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Man United 1-0 Birmingham City - January 01, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 21

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

January 01, 2008

1 - 0

Birmingham City

Assist by Cristiano Ronaldo (right foot) Carlos Tévez

24'

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24' - Goal Carlos Tévez24

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66' - Substitution Cameron Jeromeis substituted by Mikael Forssell photo Daniël De Ridder

66' - Substitution Gary McSheffreyis substituted by Daniël De Ridder

71' - Substitution Carlos Tévezis substituted by Louis Saha71

74' - Substitution Ji-sung Parkis substituted by Owen Hargreaves74

80' - Substitution Mehdi Naftiis substituted by Wilson Palacios

83' - Substitution Patrice Evrais substituted by Wes Brown83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 0

Birmingham City

Man United Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

32Tévez2471

Carlos Tévez

Argentina

B.date05/02/1984

Age23 years

H1m70

positionStriker

13Park74

Ji-sung Park

South Korea

B.date25/02/1981

Age26 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

8Anderson

Anderson

Brazil

B.date13/04/1988

Age19 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

16Carrick

Michael Carrick

England

B.date28/07/1981

Age26 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

17Nani

Nani

Portugal

B.date17/11/1986

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

3Evra83

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

15Vidic

Nemanja Vidic

Serbia

B.date21/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

5Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age29 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

22O'Shea

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age26 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

29Kuszczak

Tomasz Kuszczak

Poland

B.date20/03/1982

Age25 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
29	G	Tomasz Kuszczak		25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Nemanja Vidic		26	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand		29	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrice Evra	83	26	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	John O'Shea		26	272	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Michael Carrick		26	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Ji-sung Park	74	26	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Anderson		19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	F	Carlos Tévez	2471	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Cristiano Ronaldo		22	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Nani		21	22	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

101

Birmingham City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Jerome66

Cameron Jerome

England

B.date14/10/1986

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

O'Connor

Garry O'Connor

Scotland

B.date07/05/1983

Age24 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Larsson

Sebastian Larsson

Sweden

B.date06/06/1985

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Nafti80

Mehdi Nafti

Tunisia

B.date28/11/1978

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Muamba

Fabrice Muamba

England

B.date06/04/1988

Age19 years

H1m90

positionLeft central midfielder

McSheffrey66

Gary McSheffrey

England

B.date13/08/1982

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft Winger

Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

France

B.date27/08/1978

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Ridgewell

Liam Ridgewell

England

B.date21/07/1984

Age23 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Jaïdi

Radhi Jaïdi

Tunisia

B.date30/08/1975

Age32 years

H1m92

positionLeft central defender

Kelly

Stephen Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/09/1983

Age24 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age36 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Maik Taylor		36	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Radhi Jaïdi		32	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Ridgewell		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franck Queudrue		29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Kelly		24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mehdi Nafti	80	29	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabrice Muamba		19	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sebastian Larsson		22	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cameron Jerome	66	21	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary McSheffrey	66	25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry O'Connor		24	19	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

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
6	D	Wes Brown	83	28	277	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Owen Hargreaves	74	26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Louis Saha	71	29	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Wilson Palacios	80	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Daniël De Ridder	66	23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikael Forssell	66	26	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nani

Louis Saha

OUT

Ji-sung Park

Darren Fletcher

OUT

Anderson

Owen Hargreaves

OUT

John O'Shea

Ryan Giggs

OUT

Michael Carrick

Wes Brown

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mehdi Nafti

Damien Johnson

OUT

Garry O'Connor

Mikael Forssell

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1185

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Ferguson vs Birmingham City

9 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 2008

Ferguson vs McLeish

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Alex McLeish

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

McLeish vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 2008

McLeish vs Ferguson

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 2008

Referee

Peter Walton

13 victories	7 draws	0 loss	Man United20 matches	General total	Birmingham City15 matches	5 victories	6 draws	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Man United1 match	Season total	Birmingham City3 matches	0 victory	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on January 14, 2012					Latest figure on May 15, 2011

Videos

December 08, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Birmingham City keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win away from home running (since 08/12/2007).

Radhi Jaïdi played his game number 50 in his professional career with

Man United keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored vs Birmingham City at home in Premier League running (since 01/11/1930). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 20/10/1928 (2 matches)

Read the next 19 key stats

General ranking

	1	Arsenal	50 pts	21 rd
	2	Manchester United	48 pts	21 rd
	3	Chelsea	44 pts	21 rd
	4	Liverpool	37 pts	19 rd
+1	5	Everton	36 pts	21 rd

General ranking

13	Reading	22 pts	21 rd
14	Middlesbrough	20 pts	21 rd
15	Birmingham City	19 pts	21 rd
16	Bolton Wanderers	17 pts	20 rd
17	Sunderland	17 pts	20 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 4-0 Dynamo Kyiv07/11/2007

VManchester United 2-0 Blackburn11/11/2007

VManchester United 2-1 Sporting CP27/11/2007

VManchester United 2-0 Fulham03/12/2007

VManchester United 4-1 Derby County08/12/2007

VManchester United 2-1 Everton23/12/2007

Overall

VManchester United 4-1 Derby County08/12/2007

DAS Roma 1-1 Manchester United12/12/2007

VLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United16/12/2007

VManchester United 2-1 Everton23/12/2007

VSunderland 0-4 Manchester United26/12/2007

LWest Ham 2-1 Manchester United29/12/2007

Current form

Away

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

LBolton Wanderers 3-0 Birmingham City22/12/2007

Overall

VTottenham 2-3 Birmingham City02/12/2007

LNewcastle United 2-1 Birmingham City08/12/2007

DBirmingham City 1-1 Reading15/12/2007

LBolton Wanderers 3-0 Birmingham City22/12/2007

VBirmingham City 3-0 Middlesbrough26/12/2007

DBirmingham City 1-1 Fulham29/12/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	9	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	9	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	13	4
Scoring streak	9	8
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	7	0
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	7	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	15
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	14
1	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	568
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	18

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	20
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
14	Victories (Competition total)	5
9	Victories (Home / Away)	2
3	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	11
0	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	22
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	31
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
1.85	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.1
2.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.55	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.55
0.3	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.9

Betting aid

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

Bookings

26	Yellow cards (Competition total)	34
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	16
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Cristiano Ronaldo	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Olivier Kapo
Cristiano Ronaldo	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Cameron Jerome
Louis Saha	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Gary McSheffrey
Cristiano Ronaldo	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Gary McSheffrey
Patrice Evra	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Franck Queudrue
Wayne Rooney	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Franck Queudrue
Cristiano Ronaldo	13 goals during the last 13 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Sebastian Larsson

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

29 v

8 d

9 l

78 gf

36 ga

Away

48 matches

14 v

18 d

16 l

64 gf

69 ga

Total

94 matches

43 v

26 d

25 l

142 gf

105 ga

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

16 v

18 d

14 l

69 gf

64 ga

Away

46 matches

9 v

8 d

29 l

36 gf

78 ga

Total

94 matches

25 v

26 d

43 l

105 gf

142 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	February 24, 1969
Home	6 - 2	February 24, 1969

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	November 11, 1978
Away	2 - 0	October 14, 1961

Latest head to head

September 29, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Man United

March 26, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Man United

3 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 28, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Birmingham City

2 - 2

Man United

December 20, 2005 - League Cup 2005/2006

Birmingham City

1 - 3

Man United

February 05, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Man United

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1956 - 1961
Lou Macari	6 goals	1973 - 1981
Bobby Charlton	6 goals	1957 - 1965
Denis Law	5 goals	1963 - 1969
Albert Quixall	4 goals	1959 - 1961
Louis Saha	3 goals	2004 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Kevin Dillon	3 goals	1978 - 1983
Trevor Francis	2 goals	1977 - 1978
Alan Buckley	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Kenneth Leek	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Denis Thwaites	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Alex Harley	2 goals	1963 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Bill Foulkes	18 matches	1956 - 1965
Martin Buchan	16 matches	1972 - 1982
Arthur Albiston	14 matches	1977 - 1986
Bobby Charlton	14 matches	1957 - 1973
Steve Coppell	14 matches	1975 - 1983
Lou Macari	13 matches	1973 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Trevor Smith	11 matches	1958 - 1964
Joe Gallagher	10 matches	1974 - 1981
Trevor Francis	10 matches	1972 - 1978
Johnny Schofield	9 matches	1958 - 1965
William Hennessey	9 matches	1961 - 1965
Malcolm Beard	8 matches	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Steve Bruce

417 matches

12 matches

1987 - 1998

Nicky Butt

387 matches

29 matches

1992 - 2006

Andy Cole

275 matches

5 matches

1995 - 2007

Dwight Yorke

152 matches

16 matches

1998 - 2005

Gerry Daly

96 matches

2 matches

1973 - 1985

Danny Wallace

71 matches

2 matches

1989 - 1994

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jeffrey Wealands

8 matches

62 matches

1980 - 1983

Don Givens

9 matches

48 matches

1969 - 1981

Nicky Butt

387 matches

29 matches

1992 - 2006

Dwight Yorke

152 matches

16 matches

1998 - 2005

Steve Bruce

417 matches

12 matches

1987 - 1998

Andy Cole

275 matches

5 matches

1995 - 2007

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

January 01, 2008

Arsenal

2 0

West Ham

Video availableLine-ups available

Aston Villa

2 1

Tottenham

Video availableLine-ups available

Line-ups available

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Reading

0 2

Portsmouth

Line-ups available

January 02, 2008

Blackburn

1 0

Sunderland

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Line-ups available

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Newcastle United

0 2

Manchester City

Video availableLine-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	50	21	15	5	1	42	16	+26
2	Manchester United	48	21	15	3	3	38	11	+27
3	Chelsea	44	21	13	5	3	33	16	+17
4	Liverpool	37	19	10	7	2	33	12	+21
+15	Everton	36	21	11	3	7	37	22	+15
+16	Aston Villa	36	21	10	6	5	37	27	+10
-27	Manchester City	36	20	10	6	4	27	22	+5
8	Portsmouth	34	21	9	7	5	31	20	+11
9	Blackburn	30	20	8	6	6	27	28	-1
10	West Ham	29	20	8	5	7	25	19	+6
11	Newcastle United	26	20	7	5	8	27	31	-4
12	Tottenham	24	21	6	6	9	42	38	+4
13	Reading	22	21	6	4	11	29	44	-15
14	Middlesbrough	20	21	5	5	11	18	35	-17
15	Birmingham City	19	21	5	4	12	22	32	-10
16	Bolton Wanderers	17	20	4	5	11	22	32	-10
17	Sunderland	17	20	4	5	11	20	39	-19
18	Wigan	16	20	4	4	12	20	36	-16
19	Fulham	15	21	2	9	10	22	37	-15
20	Derby County	7	20	1	4	15	10	45	-35

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Man United 1-0 Birmingham City - January 01, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

Man United

1 - 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

Ferguson vs Birmingham City

Ferguson vs McLeish

Manager

McLeish vs Man United

McLeish vs Ferguson

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 Man United

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Man United

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking