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Chelsea 0-0 Birmingham City - January 18, 2004 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Journée 22

Stamford Bridge - Londres - England

January 18, 2004

41 073

Chelsea

0 - 0

Birmingham City

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46' - Substitution Jesper Grönkjaeris substituted by Damien Duff46

60' - Substitution Joe Coleis substituted by Adrian Mutu60

66' - Substitution Clinton Morrisonis substituted by Stan Lazaridis

81' - Substitution Glen Johnsonis substituted by Mario Melchiot81

81' - Substitution Bryan Hughesis substituted by Jovan Kirovski

89' - Substitution Stern Johnis substituted by Darren Carter

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

0 - 0

Birmingham City

Chelsea Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Chelsea

23 Cudicini

Carlo Cudicini

Italy

B.date06/09/1973

Age30 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

6 Desailly

Marcel Desailly

France

B.date07/09/1968

Age35 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2 Johnson81

Glen Johnson

England

B.date23/08/1984

Age19 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

13 Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

18 Bridge

Wayne Bridge

England

B.date05/08/1980

Age23 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

4 Makélélé

Claude Makélélé

France

B.date18/02/1973

Age30 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

22 Gudjohnsen

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Iceland

B.date15/09/1978

Age25 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

8 Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age25 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

10 Cole60

Joe Cole

England

B.date08/11/1981

Age22 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

30 Grönkjaer46

Jesper Grönkjaer

Denmark

B.date12/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m87

positionOffensive Midfielder

9 Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Netherlands

B.date27/03/1972

Age31 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Carlo Cudicini		30	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Marcel Desailly		35	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Glen Johnson	81	19	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	William Gallas		26	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Wayne Bridge		23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Claude Makélélé		30	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Eidur Gudjohnsen		25	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Frank Lampard		25	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Joe Cole	60	22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Jesper Grönkjaer	46	26	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink		31	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

102

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

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5 Purse

Darren Purse

England

B.date14/02/1977

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

4 Cunningham

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

2 Kenna

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age33 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

8 Savage

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

22 Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

32 Clemence

Stephen Clemence

England

B.date31/03/1978

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

10 Hughes81

Bryan Hughes

England

B.date19/06/1976

Age27 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

19 Morrison66

Clinton Morrison

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/05/1979

Age24 years

H1m78

positionStriker

14 John89

Stern John

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date30/10/1976

Age27 years

H1m86

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Maik Taylor		32	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Olivier Tébily		28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Darren Purse		26	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kenny Cunningham		32	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jeff Kenna		33	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Robbie Savage		29	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Damien Johnson		25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Stephen Clemence		25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Bryan Hughes	81	27	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Clinton Morrison	66	24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Stern John	89	27	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
15	D	Mario Melchiot	81	27	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Damien Duff	46	24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Adrian Mutu	60	25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
24	M	Darren Carter	89	20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Stan Lazaridis	66	31	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Jovan Kirovski	81	27	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Marcel Desailly

John Terry

OUT

Glen Johnson

Mario Melchiot

OUT

Wayne Bridge

Celestine Babayaro

OUT

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Adrian Mutu

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Robbie Savage

David Dunn

OUT

Stern John

Mikael Forssell

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Claudio Ranieri

175

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Ranieri vs Birmingham City

2 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 2004

Ranieri vs Bruce

2 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Bruce vs Chelsea

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 18, 2004

Bruce vs Ranieri

0 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 18, 2004

Referee

Jeff Winter

15 victories	4 draws	4 losses	Chelsea23 matches	General total	Birmingham City6 matches	2 victories	2 draws	2 losses
2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Chelsea4 matches	Season total	Birmingham City2 matches	0 victory	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on April 12, 2004					Latest figure on February 22, 2004

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Key figures

No Birmingham City manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Claudio Ranieri has reached 1.81 goals scored per game in Premier League.

Chelsea keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a loss vs Birmingham City in Premier League running (since 08/02/1975). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 11/09/1973 (7 matches)

Chelsea keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a loss vs Birmingham City running (since 24/08/1985). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 11/09/1973 (6 matches)

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DChelsea 0-0 Sparta Prague26/11/2003

VChelsea 1-0 Manchester United30/11/2003

LChelsea 1-2 Bolton Wanderers13/12/2003

VChelsea 3-0 Portsmouth28/12/2003

LChelsea 0-1 Liverpool07/01/2004

VChelsea 4-0 Watford14/01/2004

Overall

LCharlton 4-2 Chelsea26/12/2003

VChelsea 3-0 Portsmouth28/12/2003

DWatford 2-2 Chelsea03/01/2004

LChelsea 0-1 Liverpool07/01/2004

VLeicester 0-4 Chelsea11/01/2004

VChelsea 4-0 Watford14/01/2004

Current form

Away

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Birmingham City25/10/2003

DWolverhampton 1-1 Birmingham City08/11/2003

LLiverpool 3-1 Birmingham City30/11/2003

VLeicester 0-2 Birmingham City13/12/2003

LEverton 1-0 Birmingham City28/12/2003

LTottenham 4-1 Birmingham City07/01/2004

Overall

VLeicester 0-2 Birmingham City13/12/2003

VBirmingham City 2-1 Manchester City26/12/2003

LEverton 1-0 Birmingham City28/12/2003

VBirmingham City 4-0 Blackburn03/01/2004

LTottenham 4-1 Birmingham City07/01/2004

VBirmingham City 2-1 Southampton10/01/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	5	3
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	4	9
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	20
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
14	Victories (Competition total)	8
7	Victories (Home / Away)	4
3	Draws (Competition total)	5
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
4	Losses (Competition total)	7
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

40	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
17	Goals conceded (Competition total)	25
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
1.9	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.95
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.9
0.81	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.25
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.2

Betting aid

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

Bookings

25	Yellow cards (Competition total)	25
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Mikael Forssell
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Mikael Forssell
Frank Lampard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	David Dunn
Frank Lampard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Robbie Savage
Geremi	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Stan Lazaridis
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Jeff Kenna

Historical head to head

Home

40 matches

21 v

10 d

9 l

70 gf

47 ga

Away

40 matches

15 v

11 d

14 l

66 gf

66 ga

Total

80 matches

36 v

21 d

23 l

136 gf

113 ga

Historical head to head

Home

40 matches

14 v

11 d

15 l

66 gf

66 ga

Away

40 matches

9 v

10 d

21 l

47 gf

70 ga

Total

80 matches

23 v

21 d

36 l

113 gf

136 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	November 21, 1964
Home	5 - 1	August 31, 1957

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 11, 1980
Away	4 - 0	February 14, 1953

Latest head to head

October 14, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Birmingham City

0 - 0

Chelsea

February 08, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Birmingham City

1 - 3

Chelsea

November 09, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Chelsea

3 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 04, 1989 - Division 2 1988/1989

Chelsea

3 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 16, 1988 - Division 2 1988/1989

Birmingham City

1 - 4

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Jimmy Greaves	8 goals	1957 - 1961
Robert Tambling	7 goals	1959 - 1965
Tommy Langley	4 goals	1975 - 1977
George Graham	4 goals	1964 - 1964
Ian Hutchinson	3 goals	1970 - 1973
Ray Wilkins	3 goals	1975 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Bob Hatton	3 goals	1973 - 1975
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Trevor Francis	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Jimmy Bloomfield	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Keith Bertschin	2 goals	1977 - 1979
Denis Thwaites	2 goals	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Ron Harris	18 matches	1963 - 1979
Peter Bonetti	18 matches	1961 - 1979
John Hollins	13 matches	1964 - 1975
Peter Brabrook	10 matches	1957 - 1962
Eddie McCreadie	10 matches	1963 - 1973
Robert Tambling	10 matches	1959 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Malcolm Page	10 matches	1968 - 1979
Malcolm Beard	10 matches	1961 - 1970
Ray Martin	10 matches	1964 - 1974
Garry Pendrey	9 matches	1972 - 1979
Mike Hellawell	7 matches	1960 - 1964
William Hennessey	7 matches	1961 - 1965