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Aston Villa 5-1 Birmingham City - April 20, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Journée 35

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

April 20, 2008

Aston Villa

5 - 1

Birmingham City

(right foot) Ashley Young

28'

(header) John Carew

42'

(right foot) John Carew

53'

(right foot) Ashley Young

63'

(right foot) Gabriel Agbonlahor

78'

67'

Mikael Forssell (right foot)

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28' - Goal Ashley Young28

42' - Goal John Carew42

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53' - Goal John Carew53

58' - Substitution Mauro Zárateis substituted by Mikael Forssell photo Olivier Kapo

58' - Substitution Cameron Jeromeis substituted by Olivier Kapo

63' - Goal Ashley Young63

67' - Goal Mikael Forssell

78' - Goal Gabriel Agbonlahor78

85' - Substitution Olof Mellbergis substituted by Marlon Harewood85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

5 - 1

Birmingham City

Aston Villa Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

22 Carson

Scott Carson

England

B.date03/09/1985

Age22 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

4 Mellberg85

Olof Mellberg

Sweden

B.date03/09/1977

Age30 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

5 Laursen

Martin Laursen

Denmark

B.date26/07/1977

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

3 Bouma

Wilfried Bouma

Netherlands

B.date15/06/1978

Age29 years

H1m79

positionLeft central defender

16 Knight

Zat Knight

England

B.date02/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m98

positionCentral defender

19 Petrov

Stilian Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date05/07/1979

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

6 Barry

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

20 Reo-Coker

Nigel Reo-Coker

England

B.date14/05/1984

Age23 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

7 Young2863

Ashley Young

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

11 Agbonlahor78

Gabriel Agbonlahor

England

B.date13/10/1986

Age21 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

10 Carew4253

John Carew

Norway

B.date05/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m93

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Scott Carson		22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Olof Mellberg	85	30	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Martin Laursen		30	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Wilfried Bouma		29	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Zat Knight		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Stilian Petrov		28	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Gareth Barry		27	390	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nigel Reo-Coker		23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ashley Young	2863	22	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Gabriel Agbonlahor	78	21	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	John Carew	4253	28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

103

Birmingham City

Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age36 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

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

positionCentral defender

Kelly

Stephen Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/09/1983

Age24 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

Murphy

David Murphy

Scotland

B.date01/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

McFadden

James McFadden

Scotland

B.date14/04/1983

Age25 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Muamba

Fabrice Muamba

England

B.date06/04/1988

Age20 years

H1m90

positionLeft central midfielder

Nafti

Mehdi Nafti

Tunisia

B.date28/11/1978

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Zárate58

Mauro Zárate

Argentina

B.date18/03/1987

Age21 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

Jerome58

Cameron Jerome

England

B.date14/10/1986

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

McSheffrey

Gary McSheffrey

England

B.date13/08/1982

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Maik Taylor		36	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Ridgewell		23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Radhi Jaïdi		32	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Kelly		24	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Murphy		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James McFadden		25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabrice Muamba		20	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mehdi Nafti		29	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mauro Zárate	58	21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cameron Jerome	58	21	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary McSheffrey		25	77	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
9	F		Marlon Harewood	85	28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Olivier Kapo	58	27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Mikael Forssell	6758	27	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mauro Zárate

Mikael Forssell

OUT

Cameron Jerome

Sebastian Larsson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

O'Neill vs Birmingham City

5 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 2008

O'Neill vs McLeish

16 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Alex McLeish

Success rate in this team:

18 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

McLeish vs Aston Villa

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 20, 2008

McLeish vs O'Neill

7 victories

5 draws

16 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 2008

Referee

Mark Clattenburg

16 victories	10 draws	15 losses	Aston Villa41 matches	General total	Birmingham City17 matches	2 victories	6 draws	9 losses
2 victories	2 draws	0 loss	Aston Villa4 matches	Season total	Birmingham City5 matches	0 victory	2 draws	3 losses
Latest figure on May 15, 2016					Latest figure on January 24, 2015

Videos

November 18, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Zat Knight played his game number 10 vs Birmingham City in his professional career

It's the first time Ashley Young scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Birmingham City in his professional career

Gareth Barry played his game number 10 vs Birmingham City in his professional career with Aston Villa

Read the next 18 key stats

General ranking

	4	Liverpool	69 pts	35 rd
	5	Everton	61 pts	35 rd
+1	6	Aston Villa	58 pts	35 rd
-1	7	Portsmouth	57 pts	35 rd
+1	8	Manchester City	55 pts	35 rd

General ranking

16	Bolton Wanderers	32 pts	35 rd
17	Reading	32 pts	35 rd
18	Birmingham City	31 pts	35 rd
19	Fulham	27 pts	35 rd
20	Derby County	11 pts	35 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 3-1 Reading12/01/2008

DAston Villa 1-1 Blackburn26/01/2008

VAston Villa 4-1 Newcastle United09/02/2008

DAston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough12/03/2008

LAston Villa 0-1 Sunderland22/03/2008

VAston Villa 4-0 Bolton Wanderers05/04/2008

Overall

DAston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough12/03/2008

LPortsmouth 2-0 Aston Villa15/03/2008

LAston Villa 0-1 Sunderland22/03/2008

LManchester United 4-0 Aston Villa29/03/2008

VAston Villa 4-0 Bolton Wanderers05/04/2008

VDerby County 0-6 Aston Villa12/04/2008

Current form

Away

DArsenal 1-1 Birmingham City12/01/2008

LSunderland 2-0 Birmingham City29/01/2008

DWest Ham 1-1 Birmingham City09/02/2008

LPortsmouth 4-2 Birmingham City12/03/2008

LReading 2-1 Birmingham City22/03/2008

LWigan 2-0 Birmingham City05/04/2008

Overall

LPortsmouth 4-2 Birmingham City12/03/2008

DBirmingham City 1-1 Newcastle United17/03/2008

LReading 2-1 Birmingham City22/03/2008

VBirmingham City 3-1 Manchester City29/03/2008

LWigan 2-0 Birmingham City05/04/2008

DBirmingham City 1-1 Everton12/04/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	10	2
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	15	16

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

7	General ranking (Competition total)	18
7	General ranking (Home / Away)	15
50	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	305
9	FBDB index ranking (National)	19

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	34
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
15	Victories (Competition total)	7
9	Victories (Home / Away)	2
10	Draws (Competition total)	10
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
9	Losses (Competition total)	17
5	Losses (Home / Away)	12

Goals

62	Goals scored (Competition total)	39
29	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
44	Goals conceded (Competition total)	52
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	32
1.82	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.15
1.71	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.88
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.53
1.12	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.88

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
21	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (3 times)

Bookings

49	Yellow cards (Competition total)	56
24	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	33
4	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

John Carew	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Mikael Forssell
John Carew	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Cameron Jerome
Gareth Barry	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Gary McSheffrey
Gareth Barry	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	James McFadden
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Franck Queudrue
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Franck Queudrue
Gareth Barry	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	Mauro Zárate

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

29 v

15 d

14 l

105 gf

67 ga

Away

57 matches

20 v

14 d

23 l

75 gf

83 ga

Total

115 matches

49 v

29 d

37 l

180 gf

150 ga

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

23 v

14 d

20 l

83 gf

75 ga

Away

58 matches

14 v

15 d

29 l

67 gf

105 ga

Total

115 matches

37 v

29 d

49 l

150 gf

180 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	November 09, 1988
Home	6 - 0	November 09, 1988

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 21, 1968
Away	3 - 0	March 22, 1986

Latest head to head

November 11, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Birmingham City

1 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

April 16, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Aston Villa

3 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

October 16, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 20, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Birmingham City

2 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 12, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Aston Villa

1 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Gerald Hitchens	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Peter Withe	3 goals	1982 - 1984
Alan O'Neill	3 goals	1960 - 1962
Harry Burrows	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Lew Chatterley	3 goals	1964 - 1965
Andy Gray	3 goals	1976 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Trevor Francis	4 goals	1975 - 1978
Stan Lynn	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Jimmy Harris	3 goals	1961 - 1964
Kenneth Leek	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Wayne Clarke	2 goals	1986 - 1986
Mikael Forssell	2 goals	2004 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Dennis Mortimer	14 matches	1976 - 1983
Allan Evans	12 matches	1978 - 1986
Gordon Cowans	11 matches	1977 - 1993
Gary Williams	10 matches	1978 - 1986
Gareth Barry	9 matches	2002 - 2007
Alan Deakin	9 matches	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Joe Gallagher	9 matches	1975 - 1980
Damien Johnson	8 matches	2002 - 2006
Stan Lynn	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Kenny Cunningham	7 matches	2002 - 2006
Mike Hellawell	7 matches	1960 - 1964
Kevan Broadhurst	7 matches	1977 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Dwight Yorke

270 matches

16 matches

1990 - 2005

Peter Withe

201 matches

35 matches

1975 - 1985

Des Bremner

193 matches

32 matches

1979 - 1986

Ron Wylie

139 matches

2 matches

1960 - 1968

Tony Hateley

129 matches

1 match

1963 - 1970

Frank Carrodus

116 matches

8 matches

1975 - 1982

Total : 23 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Malcolm Beard

1 match

160 matches

1960 - 1971

Stan Lynn

16 matches

125 matches

1957 - 1965

Colin Withers

108 matches

99 matches

1960 - 1967

Alan Curbishley

36 matches

89 matches

1980 - 1984

Robert Hopkins

3 matches

81 matches

1980 - 1986

Noel Blake

4 matches

75 matches

1980 - 1984

Total : 23 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

April 17, 2008

Everton

0 1

Chelsea

Line-ups available

April 19, 2008

Arsenal

2 0

Reading

Video availableLine-ups available

Blackburn

1 1

Man United

Video availableLine-ups available

Fulham

0 2

Liverpool

Video availableLine-ups available

Middlesbrough

0 1

Bolton Wanderers

Video availableLine-ups available

West Ham

2 1

Derby County

Video availableLine-ups available

Wigan

1 1

Tottenham

Video availableLine-ups available

April 20, 2008

Line-ups available

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester United	81	35	25	6	4	73	19	+54
2	Chelsea	78	35	23	9	3	60	24	+36
3	Arsenal	74	35	21	11	3	66	29	+37
4	Liverpool	69	35	19	12	4	62	26	+36
5	Everton	61	35	18	7	10	50	29	+21
+16	Aston Villa	58	35	16	10	9	67	45	+22
-17	Portsmouth	57	35	16	9	10	48	36	+12
+18	Manchester City	55	35	15	10	10	42	41	+1
-19	Blackburn	54	35	14	12	9	46	43	+3
10	West Ham	47	35	13	8	14	37	42	-5
+111	Newcastle United	42	35	11	9	15	42	58	-16
-112	Tottenham	41	35	10	11	14	64	59	+5
13	Wigan	36	35	9	9	17	32	49	-17
14	Middlesbrough	36	35	8	12	15	31	49	-18
15	Sunderland	36	35	10	6	19	33	54	-21
16	Bolton Wanderers	32	35	8	8	19	32	52	-20
17	Reading	32	35	9	5	21	37	65	-28
18	Birmingham City	31	35	7	10	18	40	57	-17
19	Fulham	27	35	5	12	18	32	58	-26
20	Derby County	11	35	1	8	26	17	76	-59

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Aston Villa 5-1 Birmingham City - April 20, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

Aston Villa

5 - 1

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

O'Neill vs Birmingham City

O'Neill vs McLeish

Manager

McLeish vs Aston Villa

McLeish vs O'Neill

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 Aston Villa

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking