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Birmingham City 0-0 Aston Villa - October 19, 2003 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 9

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

October 19, 2003

29 546

0 - 0

Aston Villa

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41' - Substitution Lee Hendrieis substituted by Peter Whittingham

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77' - Substitution Stan Lazaridisis substituted by Aliou Cissé photo Clinton Morrison

77' - Substitution Christophe Dugarryis substituted by Clinton Morrison77

79' - Substitution Damien Johnsonis substituted by Olivier Tébily79

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

0 - 0

Aston Villa

Birmingham City Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

1 Bennett

Ian Bennett

England

B.date10/10/1971

Age32 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

4 Cunningham

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

25 Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

23 Clapham

Jamie Clapham

England

B.date07/12/1975

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

22 Johnson79

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

32 Clemence

Stephen Clemence

England

B.date31/03/1978

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

8 Savage

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

16 Dunn

David Dunn

England

B.date27/12/1979

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

11 Lazaridis77

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age31 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

21 Dugarry77

Christophe Dugarry

France

B.date24/03/1972

Age31 years

H1m88

positionLeft Winger

9 Forssell

Mikael Forssell

Finland

B.date15/03/1981

Age22 years

H1m84

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Ian Bennett		32	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kenny Cunningham		32	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Matthew Upson		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Jamie Clapham		27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Damien Johnson	79	24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Stephen Clemence		25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Robbie Savage		29	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	David Dunn		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Stan Lazaridis	77	31	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Christophe Dugarry	77	31	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Mikael Forssell		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aston Villa

1 Sorensen

Thomas Sorensen

Denmark

B.date12/06/1976

Age27 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

4 Mellberg

Olof Mellberg

Sweden

B.date03/09/1977

Age26 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

2 Delaney

Mark Delaney

Wales

B.date13/05/1976

Age27 years

H1m88

positionDefender

27 Johnsen

Ronny Johnsen

Norway

B.date10/06/1969

Age34 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

15 de la Cruz

Ulises de la Cruz

Ecuador

B.date08/02/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

3 Samuel

Jlloyd Samuel

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date29/03/1981

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

7 Hendrie41

Lee Hendrie

England

B.date18/05/1977

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

6 Barry

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

8 McCann

Gavin McCann

England

B.date10/01/1978

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

10 Vassell

Darius Vassell

England

B.date13/06/1980

Age23 years

H1m75

positionStriker

18 Angel

Juan Pablo Angel

Colombia

B.date24/10/1975

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Thomas Sorensen		27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Olof Mellberg		26	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mark Delaney		27	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Ronny Johnsen		34	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Ulises de la Cruz		29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jlloyd Samuel		22	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Lee Hendrie	41	26	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Gareth Barry		22	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Gavin McCann		25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Darius Vassell		23	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Juan Pablo Angel		27	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
6	D	Aliou Cissé	77	27	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Olivier Tébily	79	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Clinton Morrison	77	24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
17	M		Peter Whittingham	41	19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Bennett

Maik Taylor

OUT

Robbie Savage

Aliou Cissé

OUT

Mikael Forssell

Olivier Tébily

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ronny Johnsen

Alpay Özalan

OUT

Ulises de la Cruz

Peter Whittingham

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Bruce vs Aston Villa

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 19, 2003

Bruce vs O'Leary

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 19, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

David O'Leary

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

O'Leary vs Birmingham City

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 19, 2003

O'Leary vs Bruce

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 19, 2003

Referee

Mike Riley

4 victories	4 draws	6 losses	Birmingham City14 matches	General total	Aston Villa30 matches	7 victories	10 draws	13 losses
1 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Birmingham City3 matches	Season total	Aston Villa1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on December 28, 2008					Latest figure on May 16, 2009

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Steve Bruce has done less than 1.15 goals conceded per game in Premier League.

Aston Villa keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a win away from home in Premier League running (since 08/02/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 17/09/1988-27/03/1989 time period (15 matches).

Mark Delaney played his game number 100 in Premier League

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBirmingham City 3-0 Middlesbrough26/04/2003

DBirmingham City 2-2 West Ham11/05/2003

VBirmingham City 1-0 Tottenham16/08/2003

DBirmingham City 2-2 Fulham13/09/2003

VBirmingham City 2-0 Portsmouth27/09/2003

DBirmingham City 0-0 Chelsea14/10/2003

Overall

DBirmingham City 2-2 Fulham13/09/2003

VLeeds United 0-2 Birmingham City20/09/2003

LBlackpool 1-0 Birmingham City23/09/2003

VBirmingham City 2-0 Portsmouth27/09/2003

LManchester United 3-0 Birmingham City04/10/2003

DBirmingham City 0-0 Chelsea14/10/2003

Current form

Away

LLeeds United 3-1 Aston Villa11/05/2003

LPortsmouth 2-1 Aston Villa16/08/2003

LArsenal 2-0 Aston Villa26/08/2003

LManchester City 4-1 Aston Villa14/09/2003

VWycombe Wanderers 0-5 Aston Villa23/09/2003

LChelsea 1-0 Aston Villa27/09/2003

Overall

VAston Villa 3-1 Leicester30/08/2003

LManchester City 4-1 Aston Villa14/09/2003

VAston Villa 2-1 Charlton20/09/2003

VWycombe Wanderers 0-5 Aston Villa23/09/2003

LChelsea 1-0 Aston Villa27/09/2003

DAston Villa 1-1 Bolton Wanderers05/10/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	10	1
Winless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
4	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
3	Draws (Competition total)	2
2	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	12
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
0.63	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.25

Betting aid

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

Bookings

12	Yellow cards (Competition total)	13
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	8
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Mikael Forssell	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Juan Pablo Angel
Mikael Forssell	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Gareth Barry
David Dunn	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Gareth Barry
David Dunn	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Gareth Barry
Mikael Forssell	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 5 matches	Juan Pablo Angel

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

22 v

13 d

18 l

80 gf

72 ga

Away

55 matches

13 v

14 d

28 l

62 gf

99 ga

Total

108 matches

35 v

27 d

46 l

142 gf

171 ga

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

28 v

14 d

13 l

99 gf

62 ga

Away

53 matches

18 v

13 d

22 l

72 gf

80 ga

Total

108 matches

46 v

27 d

35 l

171 gf

142 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 21, 1968
Home	4 - 0	September 21, 1968

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	November 09, 1988
Away	4 - 0	February 21, 1931

Latest head to head

March 03, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 16, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Birmingham City

3 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 06, 1993 - League Cup 1993/1994

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 21, 1993 - League Cup 1993/1994

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

November 09, 1988 - Simod Cup 1988/1989

Aston Villa

6 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

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
Geoff Horsfield	2 goals	2002 - 2003
Wayne Clarke	2 goals	1986 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

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 23/08/1958. 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
Stan Lynn	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Trevor Smith	7 matches	1958 - 1963
William Hennessey	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Jimmy Harris	7 matches	1961 - 1964
Mike Hellawell	7 matches	1960 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1958. 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
Gordon Cowans	12 matches	1977 - 1993
Allan Evans	12 matches	1978 - 1986
Gary Williams	10 matches	1978 - 1986
Alan Deakin	9 matches	1961 - 1965
Jimmy Rimmer	9 matches	1977 - 1982