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Chelsea 3-2 Birmingham City - August 12, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 1

Stamford Bridge - London - England

August 12, 2007

41 590

Chelsea

3 - 2

Birmingham City

Assist by Shaun Wright-Phillips (right foot) Claudio Pizarro

18'

Assist by Salomon Kalou (left foot) Florent Malouda

31'

Assist by Shaun Wright-Phillips (right foot) Michael Essien

50'

15'

Mikael Forssell (header)

36'

Olivier Kapo (left foot) Assist by Franck Queudrue

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15' - Goal Mikael Forssell

18' - Goal Claudio Pizarro18

31' - Goal Florent Malouda31

36' - Goal Olivier Kapo

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50' - Goal Michael Essien50

51' - Substitution Franck Queudrueis substituted by Stuart Parnaby

64' - Substitution Claudio Pizarrois substituted by Didier Drogba64

69' - Substitution Michael Essienis substituted by John Obi Mikel69

69' - Substitution Gary McSheffreyis substituted by Cameron Jerome

75' - Substitution Mehdi Naftiis substituted by Daniël De Ridder

83' - Substitution Florent Maloudais substituted by Steve Sidwell83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

3 - 2

Birmingham City

Chelsea Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age25 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Essien5069

Michael Essien

Ghana

B.date03/12/1982

Age24 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Carvalho

Ricardo Carvalho

Portugal

B.date18/05/1978

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Ben Haïm

Tal Ben Haïm

Israel

B.date31/03/1982

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Johnson

Glen Johnson

England

B.date23/08/1984

Age22 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age29 years

H1m84

positionLeft central midfielder

Wright-Phillips

Shaun Wright-Phillips

England

B.date25/10/1981

Age25 years

H1m66

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Pizarro1864

Claudio Pizarro

Peru

B.date03/10/1978

Age28 years

H1m84

positionStriker

Malouda3183

Florent Malouda

French Guiana

B.date13/06/1980

Age27 years

H1m81

positionLeft Winger

Kalou

Salomon Kalou

Ivory Coast

B.date05/08/1985

Age22 years

H1m84

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Petr Cech		25	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Essien	5069	24	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricardo Carvalho		29	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tal Ben Haïm		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glen Johnson		22	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Cole		26	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard		29	331	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Wright-Phillips		25	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Claudio Pizarro	1864	28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Florent Malouda	3183	27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Salomon Kalou		22	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Doyle

Colin Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/06/1985

Age22 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Queudrue51

Franck Queudrue

France

B.date27/08/1978

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age20 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Ridgewell

Liam Ridgewell

England

B.date21/07/1984

Age23 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Kelly

Stephen Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/09/1983

Age23 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

Nafti75

Mehdi Nafti

Tunisia

B.date28/11/1978

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Muamba

Fabrice Muamba

England

B.date06/04/1988

Age19 years

H1m90

positionLeft central midfielder

Larsson

Sebastian Larsson

Sweden

B.date06/06/1985

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Kapo36

Olivier Kapo

France

B.date27/09/1980

Age26 years

H1m84

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

McSheffrey69

Gary McSheffrey

England

B.date13/08/1982

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft Winger

Forssell15

Mikael Forssell

Finland

B.date15/03/1981

Age26 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Colin Doyle		22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franck Queudrue	51	28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johan Djourou		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Ridgewell		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Kelly		23	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mehdi Nafti	75	28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabrice Muamba		19	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sebastian Larsson		22	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Olivier Kapo	36	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary McSheffrey	69	24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikael Forssell	15	26	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	John Obi Mikel	69	20	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell	83	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Didier Drogba	64	29	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Stuart Parnaby	51	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Daniël De Ridder	75	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cameron Jerome	69	20	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Claudio Pizarro

Joe Cole

OUT

Salomon Kalou

John Obi Mikel

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Franck Queudrue

Bruno N'Gotty

OUT

Mikael Forssell

Andy Cole

OUT

Fabrice Muamba

Stephen Clemence

OUT

Johan Djourou

Martin Taylor

OUT

Liam Ridgewell

Radhi Jaïdi

OUT

Olivier Kapo

Nicklas Bendtner

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

José Mourinho

179

Success rate in this team:

68 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

68 %

Mourinho vs Birmingham City

4 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on August 12, 2007

Mourinho vs Bruce

4 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on August 12, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

255

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Bruce vs Chelsea

1 victory

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on August 12, 2007

Bruce vs Mourinho

0 victory

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on August 12, 2007

Referee

Steve Bennett

25 victories	7 draws	5 losses	Chelsea37 matches	General total	Birmingham City24 matches	8 victories	4 draws	12 losses
4 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Chelsea4 matches	Season total	Birmingham City3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on April 25, 2010					Latest figure on March 06, 2010

Videos

November 02, 2024

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Mikael Forssell scores a goal in his professional career with since the 09/08/2006 (with vs )

It's the first time Claudio Pizarro scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

The last time Birmingham City has ended with the score 2-3 away from home in Premier League, It was on the 05/01/1982 (vs )

Read the next 30 key stats

General ranking

1	Newcastle United	3 pts	1 rd
2	Manchester City	3 pts	1 rd
3	Chelsea	3 pts	1 rd
4	Blackburn	3 pts	1 rd
5	Arsenal	3 pts	1 rd

General ranking

	11	Reading	1 pt	1 rd
	12	Manchester United	1 pt	1 rd
	13	Birmingham City	0 pt	1 rd
-5	14	Wigan	0 pt	1 rd
-5	15	Aston Villa	0 pt	1 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DChelsea 1-1 Valencia CF04/04/2007

VChelsea 1-0 Tottenham07/04/2007

VChelsea 1-0 Liverpool25/04/2007

DChelsea 2-2 Bolton Wanderers28/04/2007

DChelsea 0-0 Manchester United09/05/2007

DChelsea 1-1 Everton13/05/2007

Overall

LLiverpool 1-0 Chelsea01/05/2007

DArsenal 1-1 Chelsea06/05/2007

DChelsea 0-0 Manchester United09/05/2007

DChelsea 1-1 Everton13/05/2007

VChelsea 1-0 Manchester United19/05/2007

DChelsea 1-1 Manchester United05/08/2007

Current form

Away

LNorwich City 1-0 Birmingham City13/03/2007

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Birmingham City18/03/2007

LBarnsley 1-0 Birmingham City09/04/2007

VLeicester 1-2 Birmingham City17/04/2007

VWolverhampton 2-3 Birmingham City22/04/2007

LPreston North End 1-0 Birmingham City06/05/2007

Overall

LBarnsley 1-0 Birmingham City09/04/2007

VBirmingham City 2-1 Southampton14/04/2007

VLeicester 1-2 Birmingham City17/04/2007

VWolverhampton 2-3 Birmingham City22/04/2007

VBirmingham City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday28/04/2007

LPreston North End 1-0 Birmingham City06/05/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	38	5
Winless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	4	8
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	7	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	0
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	0

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

0	Number of games (Competition total)	0
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

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

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

23 v

12 d

9 l

75 gf

48 ga

Away

42 matches

16 v

12 d

14 l

67 gf

66 ga

Total

86 matches

39 v

24 d

23 l

142 gf

114 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

14 v

12 d

16 l

66 gf

67 ga

Away

44 matches

9 v

12 d

23 l

48 gf

75 ga

Total

86 matches

23 v

24 d

39 l

114 gf

142 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	November 21, 1964
Home	5 - 1	August 31, 1957

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 11, 1980
Away	4 - 0	February 14, 1953

Latest head to head

April 01, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Birmingham City

0 - 0

Chelsea

December 31, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Chelsea

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 09, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Chelsea

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

January 30, 2005 - FA Cup 2004/2005

Chelsea

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

August 21, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Jimmy Greaves	8 goals	1957 - 1961
Robert Tambling	7 goals	1959 - 1965
Tommy Langley	4 goals	1975 - 1977
George Graham	4 goals	1964 - 1964
Eidur Gudjohnsen	3 goals	2002 - 2003
Barry Bridges	3 goals	1961 - 1965

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

Bob Hatton	3 goals	1973 - 1975
Johnny Gordon	3 goals	1959 - 1961
Trevor Francis	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Jimmy Bloomfield	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Harry Hooper	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Keith Bertschin	2 goals	1977 - 1979

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	18 matches	1961 - 1979
Ron Harris	18 matches	1963 - 1979
John Hollins	13 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 Page	10 matches	1968 - 1979
Ray Martin	10 matches	1964 - 1974
Malcolm Beard	10 matches	1961 - 1970
Johnny Schofield	9 matches	1959 - 1965
Garry Pendrey	9 matches	1972 - 1979
Mike Hellawell	8 matches	1959 - 1964

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

Eddie Newton

213 matches

5 matches

1992 - 2000

Barry Bridges

166 matches

1 match

1959 - 1968

Mario Melchiot

164 matches

67 matches

2000 - 2006

Bert Murray

139 matches

3 matches

1961 - 1970

Jesper Grönkjaer

119 matches

18 matches

2001 - 2004

Paul Furlong

83 matches

34 matches

1994 - 2002

Total : 11 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

Mikael Forssell

53 matches

86 matches

1999 - 2007

Mick Harford

34 matches

80 matches

1982 - 1993

Mario Melchiot

164 matches

67 matches

2000 - 2006

Paul Furlong

83 matches

34 matches

1994 - 2002

Jiri Jarosik

20 matches

32 matches

2005 - 2006

Jesper Grönkjaer

119 matches

18 matches

2001 - 2004

Total : 11 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

The other matches

August 11, 2007

Aston Villa

1 2

Liverpool

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Line-ups available

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Everton

2 1

Wigan

Video availableLine-ups available

Middlesbrough

1 2

Blackburn

Video availableLine-ups available

Sunderland

1 0

Tottenham

Video availableLine-ups available

West Ham

0 2

Manchester City

Video availableLine-ups available

August 12, 2007

Arsenal

2 1

Fulham

Video availableLine-ups available

Man United

0 0

Reading

Video availableLine-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Newcastle United	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
2	Manchester City	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
3	Chelsea	3	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
4	Blackburn	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
5	Arsenal	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
-16	Everton	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
-47	Liverpool	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
-28	Sunderland	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
-19	Derby County	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
-310	Portsmouth	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
11	Reading	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
12	Manchester United	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
13	Birmingham City	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1
-514	Wigan	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
-515	Aston Villa	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
-516	Middlesbrough	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
17	Fulham	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
-618	Tottenham	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
-619	Bolton Wanderers	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
-620	West Ham	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2

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Chelsea 3-2 Birmingham City - August 12, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

Chelsea

3 - 2

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

Mourinho vs Birmingham City

Mourinho vs Bruce

Manager

Bruce vs Chelsea

Bruce vs Mourinho

Referee

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