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Birmingham City 4-1 Ipswich Town - January 31, 2001 / League Cup 2000/2001

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League Cup 2000/2001 - 1/2 finales

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

January 31, 2001

28 624

Birmingham City

4 - 1

After extra time

Ipswich Town

Geoff Horsfield

43'

Geoff Horsfield

55'

Martin Grainger

103'

Michael Johnson

116'

56'

James Scowcroft

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27' - Yellow card Danny Sonner27

43' - Goal Geoff Horsfield43

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46' - Substitution Richard Nayloris substituted by James Scowcroft

55' - Goal Geoff Horsfield55

56' - Goal James Scowcroft

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97' - Substitution Dele Adebolais substituted by Andy Johnson97

103' - Goal Martin Grainger103

104

104' - Substitution Gary Croftis substituted by Martijn Reuser

109' - Substitution Nicky Eadenis substituted by Bryan Hughes109

109

109' - Substitution Jim Magiltonis substituted by Amir Karic

116' - Goal Michael Johnson116

118' - Substitution Stan Lazaridisis substituted by David Burrows118

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

4 - 1

Ipswich Town

Birmingham City Ipswich Town

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Bennett

Ian Bennett

England

B.date10/10/1971

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Johnson116

Michael Johnson

Jamaica

B.date04/07/1973

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Purse

Darren Purse

England

B.date14/02/1977

Age23 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Eaden109

Nicky Eaden

England

B.date12/12/1972

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Gill

Jerry Gill

England

B.date08/09/1970

Age30 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Grainger103

Martin Grainger

England

B.date23/08/1972

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

O'Connor

Martin O'Connor

Cayman Islands

B.date10/12/1967

Age33 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Sonner27

Danny Sonner

Northern Ireland

B.date09/01/1972

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Lazaridis118

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age28 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Adebola97

Dele Adebola

Nigeria

B.date23/06/1975

Age25 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Horsfield4355

Geoff Horsfield

England

B.date01/11/1973

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ian Bennett		29	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Johnson	116	27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Purse		23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Eaden	109	28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jerry Gill		30	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Grainger	103	28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin O'Connor		33	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Sonner	27	29	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Lazaridis	118	28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dele Adebola	97	25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Geoff Horsfield	4355	27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ipswich Town

R. Wright

Richard Wright

England

B.date05/11/1977

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Naylor46

Richard Naylor

England

B.date28/02/1977

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Venus

Mark Venus

England

B.date06/04/1967

Age33 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

J. Wright

Jermaine Wright

England

B.date21/10/1975

Age25 years

H1m77

positionVersatile Defender

McGreal

John McGreal

England

B.date02/06/1972

Age28 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Hreidarsson

Hermann Hreidarsson

Iceland

B.date11/07/1974

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Croft104

Gary Croft

England

B.date17/02/1974

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Clapham

Jamie Clapham

England

B.date07/12/1975

Age25 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Magilton109

Jim Magilton

Northern Ireland

B.date06/05/1969

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Holland

Matt Holland

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/04/1974

Age26 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Stewart

Marcus Stewart

England

B.date07/11/1972

Age28 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Richard Wright		23	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Naylor	46	23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Venus		33	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jermaine Wright		25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McGreal		28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hermann Hreidarsson		26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Croft	104	26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Clapham		25	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim Magilton	109	31	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matt Holland		26	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Stewart		28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	David Burrows	118	32	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Hughes	109	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Johnson	97	19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Amir Karic	109	27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martijn Reuser	104	25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James Scowcroft	5646	25	63	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

Richard Naylor

Titus Bramble

OUT

Gary Croft

Fabian Wilnis

OUT

Jamie Clapham

Alun Armstrong

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Trevor Francis

254

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Francis vs Ipswich Town

11 victories

5 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 31, 2001

Francis vs Burley

6 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 31, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

George Burley

330

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Burley vs Birmingham City

3 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on January 31, 2001

Burley vs Francis

2 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on January 31, 2001

Referee

Jeff Winter

2 victories	2 draws	2 losses	Birmingham City6 matches	General total	Ipswich Town6 matches	2 victories	2 draws	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Birmingham City1 match	Season total	Ipswich Town2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 22, 2004					Latest figure on April 06, 2002

Videos

January 22, 2013

Comments

Key figures

Birmingham City keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw vs Ipswich Town in League Cup running (since 04/10/1966). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time James Scowcroft scores 1 goal vs Birmingham City in League Cup

End of streak for Ipswich Town after 5 consecutive wins in League Cup (since 26/09/2000). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/11/1985 (4 matches)

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBirmingham City 2-1 Huddersfield Town25/11/2000

VBirmingham City 2-1 Newcastle United29/11/2000

LBirmingham City 0-3 Wimbledon FC09/12/2000

VBirmingham City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday12/12/2000

DBirmingham City 0-0 Queens Park Rangers23/12/2000

LBirmingham City 0-2 Nottingham Forest01/01/2001

Overall

LBlackburn 2-1 Birmingham City26/12/2000

LBirmingham City 0-2 Nottingham Forest01/01/2001

LManchester City 3-2 Birmingham City06/01/2001

LIpswich Town 1-0 Birmingham City09/01/2001

VBarnsley 2-3 Birmingham City13/01/2001

VFulham 0-1 Birmingham City27/01/2001

Current form

Away

VManchester City 1-2 Ipswich Town19/12/2000

LManchester United 2-0 Ipswich Town23/12/2000

LSunderland 4-1 Ipswich Town01/01/2001

VMorecambe 0-3 Ipswich Town06/01/2001

LChelsea 4-1 Ipswich Town20/01/2001

LSunderland 1-0 Ipswich Town27/01/2001

Overall

LSunderland 4-1 Ipswich Town01/01/2001

VMorecambe 0-3 Ipswich Town06/01/2001

VIpswich Town 1-0 Birmingham City09/01/2001

VIpswich Town 2-0 Leicester14/01/2001

LChelsea 4-1 Ipswich Town20/01/2001

LSunderland 1-0 Ipswich Town27/01/2001

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	17	7
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	6
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
6	Victories (Competition total)	5
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

17	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
2.13	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.83
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

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

Bookings

11	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Dele Adebola	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	David Johnson
Dele Adebola	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	James Scowcroft
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Marcus Stewart
Dele Adebola	4 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Marcus Stewart

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

14 v

9 d

8 l

42 gf

31 ga

Away

31 matches

9 v

1 d

21 l

34 gf

62 ga

Total

62 matches

23 v

10 d

29 l

76 gf

93 ga

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

21 v

1 d

9 l

62 gf

34 ga

Away

31 matches

8 v

9 d

14 l

31 gf

42 ga

Total

62 matches

29 v

10 d

23 l

93 gf

76 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	November 17, 1962
Home	4 - 0	September 08, 1954

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 29, 1989
Away	3 - 0	September 29, 1973

Latest head to head

January 09, 2001 - League Cup 2000/2001

Ipswich Town

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

February 27, 2000 - First Division 1999/2000

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

September 18, 1999 - First Division 1999/2000

Ipswich Town

0 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

May 02, 1999 - First Division 1998/1999

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

December 05, 1998 - First Division 1998/1999

Ipswich Town

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Ipswich Town

Kenneth Leek	4 goals	1962 - 1962
Bob Hatton	4 goals	1972 - 1975
Trevor Francis	3 goals	1976 - 1977
Kenny Burns	2 goals	1975 - 1976
Jimmy Harris	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Frank Worthington	2 goals	1981 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Alan Brazil	8 goals	1979 - 1983
Paul Mariner	6 goals	1976 - 1982
Trevor Whymark	5 goals	1972 - 1977
John Wark	4 goals	1976 - 1982
Mick Lambert	4 goals	1973 - 1975
Ted Phillips	3 goals	1961 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ipswich Town

Joe Gallagher	11 matches	1973 - 1981
Malcolm Page	10 matches	1972 - 1979
Garry Pendrey	10 matches	1972 - 1978
Trevor Francis	9 matches	1972 - 1978
Kenny Burns	8 matches	1973 - 1977
Jimmy Calderwood	8 matches	1973 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Mick Mills	20 matches	1972 - 1982
Paul Cooper	20 matches	1975 - 1986
George Burley	17 matches	1974 - 1985
John Wark	14 matches	1976 - 1984
Russell Osman	12 matches	1977 - 1984
Allan Hunter	11 matches	1972 - 1977