
7	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
50	Goals conceded (Competition total)	39
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.09	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.91
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
2.17	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.77
2.2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.92

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (5 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

Tommy Langley	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Alan Buckley
Kenny Swain	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Trevor Francis
Gary Stanley	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Trevor Francis
Gary Stanley	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Trevor Francis
Duncan McKenzie	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 9 matches	Alan Buckley

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

17 v

10 d

8 l

59 gf

43 ga

Away

35 matches

12 v

10 d

13 l

56 gf

58 ga

Total

70 matches

29 v

20 d

21 l

115 gf

101 ga

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

13 v

10 d

12 l

58 gf

56 ga

Away

35 matches

8 v

10 d

17 l

43 gf

59 ga

Total

70 matches

21 v

20 d

29 l

101 gf

115 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 14, 1953
Away	4 - 0	February 14, 1953

Latest head to head

September 23, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Chelsea

December 31, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Birmingham City

4 - 5

Chelsea

August 24, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Chelsea

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

February 08, 1975 - Division 1 1974/1975

Chelsea

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

January 25, 1975 - FA Cup 1974/1975

Chelsea

0 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

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
Peter Osgood	3 goals	1970 - 1973
Barry Bridges	3 goals	1961 - 1965

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
Johnny Gordon	3 goals	1959 - 1961
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Trevor Francis	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Jimmy Bloomfield	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Harry Hooper	2 goals	1959 - 1959

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	17 matches	1961 - 1978
Ron Harris	17 matches	1963 - 1978
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 Beard	10 matches	1961 - 1970
Ray Martin	10 matches	1964 - 1974
Johnny Schofield	9 matches	1959 - 1965
Malcolm Page	9 matches	1968 - 1977
Trevor Smith	8 matches	1958 - 1964
Garry Pendrey	8 matches	1972 - 1978