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Southampton 2-0 Birmingham City - March 17, 1973 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 34

St. Mary's Stadium - Southampton - England

March 17, 1973

2 - 0

Birmingham City

Mick Channon

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Southampton

2 - 0

Birmingham City

Southampton Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Southampton

Martin

Eric Martin

Scotland

B.date31/03/1946

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Steele

Jim Steele

Scotland

B.date11/03/1950

Age23 years

H1m85

positionSweeper

Kirkup

Joe Kirkup

England

B.date17/12/1939

Age33 years

positionDefender

Bennett

Paul Bennett

England

B.date04/02/1952

Age21 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Burns

Francis Burns

Scotland

B.date17/10/1948

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

O'Neil

Brian O'Neil

England

B.date04/01/1944

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Fisher

Hugh Fisher

Scotland

B.date09/01/1944

Age29 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

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Mick Channon

England

B.date28/11/1948

Age24 years

H1m83

positionForward

Stokes

Bobby Stokes

England

B.date30/01/1951

Age22 years

H1m70

positionForward

Paine

Terry Paine

England

B.date23/03/1939

Age33 years

positionWinger

Gilchrist

Paul Gilchrist

England

B.date05/01/1951

Age22 years

H1m80

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Eric Martin	26	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Steele	23	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Kirkup	33	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Bennett	21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francis Burns	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian O'Neil	29	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hugh Fisher	29	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Channon	24	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Stokes	22	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Paine	33	281	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Gilchrist	22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

126

Birmingham City

Latchford

Dave Latchford

England

B.date09/04/1949

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Page

Malcolm Page

Wales

B.date05/02/1947

Age26 years

positionDefender

Martin

Ray Martin

England

B.date23/01/1945

Age28 years

positionDefender

Pendrey

Garry Pendrey

England

B.date09/02/1949

Age24 years

positionDefender

Roberts

John Roberts

Wales

B.date11/09/1946

Age26 years

positionDefender

Hynd

Roger Hynd

Scotland

B.date02/02/1942

Age31 years

positionLeft full-back

Campbell

Alan Campbell

Scotland

B.date21/01/1948

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Francis

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age18 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Taylor

Gordon Taylor

England

B.date28/12/1944

Age28 years

positionWinger

Latchford

Bob Latchford

England

B.date18/01/1951

Age22 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Hatton

Bob Hatton

England

B.date10/04/1947

Age25 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Dave Latchford	23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Page	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Martin	28	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Pendrey	24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Roberts	26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Hynd	31	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Campbell	25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis	18	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Taylor	28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bob Latchford	22	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bob Hatton	25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ted Bates

635

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Bates vs Birmingham City

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 17, 1973

Bates vs Goodwin

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 17, 1973

Manager

Age

Match num

Freddie Goodwin

139

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Goodwin vs Southampton

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 17, 1973

Goodwin vs Bates

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 17, 1973

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Key figures

No Birmingham City manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Freddie Goodwin has done less than 1.31 goals scored per game .

Southampton keeps its 13 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home in Premier League running (since 23/09/1972). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 30/01/1971 (7 matches)

End of streak for Birmingham City after 3 consecutive matches without a loss away from home (since 17/02/1973).

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSouthampton 0-0 West Ham23/12/1972

VSouthampton 2-1 Coventry30/12/1972

DSouthampton 1-1 Sheffield United20/01/1973

DSouthampton 0-0 Everton10/02/1973

DSouthampton 0-0 Leicester03/03/1973

DSouthampton 1-1 Manchester City06/03/1973

Overall

DIpswich Town 2-2 Southampton27/01/1973

DSouthampton 0-0 Everton10/02/1973

LDerby County 4-0 Southampton17/02/1973

DSouthampton 0-0 Leicester03/03/1973

DSouthampton 1-1 Manchester City06/03/1973

LLiverpool 3-2 Southampton10/03/1973

Current form

Away

DEverton 1-1 Birmingham City26/12/1972

LSwindon Town 2-0 Birmingham City13/01/1973

LManchester City 1-0 Birmingham City27/01/1973

VSheffield United 0-1 Birmingham City17/02/1973

DChelsea 0-0 Birmingham City03/03/1973

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Birmingham City06/03/1973

Overall

VBirmingham City 2-0 Derby County10/02/1973

VSheffield United 0-1 Birmingham City17/02/1973

LBirmingham City 0-1 Wolverhampton27/02/1973

DChelsea 0-0 Birmingham City03/03/1973

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Birmingham City06/03/1973

VBirmingham City 3-1 Manchester United10/03/1973

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	11	0
Winless streak	4	8
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	33
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
8	Victories (Competition total)	8
6	Victories (Home / Away)	2
15	Draws (Competition total)	11
9	Draws (Home / Away)	5
10	Losses (Competition total)	14
1	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	46
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	29
0.97	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.12
1.13	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.61
1.15	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.39
0.69	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.61

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	14
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	12
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-1 (6 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (4 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

Mick Channon	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Bob Latchford
Mick Channon	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Bob Latchford
Mick Channon	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Bob Latchford

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

4 v

1 d

3 l

10 gf

8 ga

Away

7 matches

1 v

3 d

3 l

5 gf

9 ga

Total

15 matches

5 v

4 d

6 l

15 gf

17 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

3 v

3 d

1 l

9 gf

5 ga

Away

8 matches

3 v

1 d

4 l

8 gf

10 ga

Total

15 matches

6 v

4 d

5 l

17 gf

15 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	January 29, 1927
Home	4 - 1	January 29, 1927

Largest victory

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

Latest head to head

October 21, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

March 05, 1966 - Division 2 1965/1966

Southampton

0 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

October 23, 1965 - Division 2 1965/1966

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

April 15, 1953 - Division 2 1952/1953

Southampton

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 27, 1952 - Division 2 1952/1953

Birmingham City

2 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Paul Bennett

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.

Best historical scorers against Southampton

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

Anthony Byrne	1 match	1972 - 1972
Paul Gilchrist	1 match	1972 - 1972
Eric Martin	1 match	1972 - 1972
Joe Kirkup	1 match	1972 - 1972
Jim Steele	1 match	1972 - 1972
Terry Paine	1 match	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 Southampton

Malcolm Page	1 match	1972 - 1972
John Roberts	1 match	1972 - 1972
Trevor Francis	1 match	1972 - 1972
Gordon Taylor	1 match	1972 - 1972
Dave Latchford	1 match	1972 - 1972
Garry Pendrey	1 match	1972 - 1972