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Bolton Wanderers 3-0 Birmingham City - December 22, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 18

Reebok Stadium - Horwich - England

December 22, 2007

19 111

Bolton Wanderers

3 - 0

Birmingham City

(right foot) El-Hadji Diouf

72'

(right foot) Nicolas Anelka

78'

(right foot) Nicolas Anelka

90'

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46' - Substitution Mat Sadleris substituted by Olivier Kapo

59' - Substitution Iván Campois substituted by Gavin McCann59

72' - Goal El-Hadji Diouf72

74' - Substitution Gary McSheffreyis substituted by Garry O'Connor

78' - Goal Nicolas Anelka78

79' - Substitution Kevin Daviesis substituted by Jlloyd Samuel79

90' - Goal Nicolas Anelka90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bolton Wanderers

3 - 0

Birmingham City

Bolton Wanderers Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Bolton Wanderers

Jaaskelainen

Jussi Jaaskelainen

Finland

B.date19/04/1975

Age32 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Iván Campo59

Iván Campo

Spain

B.date21/02/1974

Age33 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Meïté

Abdoulaye Meïté

Ivory Coast

B.date06/10/1980

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

O'Brien

Andy O'Brien

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/06/1979

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Gardner

Ricardo Gardner

Jamaica

B.date25/09/1978

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Hunt

Nicky Hunt

England

B.date03/09/1983

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Guthrie

Danny Guthrie

England

B.date18/04/1987

Age20 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Nolan

Kevin Nolan

England

B.date24/06/1982

Age25 years

H1m83

positionPlaymaker

Davies79

Kevin Davies

England

B.date26/03/1977

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Diouf72

El-Hadji Diouf

Senegal

B.date15/01/1981

Age26 years

H1m80

positionWinger

Anelka7890

Nicolas Anelka

France

B.date14/03/1979

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jussi Jaaskelainen		32	283	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Iván Campo	59	33	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Abdoulaye Meïté		27	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy O'Brien		28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricardo Gardner		29	237	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Hunt		24	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Guthrie		20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Nolan		25	269	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Davies	79	30	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	El-Hadji Diouf	72	26	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Anelka	7890	28	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

143

Birmingham City

Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age36 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age20 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Rafael Schmitz

Brazil

B.date17/12/1980

Age27 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

Jaïdi

Radhi Jaïdi

Tunisia

B.date30/08/1975

Age32 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Sadler46

Mat Sadler

England

B.date26/02/1985

Age22 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Kelly

Stephen Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/09/1983

Age24 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

Muamba

Fabrice Muamba

England

B.date06/04/1988

Age19 years

H1m90

positionLeft central midfielder

Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age29 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Larsson

Sebastian Larsson

Sweden

B.date06/06/1985

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

McSheffrey74

Gary McSheffrey

England

B.date13/08/1982

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft Winger

Jerome

Cameron Jerome

England

B.date14/10/1986

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Maik Taylor		36	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johan Djourou		20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rafael Schmitz		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Radhi Jaïdi		32	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mat Sadler	46	22	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Kelly		24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabrice Muamba		19	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Johnson		29	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sebastian Larsson		22	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary McSheffrey	74	25	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cameron Jerome		21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Jlloyd Samuel	79	26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Gavin McCann	59	29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Olivier Kapo	46	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Garry O'Connor	74	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy O'Brien

Lubomir Michalik

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Johan Djourou

Liam Ridgewell

OUT

Radhi Jaïdi

Mikael Forssell

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gary Megson

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Megson vs Birmingham City

5 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 2007

Megson vs McLeish

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 22, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Alex McLeish

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

McLeish vs Bolton Wanderers

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 22, 2007

McLeish vs Megson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 22, 2007

Referee

Christopher Foy

10 victories	8 draws	15 losses	Bolton Wanderers33 matches	General total	Birmingham City25 matches	10 victories	7 draws	8 losses
1 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Bolton Wanderers4 matches	Season total	Birmingham City2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on October 19, 2013					Latest figure on December 26, 2014

Videos

July 08, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Jlloyd Samuel played his game number 10 vs in his professional career

The last time Birmingham City has ended with the score 0-3 in Premier League, It was on the 26/03/2006 (vs )

End of streak for Birmingham City after 3 matches with at least one goal scored away from home (since 03/11/2007). It was the best streak for the club since 12/09/2006-23/12/2006 (11 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

General ranking

+1	12	Reading	21 pts	18 rd
-1	13	Tottenham	18 pts	18 rd
+2	14	Bolton Wanderers	17 pts	18 rd
-1	15	Middlesbrough	17 pts	18 rd
-1	16	Birmingham City	15 pts	18 rd

General ranking

+2	14	Bolton Wanderers	17 pts	18 rd
-1	15	Middlesbrough	17 pts	18 rd
-1	16	Birmingham City	15 pts	18 rd
+1	17	Fulham	14 pts	18 rd
-1	18	Sunderland	14 pts	18 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Aston Villa28/10/2007

LBolton Wanderers 0-1 Manchester City31/10/2007

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Middlesbrough11/11/2007

VBolton Wanderers 1-0 Manchester United24/11/2007

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Aris Thessaloniki29/11/2007

VBolton Wanderers 4-1 Wigan09/12/2007

Overall

VBolton Wanderers 1-0 Manchester United24/11/2007

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Aris Thessaloniki29/11/2007

LLiverpool 4-0 Bolton Wanderers02/12/2007

VRed Star Belgrade 0-1 Bolton Wanderers06/12/2007

VBolton Wanderers 4-1 Wigan09/12/2007

LManchester City 4-2 Bolton Wanderers15/12/2007

Current form

Away

LBlackburn 3-0 Birmingham City26/09/2007

LBlackburn 2-1 Birmingham City07/10/2007

LManchester City 1-0 Birmingham City20/10/2007

LEverton 3-1 Birmingham City03/11/2007

VTottenham 2-3 Birmingham City02/12/2007

LNewcastle United 2-1 Birmingham City08/12/2007

Overall

LEverton 3-1 Birmingham City03/11/2007

LBirmingham City 1-2 Aston Villa11/11/2007

LBirmingham City 0-2 Portsmouth24/11/2007

VTottenham 2-3 Birmingham City02/12/2007

LNewcastle United 2-1 Birmingham City08/12/2007

DBirmingham City 1-1 Reading15/12/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	6	11

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

16	General ranking (Competition total)	15
11	General ranking (Home / Away)	13
115	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	646
13	FBDB index ranking (National)	18

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
3	Victories (Competition total)	4
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
5	Draws (Competition total)	3
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
9	Losses (Competition total)	10
3	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
27	Goals conceded (Competition total)	27
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.06	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.06
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.11
1.59	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.59
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.78

Betting aid

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

Bookings

35	Yellow cards (Competition total)	31
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Nicolas Anelka	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Olivier Kapo
Nicolas Anelka	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Cameron Jerome
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Olivier Kapo
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Gary McSheffrey
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Franck Queudrue
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Franck Queudrue
Kevin Nolan	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Mikael Forssell

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

31 v

17 d

7 l

116 gf

53 ga

Away

59 matches

13 v

14 d

32 l

65 gf

105 ga

Total

114 matches

44 v

31 d

39 l

181 gf

158 ga

Historical head to head

Home

59 matches

32 v

14 d

13 l

105 gf

65 ga

Away

55 matches

7 v

17 d

31 l

53 gf

116 ga

Total

114 matches

39 v

31 d

44 l

158 gf

181 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 10, 1955
Home	6 - 0	December 10, 1955

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 25, 1969
Away	2 - 0	December 14, 1963

Latest head to head

September 15, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Bolton Wanderers logo Bolton Wanderers

May 07, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Bolton Wanderers

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 04, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Bolton Wanderers logo Bolton Wanderers

January 04, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Birmingham City

1 - 2

Bolton Wanderers logo Bolton Wanderers

September 25, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Bolton Wanderers

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Dennis Stevens	4 goals	1960 - 1962
Frederick Hill	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Frank Worthington	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Brian Birch	2 goals	1960 - 1963
Ricardo Vaz Te	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Augustine Okocha	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/08/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bolton Wanderers

Kenneth Leek	4 goals	1962 - 1963
Mike Hellawell	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Robbie Savage	2 goals	2002 - 2003
Mikael Forssell	2 goals	2003 - 2004
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Jimmy Harris	2 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/08/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Jussi Jaaskelainen	9 matches	2002 - 2007
Roy Hartle	8 matches	1960 - 1963
Kevin Nolan	8 matches	2002 - 2007
Augustine Okocha	7 matches	2002 - 2006
Bryan Edwards	7 matches	1960 - 1963
Frederick Hill	7 matches	1960 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/08/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bolton Wanderers

Trevor Smith	8 matches	1960 - 1963
Maik Taylor	7 matches	2003 - 2007
Jimmy Bloomfield	7 matches	1960 - 1963
Kenny Cunningham	7 matches	2002 - 2006
Mike Hellawell	7 matches	1960 - 1963
Bertie Auld	6 matches	1961 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/08/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Bruno N'Gotty

172 matches

27 matches

2001 - 2007

Simon Charlton

115 matches

6 matches

1998 - 2004

Neil Whatmore

70 matches

26 matches

1978 - 1982

Radhi Jaïdi

51 matches

46 matches

2004 - 2007

Frank Worthington

49 matches

57 matches

1978 - 1982

Gordon Taylor

26 matches

120 matches

1963 - 1976

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Gordon Taylor

26 matches

120 matches

1963 - 1976

Frank Worthington

49 matches

57 matches

1978 - 1982

Radhi Jaïdi

51 matches

46 matches

2004 - 2007

Bruno N'Gotty

172 matches

27 matches

2001 - 2007

Neil Whatmore

70 matches

26 matches

1978 - 1982

David Holdsworth

1 match

22 matches

1999 - 2002

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 22, 2007

Arsenal

2 1

Tottenham

Video availableLine-ups available

Aston Villa

1 1

Manchester City

Video availableLine-ups available

Fulham

1 1

Wigan

Video availableLine-ups available

Liverpool

4 1

Portsmouth

Video availableLine-ups available

Middlesbrough

1 2

West Ham

Video availableLine-ups available

Reading

2 1

Sunderland

Video availableLine-ups available

December 23, 2007

Line-ups available

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Newcastle United

2 2

Derby County

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	43	18	13	4	1	36	15	+21
2	Manchester United	39	17	12	3	2	30	8	+22
3	Chelsea	34	17	10	4	3	24	10	+14
4	Manchester City	34	18	10	4	4	25	20	+5
5	Liverpool	33	17	9	6	2	31	11	+20
6	Everton	30	17	9	3	5	31	16	+15
7	Portsmouth	30	18	8	6	4	29	19	+10
8	Aston Villa	29	18	8	5	5	29	21	+8
9	Blackburn	26	17	7	5	5	23	24	-1
+110	West Ham	25	17	7	4	6	22	15	+7
-111	Newcastle United	25	17	7	4	6	24	26	-2
+112	Reading	21	18	6	3	9	24	35	-11
-113	Tottenham	18	18	4	6	8	30	31	-1
+214	Bolton Wanderers	17	18	4	5	9	21	27	-6
-115	Middlesbrough	17	18	4	5	9	17	30	-13
-116	Birmingham City	15	18	4	3	11	18	30	-12
+117	Fulham	14	18	2	8	8	19	29	-10
-118	Sunderland	14	18	3	5	10	17	34	-17
19	Wigan	13	18	3	4	11	18	34	-16
20	Derby County	6	17	1	3	13	6	39	-33

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Bolton Wanderers 3-0 Birmingham City - December 22, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

Bolton Wanderers

3 - 0

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

Megson vs Birmingham City

Megson vs McLeish

Manager

McLeish vs Bolton Wanderers

McLeish vs Megson

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 Bolton Wanderers

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Bolton Wanderers

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking