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Arsenal 2-1 Birmingham City - May 04, 1959 / Division 1 1958/1959

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Division 1 1958/1959 - Round 37

Highbury - London - England

May 04, 1959

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Vic Groves

Danny R Clapton

Robin Stubbs

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0' - Goal Vic Groves photo Danny R Clapton

0' - Goal Danny R Clapton0

0' - Goal Robin Stubbs

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Arsenal Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Goy

Peter Goy

England

B.date08/06/1938

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

Evans

Dennis Evans

England

B.date18/05/1930

Age28 years

positionDefender

Docherty

Tommy Docherty

Scotland

B.date24/04/1928

Age31 years

positionDefender

Wills

Len Wills

England

B.date08/11/1927

Age31 years

positionRight full-back

Bowen

David Bowen

Wales

B.date07/06/1928

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Ward

Gerry Ward

England

B.date05/10/1936

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Barnwell

John Barnwell

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/12/1938

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Bloomfield

Jimmy Bloomfield

England

B.date15/02/1934

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Groves0

Vic Groves

England

B.date05/11/1932

Age26 years

positionForward

Henderson

Jackie Henderson

Scotland

B.date17/01/1932

Age27 years

positionStriker

Clapton0

Danny R Clapton

England

B.date22/07/1934

Age24 years

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Goy	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Evans	28	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Docherty	31	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Len Wills	31	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Bowen	30	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Ward	22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnwell	20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Bloomfield	25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vic Groves	26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jackie Henderson	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny R Clapton	24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Schofield

Johnny Schofield

England

B.date08/02/1931

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Sissons

Graham Sissons

England

B.date20/05/1934

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Farmer

Brian Farmer

England

B.date29/07/1933

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Allen

George Allen

England

B.date23/01/1932

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Watts

Johnny Watts

England

B.date13/04/1931

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Neal

Dick Neal

England

B.date01/10/1933

Age25 years

H1m85

positionMidfield

Hooper

Harry Hooper

England

B.date14/06/1933

Age25 years

positionForward

Stubbs0

Robin Stubbs

England

B.date22/04/1941

Age18 years

positionStriker

Astall

Gordon Astall

England

B.date22/09/1927

Age31 years

positionRight Winger

Taylor

Brian Taylor

England

B.date24/03/1937

Age22 years

positionForward

Gordon

Johnny Gordon

England

B.date11/09/1931

Age27 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Johnny Schofield	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Sissons	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Farmer	25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Allen	27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnny Watts	28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dick Neal	25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Hooper	25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robin Stubbs	18	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Astall	31	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Taylor	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Gordon	27	32	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Goy

Jim Standen

OUT

Dennis Evans

Bill Dodgin Jr

OUT

Gerry Ward

Billy McCullough

OUT

John Barnwell

Len Julians

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Graham Sissons

Trevor Smith

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

George Swindin

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Swindin vs Birmingham City

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 04, 1959

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Key figures

Birmingham City keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 04/02/1959). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 13/03/1954-04/12/1954 time period (15 matches).

Arsenal keeps its 24 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 21/04/1958). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/09/1951-28/02/1953 time period (36 matches).

Arsenal keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals scored running (since 18/04/1959).

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 1-0 Leeds United24/02/1959

VArsenal 3-2 Manchester United28/02/1959

DArsenal 1-1 Blackburn14/03/1959

LArsenal 1-2 West Ham28/03/1959

DArsenal 1-1 Chelsea11/04/1959

VArsenal 5-2 Portsmouth25/04/1959

Overall

LArsenal 1-2 West Ham28/03/1959

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Arsenal04/04/1959

DArsenal 1-1 Chelsea11/04/1959

LBirmingham City 4-1 Arsenal14/04/1959

VBlackpool 1-2 Arsenal18/04/1959

VArsenal 5-2 Portsmouth25/04/1959

Current form

Away

VNottingham Forest 1-7 Birmingham City07/03/1959

VLeicester 2-4 Birmingham City18/03/1959

DPortsmouth 1-1 Birmingham City21/03/1959

LManchester United 1-0 Birmingham City18/04/1959

LBlackpool 2-0 Birmingham City20/04/1959

DNewcastle United 1-1 Birmingham City29/04/1959

Overall

VBirmingham City 4-1 Arsenal14/04/1959

LManchester United 1-0 Birmingham City18/04/1959

LBlackpool 2-0 Birmingham City20/04/1959

VBirmingham City 3-0 Blackburn22/04/1959

VBirmingham City 4-1 Chelsea25/04/1959

DNewcastle United 1-1 Birmingham City29/04/1959

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	23	6
Conceding streak	5	10

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	9	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

41	Number of games (Competition total)	41
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
20	Victories (Competition total)	20
13	Victories (Home / Away)	6
8	Draws (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Home / Away)	5
13	Losses (Competition total)	15
4	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

86	Goals scored (Competition total)	83
51	Goals scored (Home / Away)	29
67	Goals conceded (Competition total)	66
28	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	31
2.1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.02
2.55	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.45
1.63	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.61
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.55

Betting aid

29	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	29
15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
33	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	24
17	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 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

David Herd	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	18 goals	Bunny Larkin
David Herd	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Robin Stubbs
Dennis Evans	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Gordon Astall
Dennis Evans	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Vic Groves	3 goals during the last match	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 9 matches	Bunny Larkin

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

22 v

11 d

5 l

78 gf

34 ga

Away

38 matches

10 v

7 d

21 l

45 gf

77 ga

Total

76 matches

32 v

18 d

26 l

123 gf

111 ga

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

21 v

7 d

10 l

77 gf

45 ga

Away

38 matches

5 v

11 d

22 l

34 gf

78 ga

Total

76 matches

26 v

18 d

32 l

111 gf

123 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

April 14, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Birmingham City

4 - 1

Arsenal

March 01, 1958 - Division 1 1957/1958

Birmingham City

4 - 1

Arsenal

October 19, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Arsenal

1 - 3

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 22, 1956 - Division 1 1956/1957

Arsenal

4 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

August 25, 1956 - Division 1 1956/1957

Birmingham City

4 - 2

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Ted Drake	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Danny R Clapton	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Cliff Bastin	1 goal	1934 - 1934

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

Bunny Larkin	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Robin Stubbs	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Gordon Astall	1 goal	1959 - 1959

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

George Male	2 matches	1934 - 1935
Wilf Copping	2 matches	1934 - 1935
Cliff Bastin	2 matches	1934 - 1935
Alex James	2 matches	1934 - 1935
Frank Moss	2 matches	1934 - 1935
Jack Crayston	2 matches	1934 - 1935

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 Watts	1 match	1959 - 1959
Harry Hooper	1 match	1959 - 1959
Johnny Gordon	1 match	1959 - 1959
Bunny Larkin	1 match	1959 - 1959
Brian Farmer	1 match	1959 - 1959
Trevor Smith	1 match	1959 - 1959