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Birmingham City 2-2 Arsenal - February 23, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 27

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

February 23, 2008

27 195

Birmingham City

2 - 2

Arsenal

(free kick) James McFadden

28'

(penalty) James McFadden

90'

49'

Theo Walcott (right foot)

55'

Theo Walcott (left foot)

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3' - Red card Martin Taylor3

10' - Substitution Eduardois substituted by Nicklas Bendtner

15' - Substitution Mikael Forssellis substituted by Stuart Parnaby15

28' - Goal James McFadden28

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49' - Goal Theo Walcott

55' - Goal Theo Walcott

59' - Substitution Olivier Kapois substituted by Mauro Zárate59

66' - Substitution Sebastian Larssonis substituted by Mehdi Nafti66

88' - Substitution Alexander Hlebis substituted by Denilson photo Gilberto Silva

88' - Substitution Theo Walcottis substituted by Gilberto Silva

90' - Goal James McFadden90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

2 - 2

Arsenal

Birmingham City Arsenal

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Forssell15

Mikael Forssell

Finland

B.date15/03/1981

Age26 years

H1m84

positionStriker

McFadden9028

James McFadden

Scotland

B.date14/04/1983

Age24 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Kapo59

Olivier Kapo

France

B.date27/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m84

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Larsson66

Sebastian Larsson

Sweden

B.date06/06/1985

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

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

Murphy

David Murphy

Scotland

B.date01/03/1984

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Ridgewell

Liam Ridgewell

England

B.date21/07/1984

Age23 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

M. Taylor3

Martin Taylor

England

B.date09/11/1979

Age28 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

Kelly

Stephen Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/09/1983

Age24 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age36 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Maik Taylor		36	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Taylor	3	28	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Ridgewell		23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Murphy		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Kelly		24	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James McFadden	9028	24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabrice Muamba		19	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Johnson		29	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Olivier Kapo	59	27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sebastian Larsson	66	22	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikael Forssell	15	26	107	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

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Eduardo10

Eduardo

Croatia

B.date25/02/1983

Age24 years

H1m77

positionCentre forward

Adebayor

Emmanuel Adebayor

Togo

B.date26/02/1984

Age23 years

H1m93

positionCentre forward

Hleb88

Alexander Hleb

Belarus

B.date01/05/1981

Age26 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Walcott495588

Theo Walcott

England

B.date16/03/1989

Age18 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Flamini

Mathieu Flamini

France

B.date07/03/1984

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age20 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

Clichy

Gaël Clichy

France

B.date26/07/1985

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Senderos

Philippe Senderos

Switzerland

B.date14/02/1985

Age23 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age30 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Almunia

Manuel Almunia

Spain

B.date19/05/1977

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Manuel Almunia		30	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Gallas		30	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Philippe Senderos		23	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bacary Sagna		25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gaël Clichy		22	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Cesc Fàbregas		20	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mathieu Flamini		23	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alexander Hleb	88	26	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Theo Walcott	495588	18	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eduardo	10	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emmanuel Adebayor		23	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Stuart Parnaby	16	25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mehdi Nafti	66	29	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mauro Zárate	59	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Gilberto Silva	88	31	234	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Denilson	88	20	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicklas Bendtner	10	20	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Olivier Kapo

Gary McSheffrey

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manuel Almunia

Jens Lehmann

OUT

Philippe Senderos

Kolo Touré

OUT

Theo Walcott

Emmanuel Eboué

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alex McLeish

Success rate in this team:

14 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

McLeish vs Arsenal

0 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2008

McLeish vs Wenger

0 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

659

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Birmingham City

7 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2008

Wenger vs McLeish

0 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2008

Referee

Michael Dean

9 victories	8 draws	12 losses	Birmingham City29 matches	General total	Arsenal81 matches	39 victories	24 draws	18 losses
0 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Birmingham City3 matches	Season total	Arsenal2 matches	0 victory	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on April 06, 2019					Latest figure on May 01, 2022

Videos

October 17, 2023

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Theo Walcott scores at least 2 goals during the same game in Premier League

It's the first time James McFadden scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs in his professional career

End of streak for Arsenal after 10 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Premier League (since 16/12/2007). It was the best streak for the club since 19/08/2006-18/11/2006 (12 matches).

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

-1	15	Sunderland	26 pts	27 rd
-1	16	Bolton Wanderers	25 pts	26 rd
	17	Birmingham City	23 pts	27 rd
	18	Reading	22 pts	26 rd
	19	Fulham	19 pts	27 rd

General ranking

	1	Arsenal	64 pts	27 rd
	2	Manchester United	61 pts	27 rd
	3	Chelsea	55 pts	26 rd
+1	4	Liverpool	47 pts	26 rd
-1	5	Everton	47 pts	26 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBirmingham City 0-2 Portsmouth24/11/2007

DBirmingham City 1-1 Reading15/12/2007

VBirmingham City 3-0 Middlesbrough26/12/2007

DBirmingham City 1-1 Fulham29/12/2007

LBirmingham City 0-1 Chelsea19/01/2008

DBirmingham City 1-1 Derby County02/02/2008

Overall

LHuddersfield Town 2-1 Birmingham City05/01/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Birmingham City12/01/2008

LBirmingham City 0-1 Chelsea19/01/2008

LSunderland 2-0 Birmingham City29/01/2008

DBirmingham City 1-1 Derby County02/02/2008

DWest Ham 1-1 Birmingham City09/02/2008

Current form

Away

VEverton 1-4 Arsenal29/12/2007

VBurnley 0-2 Arsenal06/01/2008

VFulham 0-3 Arsenal19/01/2008

LTottenham 5-1 Arsenal22/01/2008

VManchester City 1-3 Arsenal02/02/2008

LManchester United 4-0 Arsenal16/02/2008

Overall

VArsenal 3-0 Newcastle United26/01/2008

VArsenal 3-0 Newcastle United29/01/2008

VManchester City 1-3 Arsenal02/02/2008

VArsenal 2-0 Blackburn11/02/2008

LManchester United 4-0 Arsenal16/02/2008

DArsenal 0-0 AC Milan20/02/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	3	8
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	3	8

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	6	0
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

17	General ranking (Competition total)	1
19	General ranking (Home / Away)	2
494	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	7
19	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	26
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
5	Victories (Competition total)	19
3	Victories (Home / Away)	7
7	Draws (Competition total)	6
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
14	Losses (Competition total)	1
5	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	54
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	18
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
0.96	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.08
1.08	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.92
1.46	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.69
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.83

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

49	Yellow cards (Competition total)	39
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	25
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Olivier Kapo	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	19 goals	Emmanuel Adebayor
Olivier Kapo	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	10 goals	Emmanuel Adebayor
Gary McSheffrey	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Emmanuel Adebayor
Olivier Kapo	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Franck Queudrue	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Cesc Fàbregas
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Cesc Fàbregas
Sebastian Larsson	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	13 goals during the last 15 matches	Emmanuel Adebayor

Historical head to head

Home

62 matches

32 v

13 d

17 l

113 gf

78 ga

Away

64 matches

5 v

20 d

39 l

45 gf

124 ga

Total

126 matches

37 v

33 d

56 l

158 gf

202 ga

Historical head to head

Home

64 matches

39 v

20 d

5 l

124 gf

45 ga

Away

62 matches

17 v

13 d

32 l

78 gf

113 ga

Total

126 matches

56 v

33 d

37 l

202 gf

158 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 03, 1955
Home	4 - 0	December 03, 1955

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 03, 1906
Away	4 - 0	January 12, 2003

Latest head to head

January 12, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Arsenal

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

February 04, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Birmingham City

0 - 2

Arsenal

October 02, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Arsenal

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

May 15, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Arsenal

December 04, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Arsenal

3 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Trevor Francis	7 goals	1974 - 1978
Bob Hatton	4 goals	1974 - 1975
Kenny Burns	2 goals	1974 - 1975
Frank Worthington	2 goals	1980 - 1981
Kenneth Leek	2 goals	1962 - 1964
Robin Stubbs	2 goals	1960 - 1960

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 Birmingham City

Joe Baker	7 goals	1962 - 1965
Thierry Henry	6 goals	2002 - 2006
Malcolm Macdonald	4 goals	1976 - 1977
Ted Drake	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Alan Sunderland	3 goals	1978 - 1983
Geoff Strong	3 goals	1962 - 1963

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

Joe Gallagher	12 matches	1973 - 1981
Trevor Francis	12 matches	1972 - 1978
Johnny Schofield	10 matches	1959 - 1965
Trevor Smith	10 matches	1959 - 1963
Dave Latchford	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Kevin Dillon	8 matches	1978 - 1983

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

David O'Leary	14 matches	1975 - 1986
Pat Rice	12 matches	1972 - 1979
Liam Brady	12 matches	1973 - 1979
Kenny Sansom	10 matches	1980 - 1986
Billy McCullough	10 matches	1959 - 1965
Graham Rix	10 matches	1977 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Matthew Upson

128 matches

55 matches

1997 - 2007

Jimmy Bloomfield

126 matches

48 matches

1959 - 1964

Sebastian Larsson

76 matches

12 matches

2004 - 2008

Julian Gray

73 matches

1 match

2000 - 2007

Fabrice Muamba

67 matches

2 matches

2005 - 2008

John Roberts

67 matches

69 matches

1969 - 1976

Total : 14 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/08/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

David Seaman

42 matches

564 matches

1985 - 2003

Anders Limpar

1 match

115 matches

1990 - 1997

Christopher Whyte

6 matches

113 matches

1981 - 1996

John Roberts

67 matches

69 matches

1969 - 1976

Matthew Upson

128 matches

55 matches

1997 - 2007

Jimmy Bloomfield

126 matches

48 matches

1959 - 1964

Total : 14 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/08/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

February 23, 2008

Fulham

0 1

West Ham

Video availableLine-ups available

Liverpool

3 2

Middlesbrough

Video availableLine-ups available

Newcastle United

1 5

Man United

Video availableLine-ups available

Portsmouth

1 0

Sunderland

Video availableLine-ups available

Wigan

2 0

Derby County

Video availableLine-ups available

February 24, 2008

Blackburn

4 1

Bolton Wanderers

Video availableLine-ups available

Reading

1 2

Aston Villa

Video availableLine-ups available

February 25, 2008

Manchester City

0 2

Everton

Line-ups available

March 19, 2008

Tottenham

4 4

Chelsea

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	64	27	19	7	1	56	20	+36
2	Manchester United	61	27	19	4	4	55	15	+40
3	Chelsea	55	26	16	7	3	38	17	+21
+14	Liverpool	47	26	12	11	3	43	19	+24
-15	Everton	47	26	14	5	7	41	23	+18
6	Aston Villa	44	26	12	8	6	48	34	+14
+17	Portsmouth	44	27	12	8	7	37	26	+11
-18	Manchester City	44	26	12	8	6	34	29	+5
+19	West Ham	40	26	11	7	8	31	23	+8
-110	Blackburn	39	26	10	9	7	32	33	-1
11	Tottenham	32	26	8	8	10	48	41	+7
12	Middlesbrough	29	27	7	8	12	25	41	-16
13	Newcastle United	28	27	7	7	13	30	52	-22
+214	Wigan	26	27	7	5	15	26	42	-16
-115	Sunderland	26	27	7	5	15	26	46	-20
-116	Bolton Wanderers	25	26	6	7	13	26	35	-9
17	Birmingham City	23	27	5	8	14	27	40	-13
18	Reading	22	26	6	4	16	30	53	-23
19	Fulham	19	27	3	10	14	25	45	-20
20	Derby County	9	27	1	6	20	13	57	-44

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Birmingham City 2-2 Arsenal - February 23, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

Birmingham City

2 - 2

Arsenal

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

McLeish vs Arsenal

McLeish vs Wenger

Manager

Wenger vs Birmingham City

Wenger vs McLeish

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 Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking