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Birmingham City 0-4 Blackburn - December 06, 2003 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 15

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

December 06, 2003

29 354

0 - 4

Blackburn

66'

Barry Ferguson

68'

Lucas Neill

82'

Kerimoglu Tugay

88'

Paul Gallagher

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59' - Substitution Dwight Yorkeis substituted by Andy Cole

66' - Goal Barry Ferguson

68' - Goal Lucas Neill

72' - Red card Christophe Dugarry72

73' - Substitution Stan Lazaridisis substituted by Clinton Morrison73

79' - Substitution Jeff Kennais substituted by Aliou Cissé79

82' - Goal Kerimoglu Tugay

83' - Substitution Robbie Savageis substituted by Stephen Clemence83

88' - Goal Paul Gallagher

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

0 - 4

Blackburn

Birmingham City Blackburn

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

12 Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age32 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

26 Tébily

Olivier Tébily

Ivory Coast

B.date19/12/1975

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

4 Cunningham

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

2 Kenna79

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age33 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

23 Clapham

Jamie Clapham

England

B.date07/12/1975

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

8 Savage83

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

22 Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

11 Lazaridis73

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age31 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

21 Dugarry72

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
12	G	Maik Taylor		32	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Olivier Tébily		27	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kenny Cunningham		32	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jeff Kenna	79	33	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Jamie Clapham		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Robbie Savage	83	29	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	David Dunn		23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Damien Johnson		25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Stan Lazaridis	73	31	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Christophe Dugarry	72	31	27	2You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Mikael Forssell		22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Blackburn

1 Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age32 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

11 Babbel

Markus Babbel

Germany

B.date08/09/1972

Age31 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

15 Todd

Andy Todd

England

B.date21/09/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

2 Neill68

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age25 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

6 Short

Craig Short

England

B.date25/06/1968

Age35 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

3 Gresko

Vratislav Gresko

Slovakia

B.date24/07/1977

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

24 Ferguson66

Barry Ferguson

Scotland

B.date02/02/1978

Age25 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

23 Emerton

Brett Emerton

Australia

B.date22/02/1979

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

8 Tugay82

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age33 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

19 Yorke59

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age32 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

17 Gallagher88

Paul Gallagher

Scotland

B.date08/09/1984

Age19 years

H1m85

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Brad Friedel		32	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Markus Babbel		31	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Andy Todd		29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Lucas Neill	68	25	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Craig Short		35	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Vratislav Gresko		26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Barry Ferguson	66	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Brett Emerton		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kerimoglu Tugay	82	33	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Dwight Yorke	59	32	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Paul Gallagher	88	19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
6	D	Aliou Cissé	79	27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Stephen Clemence	83	25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Clinton Morrison	73	24	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
9	F		Andy Cole	59	32	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Olivier Tébily

Matthew Upson

OUT

Maik Taylor

Ian Bennett

OUT

Jeff Kenna

Stephen Clemence

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lucas Neill

Nils-Eric Johansson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Bruce vs Blackburn

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 06, 2003

Bruce vs Souness

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 06, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

184

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Souness vs Birmingham City

5 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 06, 2003

Souness vs Bruce

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 06, 2003

Referee

Graham Barber

0 victory	4 draws	1 loss	Birmingham City5 matches	General total	Blackburn10 matches	3 victories	2 draws	5 losses
0 victory	2 draws	1 loss	Birmingham City3 matches	Season total	Blackburn2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 14, 2004					Latest figure on December 06, 2003

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Key figures

Birmingham City keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 03/11/2003).

No Birmingham City manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Steve Bruce has done less than 1.26 goals conceded per game in Premier League.

Blackburn keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a draw in Premier League running (since 13/09/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 01/12/2001-09/02/2002 time period (12 matches).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBirmingham City 2-2 Fulham13/09/2003

VBirmingham City 2-0 Portsmouth27/09/2003

DBirmingham City 0-0 Chelsea14/10/2003

DBirmingham City 0-0 Aston Villa19/10/2003

LBirmingham City 1-2 Charlton03/11/2003

LBirmingham City 0-3 Arsenal22/11/2003

Overall

DBirmingham City 0-0 Aston Villa19/10/2003

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Birmingham City25/10/2003

LBirmingham City 1-2 Charlton03/11/2003

DWolverhampton 1-1 Birmingham City08/11/2003

LBirmingham City 0-3 Arsenal22/11/2003

LLiverpool 3-1 Birmingham City30/11/2003

Current form

Away

VPortsmouth 1-2 Blackburn20/09/2003

LGençlerbirligi 3-1 Blackburn24/09/2003

LLeeds United 2-1 Blackburn04/10/2003

LSouthampton 2-0 Blackburn25/10/2003

LLeicester 2-0 Blackburn02/11/2003

LManchester United 2-1 Blackburn22/11/2003

Overall

LSouthampton 2-0 Blackburn25/10/2003

LBlackburn 3-4 Liverpool29/10/2003

LLeicester 2-0 Blackburn02/11/2003

VBlackburn 2-1 Everton10/11/2003

LManchester United 2-1 Blackburn22/11/2003

VBlackburn 1-0 Tottenham29/11/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	4	4
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	5	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	6	7
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	8	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

14	Number of games (Competition total)	14
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
5	Victories (Competition total)	4
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
5	Draws (Competition total)	2
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
4	Losses (Competition total)	8
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
14	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
0.86	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.36
0.86	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.14
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.71
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.86

Betting aid

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

Bookings

20	Yellow cards (Competition total)	28
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	15
1	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Mikael Forssell	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Andy Cole
Mikael Forssell	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Andy Cole
David Dunn	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
David Dunn	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Stan Lazaridis	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Stan Lazaridis	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Mikael Forssell	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Vratislav Gresko

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

30 v

14 d

6 l

90 gf

44 ga

Away

49 matches

8 v

9 d

32 l

65 gf

124 ga

Total

99 matches

38 v

23 d

38 l

155 gf

168 ga

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

32 v

9 d

8 l

124 gf

65 ga

Away

50 matches

6 v

14 d

30 l

44 gf

90 ga

Total

99 matches

38 v

23 d

38 l

168 gf

155 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 22, 1928
Home	4 - 0	September 22, 1928

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 1	January 05, 1895
Away	2 - 0	March 14, 2001

Latest head to head

January 18, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Blackburn

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

August 24, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Blackburn

March 14, 2001 - First Division 2000/2001

Birmingham City

0 - 2

Blackburn

December 26, 2000 - First Division 2000/2001

Blackburn

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

March 22, 2000 - First Division 1999/2000

Blackburn

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Kenneth Leek	4 goals	1962 - 1964
Malcolm Beard	3 goals	1965 - 1965
Mike Hellawell	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Stern John	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Stan Lynn	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Frederick Pickering	5 goals	1961 - 1963
Bryan Douglas	5 goals	1962 - 1965
Mike Ferguson	3 goals	1963 - 1965
Ian Lawther	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Andrew McEvoy	2 goals	1963 - 1965
Mike England	2 goals	1963 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

William Hennessey	9 matches	1961 - 1965
Mike Hellawell	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Bertie Auld	7 matches	1961 - 1964
Malcolm Beard	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Trevor Smith	6 matches	1961 - 1964
Stan Lynn	6 matches	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Bryan Douglas	10 matches	1960 - 1965
Fred Else	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Ronnie Clayton	8 matches	1960 - 1965
Keith Newton	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Frederick Pickering	7 matches	1960 - 1963
Mike Ferguson	6 matches	1962 - 1965