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Birmingham City 2-1 Arsenal - May 15, 2005 / Premier League 2004/2005

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Premier League 2004/2005 - Round 38

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

May 15, 2005

29 302

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Arsenal

Walter Pandiani

80'

Emile Heskey

90'

88'

Dennis Bergkamp

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62' - Substitution Darren Carteris substituted by Clinton Morrison62

68' - Substitution Freddie Ljungbergis substituted by Edu photo Jérémie Aliadière

68' - Substitution Robin van Persieis substituted by Jérémie Aliadière

75' - Substitution Cesc Fàbregasis substituted by Mathieu Flamini

78' - Substitution Mario Melchiotis substituted by Olivier Tébily78

80' - Goal Walter Pandiani80

88' - Goal Dennis Bergkamp

89' - Substitution Walter Pandianiis substituted by Martin Taylor89

90' - Goal Emile Heskey90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Arsenal

Birmingham City Arsenal

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

16Heskey90

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

9Pandiani8089

Walter Pandiani

Uruguay

B.date27/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m84

positionStriker

25Clemence

Stephen Clemence

England

B.date31/03/1978

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Pennant

Jermaine Pennant

England

B.date15/01/1983

Age22 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

24Carter62

Darren Carter

England

B.date18/12/1983

Age21 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

36Nafti

Mehdi Nafti

Tunisia

B.date28/11/1978

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

3Clapham

Jamie Clapham

England

B.date07/12/1975

Age29 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

5Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age26 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

4Cunningham

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

29Melchiot78

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

1Maik Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Maik Taylor		33	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Matthew Upson		26	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kenny Cunningham		33	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Mario Melchiot	78	28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jamie Clapham		29	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Darren Carter	62	21	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	M	Mehdi Nafti		26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Stephen Clemence		27	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Jermaine Pennant		22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Walter Pandiani	8089	29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Emile Heskey	90	27	38	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

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Bergkamp88

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age36 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

11van Persie68

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age21 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Forward

8Ljungberg68

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age28 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

15Fàbregas75

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age18 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

4Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age28 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

19Silva

Gilberto Silva

Brazil

B.date07/10/1976

Age28 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age24 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

23Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

20Senderos

Philippe Senderos

Switzerland

B.date14/02/1985

Age20 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

28Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

1Lehmann

Jens Lehmann

Germany

B.date10/11/1969

Age35 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jens Lehmann		35	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Sol Campbell		30	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kolo Touré		24	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Philippe Senderos		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ashley Cole		24	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Gilberto Silva		28	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Patrick Vieira		28	405	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Cesc Fàbregas	75	18	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Freddie Ljungberg	68	28	264	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Robin van Persie	68	21	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Dennis Bergkamp	88	36	390	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

173

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
15	D	Martin Taylor	89	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Olivier Tébily	78	29	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Clinton Morrison	62	26	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	M	Mathieu Flamini	75	21	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Edu	68	27	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Jérémie Aliadière	68	22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Darren Carter

Damien Johnson

OUT

Stephen Clemence

Stan Lazaridis

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kolo Touré

Lauren

OUT

Freddie Ljungberg

José Antonio Reyes

OUT

Cesc Fàbregas

Edu

OUT

Gilberto Silva

Robert Pirès

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

153

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Bruce vs Arsenal

1 victory

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on May 15, 2005

Bruce vs Wenger

1 victory

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on May 15, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

496

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Wenger vs Birmingham City

5 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 15, 2005

Wenger vs Bruce

6 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 15, 2005

Referee

Dermot Gallagher

2 victories	3 draws	8 losses	Birmingham City13 matches	General total	Arsenal33 matches	24 victories	2 draws	7 losses
1 victory	0 draw	3 losses	Birmingham City4 matches	Season total	Arsenal2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 01, 2006					Latest figure on May 01, 2006

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Key figures

It's the first time Emile Heskey scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

Jamie Clapham played his game number 10 vs in his professional career

End of streak for Birmingham City after 5 matches without scoring any goal vs Arsenal (since 18/08/2002). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 30/10/1982 (3 matches)

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBirmingham City 2-1 Southampton02/02/2005

VBirmingham City 2-0 Liverpool12/02/2005

VBirmingham City 2-0 Aston Villa20/03/2005

DBirmingham City 1-1 Tottenham02/04/2005

DBirmingham City 0-0 Portsmouth16/04/2005

VBirmingham City 2-1 Blackburn30/04/2005

Overall

DChelsea 1-1 Birmingham City09/04/2005

DBirmingham City 0-0 Portsmouth16/04/2005

LManchester City 3-0 Birmingham City20/04/2005

DEverton 1-1 Birmingham City23/04/2005

VBirmingham City 2-1 Blackburn30/04/2005

LNorwich City 1-0 Birmingham City07/05/2005

Current form

Away

DSheffield United 0-0 Arsenal01/03/2005

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Arsenal12/03/2005

VBlackburn 0-1 Arsenal19/03/2005

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Arsenal09/04/2005

DChelsea 0-0 Arsenal20/04/2005

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-2 Arsenal02/05/2005

Overall

VArsenal 3-0 Blackburn16/04/2005

DChelsea 0-0 Arsenal20/04/2005

VArsenal 1-0 Tottenham25/04/2005

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-2 Arsenal02/05/2005

VArsenal 3-1 Liverpool08/05/2005

VArsenal 7-0 Everton11/05/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	7	14
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	1	4
Invincibility streak	6	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	37
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
10	Victories (Competition total)	25
7	Victories (Home / Away)	12
12	Draws (Competition total)	8
6	Draws (Home / Away)	3
15	Losses (Competition total)	4
5	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

38	Goals scored (Competition total)	86
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	32
45	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.03	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.32
1.22	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.78
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.92
0.78	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.83

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	16
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	8
13	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (5 times)

Bookings

59	Yellow cards (Competition total)	45
23	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
3	Red cards (Competition total)	1
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Emile Heskey	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	25 goals	Thierry Henry
Emile Heskey	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Freddie Ljungberg
Walter Pandiani	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Robert Pirès
Walter Pandiani	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Lauren
Robbie Savage	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	14 assists	Thierry Henry
Robbie Savage	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	7 assists	Thierry Henry
Emile Heskey	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Robert Pirès

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

31 v

13 d

16 l

111 gf

75 ga

Away

62 matches

5 v

19 d

38 l

44 gf

122 ga

Total

122 matches

36 v

32 d

54 l

155 gf

197 ga

Historical head to head

Home

62 matches

38 v

19 d

5 l

122 gf

44 ga

Away

60 matches

16 v

13 d

31 l

75 gf

111 ga

Total

122 matches

54 v

32 d

36 l

197 gf

155 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 03, 1955
Home	4 - 0	December 03, 1955

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 03, 1906
Away	4 - 0	January 12, 2003

Latest head to head

December 04, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Arsenal

3 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

May 01, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Arsenal

0 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 22, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Birmingham City

0 - 3

Arsenal

January 12, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Birmingham City

0 - 4

Arsenal

August 18, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Arsenal

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Trevor Francis	7 goals	1974 - 1978
Robin Stubbs	4 goals	1959 - 1960
Bob Hatton	4 goals	1974 - 1975
Kenneth Leek	2 goals	1962 - 1964
Kevin Dillon	2 goals	1980 - 1983
Bunny Larkin	2 goals	1959 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Joe Baker	7 goals	1962 - 1965
Thierry Henry	5 goals	2002 - 2004
Malcolm Macdonald	4 goals	1976 - 1977
Ted Drake	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Frank Stapleton	3 goals	1976 - 1981
Robert Pirès	3 goals	2003 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Joe Gallagher	12 matches	1973 - 1981
Trevor Francis	12 matches	1972 - 1978
Johnny Schofield	11 matches	1959 - 1965
Trevor Smith	11 matches	1959 - 1963
Dave Latchford	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Jimmy Calderwood	8 matches	1973 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

David O'Leary	14 matches	1975 - 1986
Pat Rice	12 matches	1972 - 1979
Liam Brady	12 matches	1973 - 1979
Billy McCullough	11 matches	1959 - 1965
Graham Rix	10 matches	1977 - 1986
Kenny Sansom	10 matches	1980 - 1986