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S Wednesday 0-3 Birmingham City - December 16, 2006 / Championship 2006/2007

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Championship 2006/2007 - Round 23

Hillsborough - Sheffield - England

December 16, 2006

26 083

0 - 3

Birmingham City

42'

Stephen Clemence (right foot)

65'

Gary McSheffrey (right foot)

90'

Cameron Jerome (right foot)

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42' - Goal Stephen Clemence

45' - Substitution Wayne Andrewsis substituted by Steve MacLean45

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65' - Goal Gary McSheffrey

76' - Substitution Deon Burtonis substituted by Drew Talbot76

77' - Substitution Yoann Follyis substituted by Burton O'Brien77

85' - Substitution Gary McSheffreyis substituted by Neil Kilkenny

86' - Substitution Sebastian Larssonis substituted by Neil Danns

90' - Goal Cameron Jerome photo DJ Campbell

90' - Substitution Nicklas Bendtneris substituted by DJ Campbell

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

S Wednesday

0 - 3

Birmingham City

S Wednesday Birmingham City

Team line-ups

S Wednesday

Crossley

Mark Crossley

Wales

B.date16/06/1969

Age37 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Bougherra

Madjid Bougherra

Algeria

B.date07/10/1982

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Bullen

Lee Bullen

Scotland

B.date29/03/1971

Age35 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Spurr

Tommy Spurr

England

B.date13/09/1987

Age19 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Simek

Frankie Simek

United States

B.date19/10/1984

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Folly77

Yoann Folly

Togo

B.date06/06/1985

Age21 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Lunt

Kenny Lunt

England

B.date20/11/1979

Age27 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Brunt

Chris Brunt

Northern Ireland

B.date14/12/1984

Age22 years

H1m87

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Burton76

Deon Burton

Jamaica

B.date25/10/1976

Age30 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Andrews45

Wayne Andrews

England

B.date25/11/1977

Age29 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Tudgay

Marcus Tudgay

England

B.date03/02/1983

Age23 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Crossley		37	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Madjid Bougherra		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Bullen		35	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Spurr		19	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frankie Simek		22	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yoann Folly	77	21	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Lunt		27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Brunt		22	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Deon Burton	76	30	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Andrews	45	29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Tudgay		23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age35 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Jaïdi

Radhi Jaïdi

Tunisia

B.date30/08/1975

Age31 years

H1m92

positionLeft central defender

Kelly

Stephen Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/09/1983

Age23 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

Sadler

Mat Sadler

England

B.date26/02/1985

Age21 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Clemence42

Stephen Clemence

England

B.date31/03/1978

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Nafti

Mehdi Nafti

Tunisia

B.date28/11/1978

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Larsson86

Sebastian Larsson

Sweden

B.date06/06/1985

Age21 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

McSheffrey6585

Gary McSheffrey

England

B.date13/08/1982

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft Winger

Bendtner90

Nicklas Bendtner

Denmark

B.date16/01/1988

Age18 years

H1m93

positionStriker

Jerome90

Cameron Jerome

England

B.date14/10/1986

Age20 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Maik Taylor		35	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Upson		27	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Radhi Jaïdi		31	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Kelly		23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mat Sadler		21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Clemence	42	28	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mehdi Nafti		28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sebastian Larsson	86	21	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary McSheffrey	6585	24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicklas Bendtner	90	18	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cameron Jerome	90	20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Drew Talbot	76	20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Burton O'Brien	77	25	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve MacLean	45	24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Neil Danns	86	24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Kilkenny	85	20	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	DJ Campbell	90	25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Yoann Folly

Glenn Whelan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mehdi Nafti

Fabrice Muamba

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Laws

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Laws vs Birmingham City

1 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 2006

Laws vs Bruce

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

228

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Bruce vs S Wednesday

4 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 16, 2006

Bruce vs Laws

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 16, 2006

Referee

Graham Laws

0 victory	4 draws	6 losses	S Wednesday10 matches	General total	Birmingham City6 matches	5 victories	0 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	S Wednesday1 match	Season total	Birmingham City2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on December 28, 2008					Latest figure on February 14, 2009

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Key figures

It's the first time Gary McSheffrey scores a goal vs in Championship since the 15/02/2006 (with vs )

S Wednesday keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 28/11/2006). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 12/09/2006-04/11/2006 time period (10 matches).

End of streak for S Wednesday after 3 consecutive wins (since 28/11/2006). It was the best streak for the club since 10/08/2004-25/08/2004 (4 matches).

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Barnsley14/10/2006

VSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Queens Park Rangers21/10/2006

VSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Crystal Palace31/10/2006

VSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Leicester04/11/2006

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Cardiff City25/11/2006

VSheffield Wednesday 3-1 West Bromwich Albion28/11/2006

Overall

VIpswich Town 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday11/11/2006

LCoventry 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday18/11/2006

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Cardiff City25/11/2006

VSheffield Wednesday 3-1 West Bromwich Albion28/11/2006

VLeicester 1-4 Sheffield Wednesday02/12/2006

VNorwich City 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday09/12/2006

Current form

Away

VDerby County 0-1 Birmingham City21/10/2006

VSheffield United 2-4 Birmingham City24/10/2006

VCoventry 0-1 Birmingham City31/10/2006

VPlymouth 0-1 Birmingham City04/11/2006

VBurnley 1-2 Birmingham City25/11/2006

LSouthampton 4-3 Birmingham City29/11/2006

Overall

VBirmingham City 2-0 Barnsley11/11/2006

DBirmingham City 1-1 Wolverhampton18/11/2006

VBurnley 1-2 Birmingham City25/11/2006

LSouthampton 4-3 Birmingham City29/11/2006

VBirmingham City 3-0 Plymouth02/12/2006

VBirmingham City 3-1 Preston North End09/12/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	6	4
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	10	4
Scoring streak	9	6
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
9	Victories (Competition total)	13
5	Victories (Home / Away)	6
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
7	Losses (Competition total)	5
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	22
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.36	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.59
1.45	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.36
1.27	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.18

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (4 times)

Bookings

38	Yellow cards (Competition total)	37
16	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	25
4	Red cards (Competition total)	4
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Chris Brunt	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Gary McSheffrey
Marcus Tudgay	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Nicklas Bendtner
Steve MacLean	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Mikael Forssell
Steve MacLean	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Mikael Forssell
Deon Burton	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	9 assists	Gary McSheffrey
Deon Burton	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	6 assists	Gary McSheffrey
Chris Brunt	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	9 goals, 9 assists during the last 17 matches	Gary McSheffrey

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

22 v

7 d

9 l

97 gf

52 ga

Away

39 matches

5 v

14 d

20 l

28 gf

60 ga

Total

77 matches

27 v

21 d

29 l

125 gf

112 ga

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

20 v

14 d

5 l

60 gf

28 ga

Away

38 matches

9 v

7 d

22 l

52 gf

97 ga

Total

77 matches

29 v

21 d

27 l

112 gf

125 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 1	December 13, 1930
Home	9 - 1	December 13, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 25, 1956
Away	3 - 0	April 03, 1937

Latest head to head

December 26, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

S Wednesday

0 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 08, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Birmingham City

2 - 0

S Wednesday

March 24, 2001 - First Division 2000/2001

Birmingham City

1 - 2

S Wednesday

December 12, 2000 - League Cup 2000/2001

Birmingham City

2 - 0

S Wednesday

October 22, 2000 - First Division 2000/2001

S Wednesday

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

John Fantham	10 goals	1960 - 1964
Derek Wilkinson	4 goals	1960 - 1964
David Layne	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Edwin Holliday	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Carl Shutt	3 goals	1986 - 1986
Alan Finney	2 goals	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/04/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Bertie Auld	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Harry Hooper	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Peter Murphy	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Gordon Astall	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Dele Adebola	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Andy Johnson	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/04/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Ron Springett	11 matches	1959 - 1965
Don Megson	11 matches	1960 - 1965
John Fantham	11 matches	1959 - 1965
Derek Wilkinson	10 matches	1959 - 1964
Tom McAnearney	9 matches	1959 - 1964
Alan Finney	9 matches	1959 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/10/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Mike Hellawell	8 matches	1960 - 1964
William Hennessey	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Trevor Smith	8 matches	1959 - 1963
Johnny Schofield	8 matches	1959 - 1965
Malcolm Beard	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Jimmy Bloomfield	6 matches	1960 - 1964