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Arsenal 1-1 Birmingham City - October 29, 1977 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 13

Highbury - London - England

October 29, 1977

Arsenal

1 - 1

Birmingham City

Pat Rice

Keith Bertschin

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0' - Goal Pat Rice0

0' - Goal Keith Bertschin

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46' - Substitution David Priceis substituted by Mark Heeley46

46' - Substitution Pat Howardis substituted by John Connolly

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 1

Birmingham City

Arsenal Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age32 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age19 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Simpson

Peter Simpson

England

B.date13/01/1945

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

Rice0

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Nelson

Sammy Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/04/1949

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Price46

David Price

England

B.date23/06/1955

Age22 years

positionCentre Midfield

Ross

Trevor Ross

England

B.date16/01/1957

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age20 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Brady

Liam Brady

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/02/1956

Age21 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age21 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Macdonald

Malcolm Macdonald

England

B.date07/01/1950

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings		32	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		19	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Simpson		32	423	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice		28	361	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sammy Nelson		28	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Price	46	22	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Ross		20	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam Brady		21	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton		21	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malcolm Macdonald		27	65	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

137

Birmingham City

Montgomery

Jimmy Montgomery

England

B.date09/10/1943

Age34 years

positionGoalkeeper

Howard46

Pat Howard

England

B.date07/10/1947

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Want

Tony Want

England

B.date13/12/1948

Age28 years

positionDefender

Page

Malcolm Page

Wales

B.date05/02/1947

Age30 years

positionDefender

Calderwood

Jimmy Calderwood

Scotland

B.date28/02/1955

Age22 years

positionDefender

Pendrey

Garry Pendrey

England

B.date09/02/1949

Age28 years

positionDefender

Towers

Tony Towers

England

B.date13/04/1952

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Francis

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Emmanuel

Gary Emmanuel

Wales

B.date01/02/1954

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Hibbitt

Terry Hibbitt

England

B.date01/12/1947

Age29 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Bertschin0

Keith Bertschin

England

B.date25/08/1956

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Montgomery		34	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Howard	46	30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Want		28	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Page		30	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Calderwood		22	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Pendrey		28	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Towers		25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis		23	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Emmanuel		23	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Hibbitt		29	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Keith Bertschin		21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Mark Heeley	46	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		John Connolly	46	27	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David O'Leary

Willie Young

OUT

Trevor Ross

Alan Hudson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Neill vs Birmingham City

2 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on October 29, 1977

Neill vs Ramsey

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 29, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alf Ramsey

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Ramsey vs Arsenal

1 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 29, 1977

Ramsey vs Neill

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 29, 1977

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Key figures

End of streak for Arsenal after 4 consecutive matches without a draw (since 08/10/1977).

End of streak for Arsenal after 4 matches without conceding any goal at home (since 01/10/1977).

The last time Birmingham City has ended with the score 1-1 away from home, It was on the 04/05/1976 (vs )

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest03/09/1977

VArsenal 2-1 Leicester17/09/1977

VArsenal 3-0 West Ham01/10/1977

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool04/10/1977

VArsenal 1-0 Queens Park Rangers15/10/1977

VArsenal 2-0 Southampton25/10/1977

Overall

VArsenal 3-0 West Ham01/10/1977

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool04/10/1977

LManchester City 2-1 Arsenal08/10/1977

VArsenal 1-0 Queens Park Rangers15/10/1977

VBristol City 0-2 Arsenal22/10/1977

VArsenal 2-0 Southampton25/10/1977

Current form

Away

LChelsea 2-0 Birmingham City24/08/1977

LLeeds United 1-0 Birmingham City27/08/1977

VMiddlesbrough 1-2 Birmingham City10/09/1977

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Birmingham City24/09/1977

VAston Villa 0-1 Birmingham City01/10/1977

LIpswich Town 5-2 Birmingham City15/10/1977

Overall

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Birmingham City24/09/1977

VAston Villa 0-1 Birmingham City01/10/1977

VBirmingham City 2-1 Queens Park Rangers04/10/1977

DBirmingham City 1-1 Coventry08/10/1977

LIpswich Town 5-2 Birmingham City15/10/1977

VBirmingham City 3-1 Derby County22/10/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	14	3
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	2	4
Invincibility streak	4	3

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

12	Number of games (Competition total)	12
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
6	Victories (Competition total)	5
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
4	Losses (Competition total)	6
0	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

14	Goals scored (Competition total)	16
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
1.17	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.58	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.67
0.17	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Frank Stapleton	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Trevor Francis
Frank Stapleton	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Trevor Francis
Liam Brady	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Trevor Francis
Liam Brady	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Malcolm Macdonald	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 4 matches	Trevor Francis

Historical head to head

Home

51 matches

32 v

14 d

5 l

105 gf

39 ga

Away

51 matches

12 v

10 d

29 l

62 gf

104 ga

Total

102 matches

44 v

24 d

34 l

167 gf

143 ga

Historical head to head

Home

51 matches

29 v

10 d

12 l

104 gf

62 ga

Away

51 matches

5 v

14 d

32 l

39 gf

105 ga

Total

102 matches

34 v

24 d

44 l

143 gf

167 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 03, 1906
Home	5 - 0	March 03, 1906

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 03, 1955
Away	4 - 1	March 31, 1894

Latest head to head

January 18, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Birmingham City

3 - 3

Arsenal

November 06, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Arsenal

4 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

February 21, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Arsenal

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 15, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Birmingham City

3 - 1

Arsenal

March 15, 1975 - Division 1 1974/1975

Arsenal

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Joe Baker	7 goals	1962 - 1965
Ted Drake	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Malcolm Macdonald	4 goals	1976 - 1977
Geoff Strong	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Alan Skirton	2 goals	1961 - 1965
Charles George	2 goals	1972 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Trevor Francis	5 goals	1974 - 1977
Bob Hatton	4 goals	1974 - 1975
Robin Stubbs	4 goals	1959 - 1960
Bunny Larkin	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Jimmy Harris	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Peter Murphy	2 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Billy McCullough	11 matches	1959 - 1965
George Armstrong	9 matches	1962 - 1977
Peter Simpson	8 matches	1972 - 1977
Peter Storey	8 matches	1972 - 1976
John Barnwell	8 matches	1959 - 1963
Pat Rice	8 matches	1972 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Johnny Schofield	11 matches	1959 - 1965
Trevor Smith	11 matches	1959 - 1963
Trevor Francis	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Dave Latchford	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Kenny Burns	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Joe Gallagher	8 matches	1973 - 1977