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Birmingham City 1-2 Nottingham - March 21, 1998 / First Division 1997/1998

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First Division 1997/1998 - Round 39

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

March 21, 1998

Birmingham City

1 - 2

Nottingham

84'

Pierre van Hooijdonk

88'

Pierre van Hooijdonk

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73' - Substitution Scot Gemmillis substituted by Ian Woan

82' - Substitution Andy Johnsonis substituted by Geoffrey Thomas

84' - Goal Pierre van Hooijdonk

88' - Goal Pierre van Hooijdonk

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

1 - 2

Nottingham

Birmingham City Nottingham

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Nottingham

Beasant

Dave Beasant

England

B.date20/03/1959

Age39 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Chettle

Steve Chettle

England

B.date27/09/1968

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Cooper

Colin Cooper

England

B.date28/02/1967

Age31 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Bart-Williams

Chris Bart-Williams

England

B.date16/06/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Bonalair

Thierry Bonalair

France

B.date14/06/1966

Age31 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

Rogers

Alan Rogers

England

B.date03/01/1977

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Gemmill73

Scot Gemmill

Scotland

B.date02/01/1971

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Stone

Steve Stone

England

B.date20/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Johnson82

Andy Johnson

Wales

B.date02/05/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Campbell

Kevin Campbell

England

B.date04/02/1970

Age28 years

H1m86

positionStriker

van Hooijdonk8488

Pierre van Hooijdonk

Netherlands

B.date29/11/1969

Age28 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dave Beasant		39	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Chettle		29	357	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Cooper		31	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Bart-Williams		23	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thierry Bonalair		31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Rogers		21	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scot Gemmill	73	27	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Stone		26	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Johnson	82	23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Campbell		28	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pierre van Hooijdonk	8488	28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

114

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Geoffrey Thomas	82	33	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Ian Woan	73	30	211	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

Colin Cooper

Jon-Olav Hjelde

OUT

Andy Johnson

Geoffrey Thomas

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Trevor Francis

100

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Francis vs Nottingham

5 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 21, 1998

Francis vs Bassett

3 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 21, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Bassett

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Bassett vs Birmingham City

3 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on March 21, 1998

Bassett vs Francis

4 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 21, 1998

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Key figures

No key stat for this match

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBirmingham City 2-1 Stockport24/01/1998

VBirmingham City 4-1 Stockport27/01/1998

DBirmingham City 1-1 Middlesbrough07/02/1998

VBirmingham City 2-0 Sheffield United22/02/1998

LBirmingham City 1-3 Bury25/02/1998

VBirmingham City 1-0 Queens Park Rangers07/03/1998

Overall

LBirmingham City 1-3 Bury25/02/1998

VWolverhampton 1-3 Birmingham City28/02/1998

DNorwich City 3-3 Birmingham City04/03/1998

VBirmingham City 1-0 Queens Park Rangers07/03/1998

DSunderland 1-1 Birmingham City10/03/1998

DBradford 0-0 Birmingham City14/03/1998

Current form

Away

LNorwich City 1-0 Nottingham Forest17/01/1998

VQueens Park Rangers 0-1 Nottingham Forest24/01/1998

VPortsmouth 0-1 Nottingham Forest07/02/1998

DStoke City 1-1 Nottingham Forest21/02/1998

DTranmere Rovers 0-0 Nottingham Forest24/02/1998

VCrewe Alexandra 1-4 Nottingham Forest07/03/1998

Overall

DStoke City 1-1 Nottingham Forest21/02/1998

DTranmere Rovers 0-0 Nottingham Forest24/02/1998

VNottingham Forest 4-0 Middlesbrough01/03/1998

LNottingham Forest 0-3 Sunderland04/03/1998

VCrewe Alexandra 1-4 Nottingham Forest07/03/1998

VNottingham Forest 3-0 Bury14/03/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	5
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	6	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	5	2
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

38	Number of games (Competition total)	37
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
15	Victories (Competition total)	22
8	Victories (Home / Away)	8
14	Draws (Competition total)	8
6	Draws (Home / Away)	6
9	Losses (Competition total)	7
4	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

50	Goals scored (Competition total)	63
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.32	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.7
1.17	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.11
0.82	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.89
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.78

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
17	Clean sheets (Competition total)	18
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	9
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (5 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	23
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	18
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	24 goals	Pierre van Hooijdonk
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Kevin Campbell
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	6 penalties	Pierre van Hooijdonk
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Pierre van Hooijdonk
-	The fittest player	11 goals during the last 15 matches	Pierre van Hooijdonk

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

18 v

11 d

15 l

75 gf

59 ga

Away

45 matches

13 v

14 d

18 l

51 gf

61 ga

Total

89 matches

31 v

25 d

33 l

126 gf

120 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

18 v

14 d

13 l

61 gf

51 ga

Away

44 matches

15 v

11 d

18 l

59 gf

75 ga

Total

89 matches

33 v

25 d

31 l

120 gf

126 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	March 10, 1920
Home	8 - 0	March 10, 1920

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 23, 1959
Away	5 - 0	November 29, 1952

Latest head to head

November 15, 1997 - First Division 1997/1998

Nottingham

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 04, 1993 - First Division 1993/1994

Nottingham

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 06, 1993 - First Division 1993/1994

Birmingham City

0 - 3

Nottingham

February 20, 1988 - FA Cup 1987/1988

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Nottingham

March 31, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Nottingham

3 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

Frank Worthington	4 goals	1980 - 1982
Kenneth Leek	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Jimmy Harris	3 goals	1961 - 1962
Neil Whatmore	2 goals	1981 - 1981
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Mick Harford	2 goals	1983 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Colin Addison	5 goals	1964 - 1964
Ian Wallace	5 goals	1981 - 1984
Garry Birtles	3 goals	1979 - 1983
Peter Davenport	3 goals	1983 - 1984
Colin Booth	3 goals	1961 - 1961
Dick Le Flem	2 goals	1961 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Kevin Dillon	10 matches	1977 - 1983
Mike Hellawell	8 matches	1961 - 1964
Malcolm Beard	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Trevor Smith	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Colin Withers	7 matches	1961 - 1964
Bertie Auld	6 matches	1961 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Ian Bowyer	11 matches	1978 - 1986
John Robertson	10 matches	1977 - 1985
Bob McKinlay	10 matches	1960 - 1964
Viv Anderson	10 matches	1977 - 1984
Peter Shilton	8 matches	1977 - 1982
John McGovern	8 matches	1977 - 1982