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Birmingham City 2-1 QPR - December 26, 2006 / Championship 2006/2007

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Championship 2006/2007 - Round 25

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

December 26, 2006

29 431

Birmingham City

2 - 1

QPR

Assist by Gary McSheffrey (header) Matthew Upson

22'

Assist by Gary McSheffrey (right foot) Cameron Jerome

62'

31'

Lee Cook (right foot) Assist by Paul Furlong

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22' - Goal Matthew Upson22

31' - Goal Lee Cook

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59' - Substitution DJ Campbellis substituted by Cameron Jerome59

59' - Substitution Marc Birchamis substituted by Stefan Bailey

62' - Goal Cameron Jerome62

75' - Substitution Mauro Milaneseis substituted by Martin Rowlands

81' - Substitution Dexter Blackstockis substituted by Ray Jones

89' - Substitution Matthew Upsonis substituted by Sebastian Larsson89

90' - Substitution Cameron Jeromeis substituted by Fabrice Muamba90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

2 - 1

QPR

Birmingham City QPR

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age35 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Upson2289

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

Clemence

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

Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Campbell59

DJ Campbell

England

B.date12/11/1981

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

McSheffrey

Gary McSheffrey

England

B.date13/08/1982

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft Winger

Bendtner

Nicklas Bendtner

Denmark

B.date16/01/1988

Age18 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Maik Taylor		35	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Upson	2289	27	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Radhi Jaïdi		31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Kelly		23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mat Sadler		21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Clemence		28	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mehdi Nafti		28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Johnson		28	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	DJ Campbell	59	25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary McSheffrey		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicklas Bendtner		18	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

QPR

Royce

Simon Royce

England

B.date09/09/1971

Age35 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Bircham59

Marc Bircham

Canada

B.date11/05/1978

Age28 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Rehman

Zeshan Rehman

Pakistan

B.date14/10/1983

Age23 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Stewart

Damion Stewart

Jamaica

B.date18/08/1980

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Mancienne

Michael Mancienne

Seychelles

B.date08/01/1988

Age18 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Milanese75

Mauro Milanese

Italy

B.date17/09/1971

Age35 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Bignot

Marcus Bignot

England

B.date22/08/1974

Age32 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Smith

Jimmy Smith

England

B.date07/01/1987

Age19 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Cook31

Lee Cook

England

B.date03/08/1982

Age24 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Blackstock81

Dexter Blackstock

Antigua and Barbuda

B.date20/05/1986

Age20 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Furlong

Paul Furlong

England

B.date01/10/1968

Age38 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Simon Royce		35	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marc Bircham	59	28	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Zeshan Rehman		23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Damion Stewart		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Mancienne		18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mauro Milanese	75	35	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcus Bignot		32	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Smith		19	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Cook	31	24	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dexter Blackstock	81	20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Furlong		38	96	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

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Fabrice Muamba	90	18	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sebastian Larsson	89	21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cameron Jerome	625990	20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Stefan Bailey	59	19	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Rowlands	75	27	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ray Jones	81	18	24	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

Paul Furlong

Ray Jones

OUT

Marc Bircham

Steve Lomas

OUT

Zeshan Rehman

Martin Rowlands

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

230

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Bruce vs QPR

5 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2006

Bruce vs Gregory

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

John Gregory

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Gregory vs Birmingham City

4 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2006

Gregory vs Bruce

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2006

Referee

Kevin Friend

4 victories	5 draws	4 losses	Birmingham City13 matches	General total	QPR21 matches	5 victories	7 draws	9 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Birmingham City2 matches	Season total	QPR2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 08, 2014					Latest figure on September 21, 2021

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Key figures

Birmingham City keeps its 15 consecutive matches without a loss vs QPR in Championship running (since 11/03/1972). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 09/12/1967 (3 matches)

Birmingham City keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 25/11/2006).

It's the first time Lee Cook scores a goal in Championship with Birmingham City since the 17/04/2006 (with vs )

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBirmingham City 2-0 West Bromwich Albion28/10/2006

LBirmingham City 0-1 Liverpool08/11/2006

VBirmingham City 2-0 Barnsley11/11/2006

DBirmingham City 1-1 Wolverhampton18/11/2006

VBirmingham City 3-0 Plymouth02/12/2006

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

Overall

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

VSheffield Wednesday 0-3 Birmingham City16/12/2006

VSouthend 0-4 Birmingham City23/12/2006

Current form

Away

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

DWest Bromwich Albion 3-3 Queens Park Rangers31/10/2006

VLuton Town 2-3 Queens Park Rangers11/11/2006

VCardiff City 0-1 Queens Park Rangers17/11/2006

LCrystal Palace 3-0 Queens Park Rangers02/12/2006

LStoke City 1-0 Queens Park Rangers09/12/2006

Overall

LQueens Park Rangers 0-1 Coventry25/11/2006

LQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Sunderland28/11/2006

LCrystal Palace 3-0 Queens Park Rangers02/12/2006

LStoke City 1-0 Queens Park Rangers09/12/2006

LQueens Park Rangers 0-1 Wolverhampton16/12/2006

VQueens Park Rangers 1-0 Barnsley23/12/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	4	4
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	4	8
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	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	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	24
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
15	Victories (Competition total)	7
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	11
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

42	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
22	Goals conceded (Competition total)	38
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.82	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.27
0.92	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.58
0.82	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.73

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

43	Yellow cards (Competition total)	42
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
4	Red cards (Competition total)	0
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Gary McSheffrey	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Martin Rowlands
Gary McSheffrey	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Dexter Blackstock
Mikael Forssell	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Martin Rowlands
Gary McSheffrey	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Gary McSheffrey	10 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	11 assists	Lee Cook
Sebastian Larsson	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	7 assists	Lee Cook
Gary McSheffrey	11 goals, 10 assists during the last 19 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Martin Rowlands

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

14 v

5 d

2 l

34 gf

14 ga

Away

24 matches

5 v

8 d

11 l

25 gf

36 ga

Total

45 matches

19 v

13 d

13 l

59 gf

50 ga

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

11 v

8 d

5 l

36 gf

25 ga

Away

21 matches

2 v

5 d

14 l

14 gf

34 ga

Total

45 matches

13 v

13 d

19 l

50 gf

59 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 23, 1974
Home	4 - 0	April 23, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	October 17, 1970
Away	4 - 1	January 17, 1967

Latest head to head

September 12, 2006 - Championship 2006/2007

QPR

0 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 23, 2000 - First Division 2000/2001

Birmingham City

0 - 0

QPR

August 12, 2000 - First Division 2000/2001

QPR

0 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

October 27, 1999 - First Division 1999/2000

QPR

2 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 25, 1999 - First Division 1999/2000

Birmingham City

2 - 0

QPR

Best historical scorers against QPR

Trevor Francis	7 goals	1974 - 1977
Alan Buckley	3 goals	1979 - 1979
Howard Kendall	3 goals	1974 - 1977
Kenny Burns	2 goals	1973 - 1976
Bob Hatton	1 goal	1975 - 1975
Kevan Broadhurst	1 goal	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Don Masson	4 goals	1976 - 1977
Terry Fenwick	2 goals	1983 - 1984
Dave Thomas	2 goals	1975 - 1975
Glenn Roeder	1 goal	1979 - 1979
Leroy Rosenior	1 goal	1985 - 1985
David Webb	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs QPR

Joe Gallagher	10 matches	1974 - 1979
Trevor Francis	9 matches	1974 - 1978
Jimmy Calderwood	7 matches	1973 - 1979
Garry Pendrey	7 matches	1973 - 1979
Malcolm Page	7 matches	1974 - 1979
Bob Hatton	6 matches	1973 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Stan Bowles	10 matches	1973 - 1979
Don Givens	10 matches	1973 - 1978
Phil Parkes	9 matches	1973 - 1978
Ian Gillard	9 matches	1974 - 1979
David Clement	7 matches	1973 - 1979
Dave Thomas	7 matches	1973 - 1977