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Chelsea 2-1 Birmingham City - February 08, 1975 / Division 1 1974/1975

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Division 1 1974/1975 - Round 29

Stamford Bridge - London - England

February 08, 1975

Chelsea

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Ray Wilkins

Tommy Langley

90'

Bob Hatton

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0' - Goal Ray Wilkins0

0' - Goal Bob Hatton

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46' - Substitution Gary Lockeis substituted by Tommy Langley46

90' - Goal Tommy Langley90

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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

Phillips

John Phillips

Wales

B.date07/07/1951

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Locke46

Gary Locke

England

B.date12/07/1954

Age20 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age30 years

positionDefender

Sparrow

John Sparrow

England

B.date03/06/1957

Age17 years

positionLeft full-back

Hay

David Hay

Scotland

B.date29/01/1948

Age27 years

positionLeft Defensive Midfielder

Wilkins0

Ray Wilkins

England

B.date14/09/1956

Age18 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Kember

Steve Kember

England

B.date08/12/1948

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Hutchinson

Ian Hutchinson

England

B.date04/08/1948

Age26 years

positionForward

Cooke

Charlie Cooke

Scotland

B.date14/10/1942

Age32 years

positionRight Winger

Finnieston

Steve Finnieston

Scotland

B.date30/11/1954

Age20 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Phillips		23	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Locke	46	20	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins		28	546	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris		30	578	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Sparrow		17	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Hay		27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Wilkins		18	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Kember		26	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Hutchinson		26	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charlie Cooke		32	325	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Finnieston		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

178

Birmingham City

Latchford

Dave Latchford

England

B.date09/04/1949

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Page

Malcolm Page

Wales

B.date05/02/1947

Age28 years

positionDefender

Gallagher

Joe Gallagher

England

B.date11/01/1955

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Burns

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Hynd

Roger Hynd

Scotland

B.date02/02/1942

Age33 years

positionLeft full-back

Kendall

Howard Kendall

England

B.date22/05/1946

Age28 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

Emmanuel

Gary Emmanuel

Wales

B.date01/02/1954

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Campbell

Alan Campbell

Scotland

B.date21/01/1948

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Taylor

Gordon Taylor

England

B.date28/12/1944

Age30 years

positionWinger

Hatton0

Bob Hatton

England

B.date10/04/1947

Age27 years

positionForward

Bryant

Steven Bryant

England

B.date05/09/1953

Age21 years

H1m80

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Dave Latchford	25	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Page	28	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Gallagher	20	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns	21	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Hynd	33	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Howard Kendall	28	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Emmanuel	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Campbell	27	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Taylor	30	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bob Hatton	27	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steven Bryant	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Tommy Langley	9046	16	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Hutchinson

Bill Garner

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Malcolm Page

Ray Martin

OUT

Alan Campbell

Paul Hendrie

OUT

Steven Bryant

Arthur Styles

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Suart

Success rate in this team:

26 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

Suart vs Birmingham City

7 victories

2 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on February 08, 1975

Suart vs Goodwin

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 08, 1975

Manager

Age

Match num

Freddie Goodwin

229

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Goodwin vs Chelsea

2 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on February 08, 1975

Goodwin vs Suart

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 08, 1975

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Comments

Key figures

Only back at the time of Harry Storer head of (01/07/1945-01/12/1948), you can see a maanger go beneath Freddie Goodwin with 1.24 goals conceded per game (0.79).

End of streak for Birmingham City after 3 consecutive matches without a loss away from home (since 04/01/1975). It was the best streak for the club since 22/01/1972-01/04/1972 (5 matches).

End of streak for Chelsea after 4 consecutive matches without a win in Premier League (since 28/12/1974).

Read the next 6 key stats

General ranking

-1	15	Coventry	27 pts	29 rd
-1	16	Arsenal	25 pts	28 rd
+2	17	Chelsea	25 pts	28 rd
-1	18	Birmingham City	24 pts	29 rd
-1	19	Tottenham	23 pts	29 rd

General ranking

-1	16	Arsenal	25 pts	28 rd
+2	17	Chelsea	25 pts	28 rd
-1	18	Birmingham City	24 pts	29 rd
-1	19	Tottenham	23 pts	29 rd
	20	Carlisle United	19 pts	29 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 2-0 Luton Town07/12/1974

DChelsea 1-1 West Ham21/12/1974

LChelsea 0-3 Queens Park Rangers28/12/1974

VChelsea 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday04/01/1975

LChelsea 0-2 Leeds United18/01/1975

LChelsea 0-1 Birmingham City25/01/1975

Overall

LChelsea 0-3 Queens Park Rangers28/12/1974

VChelsea 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday04/01/1975

DLuton Town 1-1 Chelsea11/01/1975

LChelsea 0-2 Leeds United18/01/1975

LChelsea 0-1 Birmingham City25/01/1975

DLeicester 1-1 Chelsea01/02/1975

Current form

Away

LEverton 4-1 Birmingham City30/11/1974

LMiddlesbrough 3-0 Birmingham City14/12/1974

LDerby County 2-1 Birmingham City26/12/1974

VLuton Town 0-1 Birmingham City04/01/1975

DStoke City 0-0 Birmingham City11/01/1975

VChelsea 0-1 Birmingham City25/01/1975

Overall

LBirmingham City 0-1 Ipswich Town28/12/1974

VLuton Town 0-1 Birmingham City04/01/1975

DStoke City 0-0 Birmingham City11/01/1975

LBirmingham City 0-3 Everton18/01/1975

VChelsea 0-1 Birmingham City25/01/1975

DBirmingham City 1-1 Burnley01/02/1975

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	5	9

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

19	General ranking (Competition total)	17
22	General ranking (Home / Away)	18

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

27	Number of games (Competition total)	28
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
6	Victories (Competition total)	9
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
11	Draws (Competition total)	6
6	Draws (Home / Away)	4
10	Losses (Competition total)	13
5	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
45	Goals conceded (Competition total)	43
21	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.04	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.29
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.85
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.54
1.62	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.62

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
7	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
3-3 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Ian Hutchinson	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Trevor Francis
Ian Hutchinson	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Trevor Francis
Ron Harris	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Trevor Francis
Ron Harris	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Steve Kember	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Gary Emmanuel

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

15 v

10 d

8 l

55 gf

42 ga

Away

33 matches

11 v

9 d

13 l

50 gf

53 ga

Total

66 matches

26 v

19 d

21 l

105 gf

95 ga

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

13 v

9 d

11 l

53 gf

50 ga

Away

33 matches

8 v

10 d

15 l

42 gf

55 ga

Total

66 matches

21 v

19 d

26 l

95 gf

105 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

January 25, 1975 - FA Cup 1974/1975

Chelsea

0 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 02, 1974 - Division 1 1974/1975

Birmingham City

2 - 0

Chelsea

September 11, 1973 - Division 1 1973/1974

Birmingham City

2 - 4

Chelsea

September 05, 1973 - Division 1 1973/1974

Chelsea

3 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

March 03, 1973 - Division 1 1972/1973

Chelsea

0 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Jimmy Greaves	8 goals	1957 - 1961
Robert Tambling	7 goals	1959 - 1965
George Graham	4 goals	1964 - 1964
Barry Bridges	3 goals	1961 - 1965
Ian Hutchinson	3 goals	1970 - 1973
Peter Osgood	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

Johnny Gordon	3 goals	1959 - 1961
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Jimmy Bloomfield	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Bob Hatton	2 goals	1973 - 1974
Harry Hooper	2 goals	1959 - 1959
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	15 matches	1961 - 1974
Ron Harris	13 matches	1963 - 1975
John Hollins	12 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
Trevor Smith	8 matches	1958 - 1964
Mike Hellawell	8 matches	1959 - 1964
William Hennessey	7 matches	1961 - 1965

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

They played in both sides

Barry Bridges

166 matches

1 match

1959 - 1968

Bert Murray

139 matches

3 matches

1961 - 1970

Tony Hateley

33 matches

1 match

1966 - 1970

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/02/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Bert Murray

139 matches

3 matches

1961 - 1970

Tony Hateley

33 matches

1 match

1966 - 1970

Barry Bridges

166 matches

1 match

1959 - 1968

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/02/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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1 0

Arsenal

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Everton	35	28	11	13	4	41	27	+14
+12	Stoke City	35	29	13	9	7	46	34	+12
+13	Burnley	35	29	14	7	8	50	41	+9
-24	Ipswich Town	34	29	16	2	11	41	26	+15
5	Liverpool	33	27	14	5	8	41	27	+14
+36	Manchester City	33	29	13	7	9	39	40	-1
-17	West Ham	32	29	11	10	8	47	37	+10
-18	Middlesbrough	32	29	11	10	8	38	32	+6
-19	Derby County	32	28	12	8	8	42	37	+5
10	Leeds United	31	29	12	7	10	39	31	+8
+111	Sheffield United	30	28	11	8	9	37	39	-2
-112	Queens Park Rangers	29	29	11	7	11	39	38	+1
13	Newcastle United	28	27	11	6	10	38	43	-5
+214	Wolverhampton	27	28	9	9	10	34	35	-1
-115	Coventry	27	29	8	11	10	37	45	-8
-116	Arsenal	25	28	9	7	12	32	32	0
+217	Chelsea	25	28	7	11	10	30	46	-16
-118	Birmingham City	24	29	9	6	14	37	45	-8
-119	Tottenham	23	29	8	7	14	36	43	-7
20	Carlisle United	19	29	8	3	18	28	39	-11
+121	Luton Town	19	28	5	9	14	25	40	-15
-122	Leicester	18	28	5	8	15	24	44	-20

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Chelsea 2-1 Birmingham City - February 08, 1975 / Division 1 1974/1975

Chelsea

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Suart vs Birmingham City

Suart vs Goodwin

Manager

Goodwin vs Chelsea

Goodwin vs Suart

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking