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Blackburn 1-1 Birmingham City - May 15, 2004 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 38

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

May 15, 2004

26 070

1 - 1

Birmingham City

Assist by Kerimoglu TugayAndy Cole

24'

83'

Stern JohnAssist by Damien Johnson

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24' - Goal Andy Cole24

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46' - Substitution Steven Reidis substituted by Lucas Neill photo Brett Emerton

46' - Substitution Martin Andresenis substituted by Brett Emerton46

57' - Substitution Stephen Clemenceis substituted by Bryan Hughes

60' - Substitution Olivier Tébilyis substituted by Stern John

83' - Goal Stern John

88' - Substitution Michael Grayis substituted by Paul Gallagher88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

1 - 1

Birmingham City

Blackburn Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Blackburn

31 Enckelman

Peter Enckelman

Finland

B.date10/03/1977

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

6 Short

Craig Short

England

B.date25/06/1968

Age35 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

7 Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

12 Reid46

Steven Reid

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/03/1981

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

14 Johansson

Nils-Eric Johansson

Sweden

B.date13/01/1980

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

26 Douglas

Jonathan Douglas

Republic of Ireland

B.date22/11/1981

Age22 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

35 Gray88

Michael Gray

England

B.date03/08/1974

Age29 years

H1m71

positionRight Midfielder

25 Andresen46

Martin Andresen

Norway

B.date02/02/1977

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

8 Tugay

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age33 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

18 Stead

Jon Stead

England

B.date07/04/1983

Age21 years

H1m91

positionStriker

9 Cole24

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age32 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Peter Enckelman		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Craig Short		35	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Garry Flitcroft		31	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Steven Reid	46	23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Nils-Eric Johansson		24	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Jonathan Douglas		22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	M	Michael Gray	88	29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Martin Andresen	46	27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kerimoglu Tugay		33	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jon Stead		21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Andy Cole	24	32	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

12 Maik Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age32 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

26 Tébily60

Olivier Tébily

Ivory Coast

B.date19/12/1975

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

25 Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age25 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

15 M. Taylor

Martin Taylor

England

B.date09/11/1979

Age24 years

H1m94

positionCentral defender

23 Clapham

Jamie Clapham

England

B.date07/12/1975

Age28 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

32 Clemence57

Stephen Clemence

England

B.date31/03/1978

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

22 Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

8 Savage

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

11 Lazaridis

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age31 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9 Forssell

Mikael Forssell

Finland

B.date15/03/1981

Age23 years

H1m84

positionStriker

19 Morrison

Clinton Morrison

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/05/1979

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Maik Taylor		32	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Olivier Tébily	60	28	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Matthew Upson		25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Martin Taylor		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Jamie Clapham		28	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Stephen Clemence	57	26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Damien Johnson		25	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Robbie Savage		29	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Stan Lazaridis		31	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Mikael Forssell		23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Clinton Morrison		25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
2	D	Lucas Neill	46	26	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Brett Emerton	46	25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Paul Gallagher	88	19	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
10	M		Bryan Hughes	57	27	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F		Stern John	8360	27	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steven Reid

Lucas Neill

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Martin Taylor

Kenny Cunningham

OUT

Maik Taylor

Ian Bennett

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

208

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Souness vs Birmingham City

5 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 15, 2004

Souness vs Bruce

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 15, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

111

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Bruce vs Blackburn

2 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on May 15, 2004

Bruce vs Souness

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 15, 2004

Referee

Dermot Gallagher

5 victories	5 draws	14 losses	Blackburn24 matches	General total	Birmingham City13 matches	2 victories	3 draws	8 losses
0 victory	1 draw	3 losses	Blackburn4 matches	Season total	Birmingham City3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 23, 2007					Latest figure on April 01, 2006

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Key figures

It's the first time Stern John scores a goal vs in his professional career with since the 18/01/2003 (with vs )

Andy Cole played his game number 100 in his professional career with

Blackburn keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a loss vs Birmingham City in Premier League running (since 08/12/1962). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 02/04/1925 (6 matches)

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBlackburn 1-1 Southampton28/02/2004

LBlackburn 0-2 Arsenal13/03/2004

LBlackburn 1-2 Portsmouth27/03/2004

LBlackburn 1-2 Leeds United10/04/2004

VBlackburn 1-0 Leicester17/04/2004

VBlackburn 1-0 Manchester United01/05/2004

Overall

LBlackburn 1-2 Leeds United10/04/2004

VFulham 3-4 Blackburn12/04/2004

VBlackburn 1-0 Leicester17/04/2004

VEverton 0-1 Blackburn24/04/2004

VBlackburn 1-0 Manchester United01/05/2004

LTottenham 1-0 Blackburn08/05/2004

Current form

Away

DAston Villa 2-2 Birmingham City22/02/2004

LMiddlesbrough 5-3 Birmingham City20/03/2004

DFulham 0-0 Birmingham City03/04/2004

LPortsmouth 3-1 Birmingham City12/04/2004

DCharlton 1-1 Birmingham City17/04/2004

DArsenal 0-0 Birmingham City01/05/2004

Overall

LBirmingham City 1-2 Manchester United10/04/2004

LPortsmouth 3-1 Birmingham City12/04/2004

DCharlton 1-1 Birmingham City17/04/2004

DBirmingham City 2-2 Wolverhampton25/04/2004

DArsenal 0-0 Birmingham City01/05/2004

LBirmingham City 0-3 Liverpool08/05/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	10
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	11	7
Drawless streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	37
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
12	Victories (Competition total)	12
5	Victories (Home / Away)	4
7	Draws (Competition total)	13
3	Draws (Home / Away)	8
18	Losses (Competition total)	12
10	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

50	Goals scored (Competition total)	42
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
58	Goals conceded (Competition total)	47
30	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.35	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.14
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.89
1.57	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.27
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.28

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	15
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	9
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
0-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (5 times)

Bookings

61	Yellow cards (Competition total)	44
28	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	20
3	Red cards (Competition total)	4
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Andy Cole	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	17 goals	Mikael Forssell
Andy Cole	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Mikael Forssell
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	David Dunn
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Robbie Savage
Kerimoglu Tugay	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Damien Johnson
Brett Emerton	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Damien Johnson
Jon Stead	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	Mikael Forssell

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

32 v

9 d

8 l

124 gf

65 ga

Away

52 matches

7 v

14 d

31 l

48 gf

94 ga

Total

101 matches

39 v

23 d

39 l

172 gf

159 ga

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

31 v

14 d

7 l

94 gf

48 ga

Away

49 matches

8 v

9 d

32 l

65 gf

124 ga

Total

101 matches

39 v

23 d

39 l

159 gf

172 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 1	January 05, 1895
Home	9 - 1	January 05, 1895

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 03, 2004
Away	4 - 1	April 05, 1952

Latest head to head

January 03, 2004 - FA Cup 2003/2004

Birmingham City

4 - 0

Blackburn

December 06, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Birmingham City

0 - 4

Blackburn

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

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.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Kenneth Leek	4 goals	1962 - 1964
Malcolm Beard	3 goals	1965 - 1965
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Mike Hellawell	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Stephen Clemence	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Bryan Hughes	1 goal	2004 - 2004

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