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Birmingham City 3-2 Aston Villa - October 27, 1962 / Division 1 1962/1963

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Division 1 1962/1963 - Round 15

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

October 27, 1962

3 - 2

Aston Villa

(penalty) Stan Lynn

58'

Kenneth Leek

61'

Kenneth Leek

73'

55'

Alan O'Neill

60'

Harry Burrows (penalty)

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55' - Goal Alan O'Neill

58' - Goal Stan Lynn58

60' - Goal Harry Burrows

61' - Goal Kenneth Leek61

73' - Goal Kenneth Leek73

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

3 - 2

Aston Villa

Birmingham City Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Withers

Colin Withers

England

B.date21/03/1940

Age22 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Hennessey

William Hennessey

Wales

B.date01/09/1942

Age20 years

positionDefender

Smith

Trevor Smith

England

B.date13/04/1936

Age26 years

positionDefender

Sissons

Graham Sissons

England

B.date20/05/1934

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Lynn58

Stan Lynn

England

B.date18/06/1928

Age34 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Watts

Johnny Watts

England

B.date13/04/1931

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Auld

Bertie Auld

Scotland

B.date23/03/1938

Age24 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Leek6173

Kenneth Leek

Wales

B.date26/07/1935

Age27 years

positionForward

Harris

Jimmy Harris

England

B.date18/08/1933

Age29 years

positionForward

Hellawell

Mike Hellawell

England

B.date30/06/1938

Age24 years

positionRight Winger

Stubbs

Robin Stubbs

England

B.date22/04/1941

Age21 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Colin Withers		22	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Hennessey		20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Smith		26	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Sissons		28	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stan Lynn	58	34	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnny Watts		31	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bertie Auld		24	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenneth Leek	6173	27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Harris		29	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Hellawell		24	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robin Stubbs		21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aston Villa

Sidebottom

Geoffrey Sidebottom

England

B.date29/12/1936

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Crowe

Victor Crowe

Wales

B.date31/01/1932

Age30 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Lee

Gordon Lee

England

B.date13/07/1934

Age28 years

positionDefender

Sleeuwenhoek

John Sleeuwenhoek

England

B.date26/02/1944

Age18 years

positionDefender

Aitken

Charlie Aitken

Scotland

B.date01/05/1942

Age20 years

positionLeft full-back

Deakin

Alan Deakin

England

B.date27/11/1941

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Wylie

Ron Wylie

Scotland

B.date06/08/1933

Age29 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Ewing

Thomas Ewing

Scotland

B.date02/05/1937

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

O'Neill55

Alan O'Neill

England

B.date13/11/1937

Age24 years

positionForward

Thomson

Bobby Thomson

Scotland

B.date21/03/1937

Age25 years

positionForward

Burrows60

Harry Burrows

England

B.date17/03/1941

Age21 years

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Geoffrey Sidebottom		25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Victor Crowe		30	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Lee		28	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Sleeuwenhoek		18	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Charlie Aitken		20	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Deakin		20	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ron Wylie		29	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas Ewing		25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan O'Neill	55	24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Thomson		25	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Burrows	60	21	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 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

Johnny Watts

Malcolm Beard

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Victor Crowe

John Neal

OUT

Geoffrey Sidebottom

David Nigel Sims

OUT

Alan Deakin

Mike Tindall

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gilbert Merrick

122

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Merrick vs Aston Villa

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 27, 1962

Merrick vs Mercer

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 27, 1962

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

200

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Mercer vs Birmingham City

3 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on October 27, 1962

Mercer vs Merrick

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 27, 1962

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Birmingham City after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Aston Villa at home (since 24/08/1957). It was the best streak for the club since 15/03/1922-27/02/1926 (5 matches).

It's the first time Alan O'Neill scores a goal in Premier League since the 04/04/1961 (with Aston Villa vs Bolton Wanderers )

It's the first time Stan Lynn scores 1 goal vs Aston Villa in Premier League

Read the next 5 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBirmingham City 2-2 Arsenal29/08/1962

VBirmingham City 5-1 Burnley08/09/1962

DBirmingham City 0-0 West Bromwich Albion19/09/1962

VBirmingham City 4-1 Fulham22/09/1962

VBirmingham City 5-0 Doncaster Rovers26/09/1962

DBirmingham City 2-2 Manchester City13/10/1962

Overall

VBirmingham City 5-0 Doncaster Rovers26/09/1962

LLeicester 3-0 Birmingham City29/09/1962

LWest Ham 5-0 Birmingham City06/10/1962

DBirmingham City 2-2 Manchester City13/10/1962

DBarrow 1-1 Birmingham City15/10/1962

VWolverhampton 0-2 Birmingham City24/10/1962

Current form

Away

VManchester City 0-2 Aston Villa25/08/1962

LTottenham 4-2 Aston Villa29/08/1962

VArsenal 1-2 Aston Villa04/09/1962

LBlackburn 4-1 Aston Villa08/09/1962

LNottingham Forest 3-1 Aston Villa22/09/1962

DEverton 1-1 Aston Villa13/10/1962

Overall

VAston Villa 6-1 Peterborough United24/09/1962

VAston Villa 4-2 Ipswich Town29/09/1962

VAston Villa 2-0 West Bromwich Albion06/10/1962

DEverton 1-1 Aston Villa13/10/1962

VAston Villa 3-1 Stoke City17/10/1962

VAston Villa 1-0 Leyton Orient20/10/1962

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	7	3
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	6
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	6	17
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

14	Number of games (Competition total)	14
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
3	Victories (Competition total)	8
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	2
4	Draws (Home / Away)	1
7	Losses (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

17	Goals scored (Competition total)	26
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	21
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.21	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.86
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
2.07	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.17

Betting aid

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

Kenneth Leek	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Bobby Thomson
Mike Hellawell	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Bobby Thomson
Stan Lynn	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Harry Burrows
Stan Lynn	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Harry Burrows
Kenneth Leek	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 8 matches	Harry Burrows

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

12 v

11 d

10 l

49 gf

49 ga

Away

34 matches

6 v

11 d

17 l

44 gf

68 ga

Total

67 matches

18 v

22 d

27 l

93 gf

117 ga

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

17 v

11 d

6 l

68 gf

44 ga

Away

33 matches

10 v

11 d

12 l

49 gf

49 ga

Total

67 matches

27 v

22 d

18 l

117 gf

93 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	December 20, 1958
Home	4 - 1	December 20, 1958

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	October 22, 1960
Away	4 - 0	February 21, 1931

Latest head to head

March 17, 1962 - Division 1 1961/1962

Birmingham City

0 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 28, 1961 - Division 1 1961/1962

Aston Villa

1 - 3

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

March 11, 1961 - Division 1 1960/1961

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 22, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Aston Villa

6 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 20, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Birmingham City

4 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Jimmy Harris	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Jimmy Singer	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Bryan Orritt	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Mike Hellawell	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Gerald Hitchens	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Alan O'Neill	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Peter McParland	2 goals	1960 - 1961
Harry Burrows	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Ron Wylie	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Graham Sissons	4 matches	1960 - 1962
Trevor Smith	3 matches	1961 - 1962
Jimmy Harris	3 matches	1961 - 1962
Mike Hellawell	3 matches	1960 - 1962
Johnny Schofield	3 matches	1960 - 1962
Jimmy Bloomfield	3 matches	1961 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Ron Wylie	4 matches	1960 - 1962
John Neal	4 matches	1960 - 1962
Victor Crowe	3 matches	1961 - 1962
Jimmy Dugdale	3 matches	1960 - 1962
Peter McParland	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Bobby Thomson	3 matches	1960 - 1962