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Crystal Palace 2-0 Birmingham City - February 26, 2005 / Premier League 2004/2005

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Premier League 2004/2005 - Round 28

Selhurst Park - London - England

February 26, 2005

23 376

Crystal Palace

2 - 0

Birmingham City

(penalty) Andy Johnson

41'

(penalty) Andy Johnson

68'

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41' - Goal Andy Johnson41

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63' - Substitution Clinton Morrisonis substituted by Robbie Blake

68' - Goal Andy Johnson68

73' - Substitution Olivier Tébilyis substituted by Darren Anderton

87' - Substitution Dougie Freedmanis substituted by Sándor Torghelle87

88' - Substitution Tom Soaresis substituted by Gary Borrowdale88

89' - Substitution Wayne Routledgeis substituted by Vassilios Lakis89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crystal Palace

2 - 0

Birmingham City

Crystal Palace Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Crystal Palace

28 Király

Gábor Király

Hungary

B.date01/04/1976

Age28 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

25 Hall

Fitz Hall

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

26 Sorondo

Gonzalo Sorondo

Uruguay

B.date09/10/1979

Age25 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

21 Boyce

Emmerson Boyce

Barbados

B.date24/09/1979

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

3 Granville

Danny Granville

England

B.date19/01/1975

Age30 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

19 Soares88

Tom Soares

England

B.date10/07/1986

Age18 years

H1m83

positionBox-to-box midfielder

17 Hughes

Michael Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1971

Age33 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

12 Leigertwood

Mikele Leigertwood

Antigua and Barbuda

B.date12/11/1982

Age22 years

H1m88

positionRight central midfielder

7 Routledge89

Wayne Routledge

England

B.date07/01/1985

Age20 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9 Freedman87

Dougie Freedman

Scotland

B.date25/05/1974

Age30 years

H1m75

positionStriker

8 Johnson4168

Andy Johnson

England

B.date10/02/1981

Age24 years

H1m70

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
28	G	Gábor Király		28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Fitz Hall		24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Gonzalo Sorondo		25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Emmerson Boyce		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Danny Granville		30	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Tom Soares	88	18	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Michael Hughes		33	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Mikele Leigertwood		22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Wayne Routledge	89	20	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Dougie Freedman	87	30	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Andy Johnson	4168	24	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

1 Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

2 Tébily73

Olivier Tébily

Ivory Coast

B.date19/12/1975

Age29 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

3 Clapham

Jamie Clapham

England

B.date07/12/1975

Age29 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

21 Gray

Julian Gray

England

B.date21/09/1979

Age25 years

H1m85

positionLeft Midfielder

25 Clemence

Stephen Clemence

England

B.date31/03/1978

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Pennant

Jermaine Pennant

England

B.date15/01/1983

Age22 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

22 Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

19 Morrison63

Clinton Morrison

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/05/1979

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

9 Pandiani

Walter Pandiani

Uruguay

B.date27/04/1976

Age28 years

H1m84

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Maik Taylor		33	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Olivier Tébily	73	29	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Matthew Upson		25	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kenny Cunningham		33	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jamie Clapham		29	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Julian Gray		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Stephen Clemence		26	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Jermaine Pennant		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Damien Johnson		26	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Clinton Morrison	63	25	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Walter Pandiani		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	D	Gary Borrowdale	88	19	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Vassilios Lakis	89	28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Sándor Torghelle	87	22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
32	M		Darren Anderton	73	32	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F		Robbie Blake	63	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mikele Leigertwood

Aki Riihilahti

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Clinton Morrison

Emile Heskey

OUT

Olivier Tébily

Mario Melchiot

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Iain Dowie

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Dowie vs Birmingham City

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 26, 2005

Dowie vs Bruce

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 26, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

143

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Bruce vs Crystal Palace

1 victory

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 2005

Bruce vs Dowie

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 2005

Referee

Philip Dowd

10 victories	1 draw	9 losses	Crystal Palace20 matches	General total	Birmingham City28 matches	8 victories	7 draws	13 losses
1 victory	0 draw	3 losses	Crystal Palace4 matches	Season total	Birmingham City3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on January 17, 2015					Latest figure on January 19, 2013

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Key figures

Crystal Palace keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 26/12/2004).

Crystal Palace keeps its 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Birmingham City in Premier League running (since 26/08/1972). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Crystal Palace after 3 matches with at least one goal conceded (since 01/02/2005).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Charlton05/12/2004

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Blackburn11/12/2004

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Portsmouth26/12/2004

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Aston Villa03/01/2005

VCrystal Palace 3-0 Tottenham22/01/2005

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Bolton Wanderers05/02/2005

Overall

LSunderland 2-1 Crystal Palace08/01/2005

LManchester City 3-1 Crystal Palace15/01/2005

VCrystal Palace 3-0 Tottenham22/01/2005

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Crystal Palace01/02/2005

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Bolton Wanderers05/02/2005

LArsenal 5-1 Crystal Palace14/02/2005

Current form

Away

VAston Villa 1-2 Birmingham City12/12/2004

VFulham 2-3 Birmingham City28/12/2004

LNewcastle United 2-1 Birmingham City01/01/2005

LCharlton 3-1 Birmingham City15/01/2005

LChelsea 2-0 Birmingham City30/01/2005

LManchester United 2-0 Birmingham City05/02/2005

Overall

LCharlton 3-1 Birmingham City15/01/2005

LBirmingham City 1-2 Fulham22/01/2005

LChelsea 2-0 Birmingham City30/01/2005

VBirmingham City 2-1 Southampton02/02/2005

LManchester United 2-0 Birmingham City05/02/2005

VBirmingham City 2-0 Liverpool12/02/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	4	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	4	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	7	14
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	8	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

27	Number of games (Competition total)	27
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
5	Victories (Competition total)	8
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
7	Draws (Competition total)	8
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
15	Losses (Competition total)	11
7	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
45	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.11	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.15
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.08
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.22
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.62

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

36	Yellow cards (Competition total)	41
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	24
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Andy Johnson	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Emile Heskey
Andy Johnson	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Robbie Savage
Andy Johnson	7 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Walter Pandiani
Andy Johnson	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Wayne Routledge	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Robbie Savage
Wayne Routledge	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Darren Anderton
Andy Johnson	7 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Walter Pandiani

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

11 v

5 d

4 l

33 gf

18 ga

Away

21 matches

5 v

4 d

12 l

22 gf

32 ga

Total

41 matches

16 v

9 d

16 l

55 gf

50 ga

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

12 v

4 d

5 l

32 gf

22 ga

Away

20 matches

4 v

5 d

11 l

18 gf

33 ga

Total

41 matches

16 v

9 d

16 l

50 gf

55 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	September 05, 1987
Home	6 - 0	March 14, 1987

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	October 18, 1986
Away	2 - 0	April 22, 2000

Latest head to head

October 30, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

April 01, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Crystal Palace

0 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 11, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

March 06, 2001 - First Division 2000/2001

Crystal Palace

1 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

October 14, 2000 - First Division 2000/2001

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Tommy Langley	2 goals	1981 - 1981
Andy Gray	2 goals	1991 - 1991
Andy Thorn	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Andy Johnson	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Steve Lovell	1 goal	1981 - 1981
Gerald Queen	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Keith Bertschin	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Trevor Francis	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Tommy Mooney	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Dean Peer	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Nigel Gleghorn	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Alan Ainscow	1 goal	1981 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Simon Rodger	4 matches	1991 - 2001
Mark Bright	3 matches	1991 - 1991
Hayden Mullins	3 matches	2000 - 2002
Andy Thorn	3 matches	1991 - 1991
Andy Gray	3 matches	1991 - 1991
Dean Austin	3 matches	2000 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Ian Clarkson	3 matches	1991 - 1991
Paul Mardon	3 matches	1991 - 1991
Louie Donowa	3 matches	1991 - 1991
Nigel Gleghorn	3 matches	1991 - 1991
John Frain	3 matches	1991 - 1991
Trevor Matthewson	3 matches	1991 - 1991