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Birmingham City 3-2 WBA - April 28, 1973 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 42

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

April 28, 1973

Birmingham City

3 - 2

WBA

Kenny Burns

Roger Hynd

Bob Latchford

John Wile

Jeff Astle

logo Birmingham City BC

0' - Goal Kenny Burns photo Roger Hynd

0' - Goal Roger Hynd photo Bob Latchford

0' - Goal Bob Latchford0

0' - Goal John Wile photo Jeff Astle

0' - Goal Jeff Astle

logo Birmingham City BC

46' - Substitution Gordon Tayloris substituted by Bobby Hope46

46' - Substitution Roger Mintonis substituted by Tony Brown

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

3 - 2

WBA

Birmingham City WBA

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Latchford

Dave Latchford

England

B.date09/04/1949

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Pendrey

Garry Pendrey

England

B.date09/02/1949

Age24 years

positionDefender

Martin

Ray Martin

England

B.date23/01/1945

Age28 years

positionDefender

Page

Malcolm Page

Wales

B.date05/02/1947

Age26 years

positionDefender

Burns0

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

Roberts

John Roberts

Wales

B.date11/09/1946

Age26 years

positionDefender

Hynd0

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

Age19 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Taylor46

Gordon Taylor

England

B.date28/12/1944

Age28 years

positionWinger

Latchford0

Bob Latchford

England

B.date18/01/1951

Age22 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dave Latchford		24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Pendrey		24	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Martin		28	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Page		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns		19	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Roberts		26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Hynd		31	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Campbell		25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis		19	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Taylor	46	28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bob Latchford		22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

WBA

Osborne

John Osborne

England

B.date01/12/1940

Age32 years

positionGoalkeeper

Minton46

Roger Minton

England

B.date04/06/1951

Age21 years

positionDefender

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Merrick

Alan Merrick

United States

B.date20/06/1950

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Wilson

Ray Wilson

Scotland

B.date08/04/1947

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Cantello

Len Cantello

England

B.date11/09/1951

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Hartford

Asa Hartford

Scotland

B.date24/10/1950

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Wile0

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Astle0

Jeff Astle

England

B.date13/05/1942

Age30 years

positionForward

Shaw

Dave Shaw

England

B.date11/10/1948

Age24 years

positionForward

Johnston

Willie Johnston

Scotland

B.date19/12/1946

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Osborne		32	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Minton	46	21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson		20	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Merrick		22	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Wilson		26	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Len Cantello		21	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Asa Hartford		22	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile		26	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jeff Astle		30	295	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Shaw		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Johnston		26	27	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

119

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Bobby Hope	46	29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Tony Brown	46	27	354	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

Freddie Goodwin

146

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Goodwin vs WBA

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 28, 1973

Goodwin vs Howe

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 28, 1973

Manager

Age

Match num

Don Howe

Success rate in this team:

26 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

26 %

Howe vs Birmingham City

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 28, 1973

Howe vs Goodwin

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 28, 1973

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Comments

Key figures

The last time WBA has ended with the score 2-3 away from home, It was on the 20/11/1971 (vs )

No West Bromwich Albion manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Don Howe has reached 49% of losses .

It's the first time in his career that Roger Hynd scores at least 1 goals during the same game vs in his professional career with

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBirmingham City 0-1 Wolverhampton27/02/1973

VBirmingham City 3-1 Manchester United10/03/1973

VBirmingham City 3-0 Coventry24/03/1973

VBirmingham City 2-1 Liverpool07/04/1973

VBirmingham City 3-1 Stoke City21/04/1973

DBirmingham City 0-0 West Ham23/04/1973

Overall

VBirmingham City 3-0 Coventry24/03/1973

VNorwich City 1-2 Birmingham City31/03/1973

VBirmingham City 2-1 Liverpool07/04/1973

VLeicester 0-1 Birmingham City14/04/1973

VBirmingham City 3-1 Stoke City21/04/1973

DBirmingham City 0-0 West Ham23/04/1973

Current form

Away

LLeeds United 2-0 West Bromwich Albion24/02/1973

LManchester United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion03/03/1973

LIpswich Town 2-0 West Bromwich Albion17/03/1973

LWolverhampton 2-0 West Bromwich Albion20/03/1973

LStoke City 2-0 West Bromwich Albion31/03/1973

LLiverpool 1-0 West Bromwich Albion14/04/1973

Overall

LStoke City 2-0 West Bromwich Albion31/03/1973

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Leicester07/04/1973

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-1 Everton11/04/1973

LLiverpool 1-0 West Bromwich Albion14/04/1973

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Norwich City21/04/1973

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Manchester City25/04/1973

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	5	6
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	8	3
Winless streak	19	3
Drawless streak	8	6
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	4	0
Conceding streak	8	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	41
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
13	Victories (Competition total)	9
9	Victories (Home / Away)	1
12	Draws (Competition total)	10
7	Draws (Home / Away)	3
15	Losses (Competition total)	22
3	Losses (Home / Away)	16

Goals

48	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
34	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
51	Goals conceded (Competition total)	59
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	35
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.88
1.79	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.55
1.28	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.44
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
16	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	15
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	10
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
14	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (6 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

Bob Latchford	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Tony Brown
Bob Latchford	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Tony Brown
Bob Hatton	4 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	Jeff Astle

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

10 v

9 d

16 l

39 gf

50 ga

Away

37 matches

9 v

13 d

15 l

33 gf

52 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

73 matches

19 v

22 d

32 l

73 gf

104 ga

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

15 v

13 d

9 l

52 gf

33 ga

Away

35 matches

16 v

9 d

10 l

50 gf

39 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

73 matches

32 v

22 d

19 l

104 gf

73 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 29, 1948
Home	4 - 0	March 29, 1948

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	April 18, 1960
Away	7 - 1	April 18, 1960

Latest head to head

August 30, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

WBA

2 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 27, 1968 - FA Cup 1967/1968

WBA

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 16, 1964 - Division 1 1964/1965

WBA

0 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 09, 1964 - Division 1 1964/1965

Birmingham City

1 - 1

WBA

September 18, 1963 - Division 1 1963/1964

WBA

3 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against WBA

Johnny Gordon	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Bob Hatton	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Eddy Brown	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Bobby Thomson	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Bertie Auld	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Mike Hellawell	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Derek Kevan	7 goals	1958 - 1961
Ronald Allen	5 goals	1958 - 1960
Alec Jackson	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Ken Foggo	3 goals	1963 - 1964
David Burnside	3 goals	1958 - 1961
Jimmy Campbell	2 goals	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Trevor Smith	9 matches	1960 - 1963
Johnny Schofield	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Malcolm Beard	8 matches	1961 - 1964
Mike Hellawell	8 matches	1961 - 1964
William Hennessey	7 matches	1961 - 1964
Dick Neal	6 matches	1958 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Don Howe	12 matches	1958 - 1963
Derek Kevan	10 matches	1958 - 1962
Alec Jackson	10 matches	1960 - 1963
Graham Williams	9 matches	1960 - 1964
Stan Jones	9 matches	1960 - 1964
Chuck Drury	8 matches	1958 - 1962