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Birmingham City 4-0 WBA - December 18, 2004 / Premier League 2004/2005

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Premier League 2004/2005 - Round 18

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

December 18, 2004

28 880

Birmingham City

4 - 0

WBA

Robbie Savage

Clinton Morrison

23'

Emile Heskey

30'

Darren Anderton

80'

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4' - Goal Robbie Savage4

23' - Goal Clinton Morrison23

30' - Goal Emile Heskey30

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46' - Substitution Zoltán Gerais substituted by Robert Earnshaw

75' - Substitution Bernt Haasis substituted by Ronnie Wallwork

78' - Substitution Damien Johnsonis substituted by Darren Anderton78

80' - Goal Darren Anderton80

83' - Substitution Emile Heskeyis substituted by Julian Gray83

87' - Substitution Robbie Savageis substituted by Jamie Clapham87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

4 - 0

WBA

Birmingham City WBA

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

1 Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

2 Tébily

Olivier Tébily

Ivory Coast

B.date19/12/1975

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5 Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age25 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

4 Cunningham

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

22 Johnson78

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

8 Savage487

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

10 Dunn

David Dunn

England

B.date27/12/1979

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

24 Carter

Darren Carter

England

B.date18/12/1983

Age21 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

11 Lazaridis

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age32 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

16 Heskey3083

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age26 years

H1m88

positionStriker

19 Morrison23

Clinton Morrison

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/05/1979

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Maik Taylor		33	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Olivier Tébily		28	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Matthew Upson		25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kenny Cunningham		33	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Damien Johnson	78	26	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Robbie Savage	487	30	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	David Dunn		24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Darren Carter		21	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Stan Lazaridis		32	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Emile Heskey	3083	26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Clinton Morrison	23	25	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

WBA

1 Hoult

Russell Hoult

England

B.date22/11/1972

Age32 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

2 Scimeca

Riccardo Scimeca

England

B.date13/06/1975

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

6 Purse

Darren Purse

England

B.date14/02/1977

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

19 Clement

Neil Clement

England

B.date03/10/1978

Age26 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

4 Gaardsoe

Thomas Gaardsoe

Denmark

B.date23/11/1979

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

22 Haas75

Bernt Haas

Switzerland

B.date08/04/1978

Age26 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

8 Greening

Jonathan Greening

England

B.date02/01/1979

Age25 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

11 Gera46

Zoltán Gera

Hungary

B.date22/04/1979

Age25 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

7 Koumas

Jason Koumas

Wales

B.date25/09/1979

Age25 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

10 Johnson

Andy Johnson

Wales

B.date02/05/1974

Age30 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

25 Kanu

Nwankwo Kanu

Nigeria

B.date01/08/1976

Age28 years

H1m96

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Russell Hoult		32	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Riccardo Scimeca		29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Darren Purse		27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Neil Clement		26	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Thomas Gaardsoe		25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Bernt Haas	75	26	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Jonathan Greening		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Zoltán Gera	46	25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Jason Koumas		25	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Andy Johnson		30	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Nwankwo Kanu		28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
3	D	Jamie Clapham	87	29	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Darren Anderton	8078	32	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Julian Gray	83	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
24	D		Ronnie Wallwork	75	27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	F		Robert Earnshaw	46	23	13	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

Thomas Gaardsoe

Robert Earnshaw

OUT

Jason Koumas

Cosmin Contra

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

131

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Bruce vs WBA

5 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 18, 2004

Bruce vs Robson

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 18, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Bryan Robson

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Robson vs Birmingham City

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 18, 2004

Robson vs Bruce

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 18, 2004

Referee

Mike Riley

4 victories	4 draws	6 losses	Birmingham City14 matches	General total	WBA11 matches	3 victories	4 draws	4 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Birmingham City2 matches	Season total	WBA4 matches	1 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on December 28, 2008					Latest figure on January 10, 2009

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Key figures

The last time WBA has lost with a difference of 4 goals away from home in Premier League, It was on the 08/03/1986 (vs )

It's the first time Robbie Savage scores 1 goal vs West Bromwich Albion in his professional career with Birmingham City

It's the first time Emile Heskey scores 1 goal vs West Bromwich Albion in his professional career with Birmingham City

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBirmingham City 2-2 Newcastle United03/10/2004

DBirmingham City 0-0 Manchester United16/10/2004

LBirmingham City 0-1 Fulham27/10/2004

LBirmingham City 0-1 Crystal Palace30/10/2004

LBirmingham City 0-1 Everton13/11/2004

DBirmingham City 1-1 Norwich City27/11/2004

Overall

VLiverpool 0-1 Birmingham City06/11/2004

LBirmingham City 0-1 Everton13/11/2004

DBlackburn 3-3 Birmingham City21/11/2004

DBirmingham City 1-1 Norwich City27/11/2004

LArsenal 3-0 Birmingham City04/12/2004

VAston Villa 1-2 Birmingham City12/12/2004

Current form

Away

LColchester United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion21/09/2004

LNewcastle United 3-1 West Bromwich Albion25/09/2004

LCrystal Palace 3-0 West Bromwich Albion23/10/2004

DSouthampton 2-2 West Bromwich Albion06/11/2004

DArsenal 1-1 West Bromwich Albion20/11/2004

LPortsmouth 3-2 West Bromwich Albion04/12/2004

Overall

DSouthampton 2-2 West Bromwich Albion06/11/2004

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Middlesbrough14/11/2004

DArsenal 1-1 West Bromwich Albion20/11/2004

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-3 Manchester United27/11/2004

LPortsmouth 3-2 West Bromwich Albion04/12/2004

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Charlton11/12/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	6	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	4	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	11	9
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	11	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
3	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
8	Draws (Competition total)	7
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
6	Losses (Competition total)	9
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

14	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	32
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
0.82	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.88
0.63	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.12	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.88
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.25

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

28	Yellow cards (Competition total)	16
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	9
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

David Dunn	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Robert Earnshaw
Dwight Yorke	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Robert Earnshaw
David Dunn	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Jonathan Greening
David Dunn	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Riccardo Scimeca
David Dunn	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 6 matches	Robert Earnshaw

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

18 v

15 d

25 l

67 gf

79 ga

Away

59 matches

14 v

18 d

27 l

58 gf

85 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

118 matches

32 v

33 d

53 l

126 gf

166 ga

Historical head to head

Home

59 matches

27 v

18 d

14 l

85 gf

58 ga

Away

58 matches

25 v

15 d

18 l

79 gf

67 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

118 matches

53 v

33 d

32 l

166 gf

126 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 13, 1999
Home	4 - 0	March 13, 1999

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	April 18, 1960
Away	7 - 1	April 18, 1960

Latest head to head

March 22, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Birmingham City

1 - 0

WBA

October 19, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

WBA

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

January 29, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

WBA

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 07, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Birmingham City

0 - 1

WBA

February 17, 2001 - First Division 2000/2001

Birmingham City

2 - 1

WBA

Best historical scorers against WBA

Frank Worthington	2 goals	1981 - 1981
Tony Evans	2 goals	1981 - 1982
Trevor Francis	2 goals	1977 - 1978
Bob Latchford	2 goals	1972 - 1973
Gordon Astall	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Andrew Kennedy	1 goal	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Cyrille Regis	5 goals	1977 - 1983
Ally Brown	4 goals	1977 - 1981
Tony Brown	4 goals	1976 - 1978
Ken Foggo	3 goals	1963 - 1964
Alec Jackson	3 goals	1960 - 1963
Bryan Robson	2 goals	1977 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Kevin Dillon	8 matches	1978 - 1983
Kevan Broadhurst	8 matches	1977 - 1984
Malcolm Beard	8 matches	1961 - 1964
Mike Hellawell	8 matches	1961 - 1964
Joe Gallagher	7 matches	1976 - 1981
Trevor Smith	7 matches	1960 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

John Wile	14 matches	1972 - 1983
Derek Statham	13 matches	1977 - 1986
Ally Robertson	13 matches	1972 - 1985
Cyrille Regis	11 matches	1977 - 1983
Ally Brown	9 matches	1972 - 1981
Tony Brown	9 matches	1964 - 1979