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Birmingham City 0-0 Chelsea - April 01, 2006 / Premier League 2005/2006

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Premier League 2005/2006 - Round 32

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

April 01, 2006

26 364

Birmingham City

0 - 0

Chelsea

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57' - Substitution DJ Campbellis substituted by Mikael Forssell57

64' - Substitution Asier Del Hornois substituted by Hernán Crespo photo Joe Cole

64' - Substitution Damien Duffis substituted by Joe Cole

68' - Substitution Eidur Gudjohnsenis substituted by Michael Essien

88' - Substitution Nicky Buttis substituted by Neil Kilkenny88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

0 - 0

Chelsea

Birmingham City Chelsea

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

16Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age28 years

H1m88

positionStriker

28Campbell57

DJ Campbell

England

B.date12/11/1981

Age24 years

H1m78

positionStriker

7Pennant

Jermaine Pennant

England

B.date15/01/1983

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

25Clemence

Stephen Clemence

England

B.date31/03/1978

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

20Butt88

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age31 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

22Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age27 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

23Sadler

Mat Sadler

England

B.date26/02/1985

Age21 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

2M. Taylor

Martin Taylor

England

B.date09/11/1979

Age26 years

H1m94

positionCentral defender

4Cunningham

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age34 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

26Tébily

Olivier Tébily

Ivory Coast

B.date19/12/1975

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

1Maik Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Maik Taylor		34	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Martin Taylor		26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kenny Cunningham		34	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Olivier Tébily		30	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Mat Sadler		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nicky Butt	88	31	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Damien Johnson		27	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Stephen Clemence		28	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Jermaine Pennant		23	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	DJ Campbell	57	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Emile Heskey		28	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

22Gudjohnsen68

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Iceland

B.date15/09/1978

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

15Drogba

Didier Drogba

Ivory Coast

B.date11/03/1978

Age28 years

H1m89

positionStriker

16Robben

Arjen Robben

Netherlands

B.date23/01/1984

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

4Makélélé

Claude Makélélé

France

B.date18/02/1973

Age33 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

8Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age27 years

H1m84

positionLeft central midfielder

11Duff64

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age27 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

3Del Horno64

Asier Del Horno

Spain

B.date19/01/1981

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

6Carvalho

Ricardo Carvalho

Portugal

B.date18/05/1978

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

26Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age25 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

20Paulo Ferreira

Paulo Ferreira

Portugal

B.date18/01/1979

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

1Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age23 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Petr Cech		23	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Ricardo Carvalho		27	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	John Terry		25	267	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Asier Del Horno	64	25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Paulo Ferreira		27	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Claude Makélélé		33	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Eidur Gudjohnsen	68	27	261	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Damien Duff	64	27	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Frank Lampard		27	261	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Arjen Robben		22	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Didier Drogba		28	77	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

131

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
15	M		Neil Kilkenny	88	20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F		Mikael Forssell	57	25	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
5	D	Michael Essien	68	23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Joe Cole	64	24	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Hernán Crespo	64	30	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Olivier Tébily

Mario Melchiot

OUT

Martin Taylor

Martin Latka

OUT

Mat Sadler

Jiri Jarosik

OUT

Nicky Butt

Stan Lazaridis

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Arjen Robben

Joe Cole

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

194

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Bruce vs Chelsea

1 victory

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 01, 2006

Bruce vs Mourinho

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 01, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

José Mourinho

106

Success rate in this team:

71 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

69 %

Mourinho vs Birmingham City

3 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 01, 2006

Mourinho vs Bruce

3 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 01, 2006

Referee

Dermot Gallagher

2 victories	3 draws	8 losses	Birmingham City13 matches	General total	Chelsea29 matches	17 victories	4 draws	8 losses
0 victory	2 draws	1 loss	Birmingham City3 matches	Season total	Chelsea1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 01, 2006					Latest figure on April 01, 2006

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Key figures

No Chelsea manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before José Mourinho has reached 1.89 goals scored per game in Premier League.

Nicky Butt played his game number 20 vs Chelsea in his professional career

Stephen Clemence played his game number 10 vs Chelsea in Premier League

Read the next 20 key stats

General ranking

	16	Aston Villa	35 pts	32 rd
	17	West Bromwich Albion	27 pts	32 rd
+1	18	Portsmouth	27 pts	31 rd
-1	19	Birmingham City	25 pts	31 rd
	20	Sunderland	11 pts	32 rd

General ranking

	1	Chelsea	79 pts	32 rd
	2	Manchester United	72 pts	32 rd
	3	Liverpool	67 pts	33 rd
	4	Tottenham	55 pts	32 rd
+1	5	Arsenal	53 pts	31 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBirmingham City 0-2 Arsenal04/02/2006

VBirmingham City 2-1 Reading07/02/2006

VBirmingham City 1-0 Sunderland25/02/2006

DBirmingham City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion11/03/2006

LBirmingham City 0-2 Tottenham18/03/2006

LBirmingham City 0-7 Liverpool21/03/2006

Overall

VBirmingham City 1-0 Sunderland25/02/2006

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City04/03/2006

DBirmingham City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion11/03/2006

LBirmingham City 0-2 Tottenham18/03/2006

LBirmingham City 0-7 Liverpool21/03/2006

LManchester United 3-0 Birmingham City26/03/2006

Current form

Away

DEverton 1-1 Chelsea28/01/2006

DAston Villa 1-1 Chelsea01/02/2006

LMiddlesbrough 3-0 Chelsea11/02/2006

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Chelsea04/03/2006

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Chelsea07/03/2006

LFulham 1-0 Chelsea19/03/2006

Overall

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Chelsea04/03/2006

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Chelsea07/03/2006

VChelsea 2-1 Tottenham11/03/2006

LFulham 1-0 Chelsea19/03/2006

VChelsea 1-0 Newcastle United22/03/2006

VChelsea 2-0 Manchester City25/03/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	3	5
Drawless streak	2	3
Goalless streak	2	3
Conceding streak	3	5

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

18	General ranking (Competition total)	1
18	General ranking (Home / Away)	2
211	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	2
18	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	31
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
6	Victories (Competition total)	25
4	Victories (Home / Away)	10
6	Draws (Competition total)	3
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
18	Losses (Competition total)	3
8	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

23	Goals scored (Competition total)	60
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
44	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
0.77	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.94
1.07	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.53
1.47	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.61
1.27	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.73

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	16
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
16	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (4 times)

Bookings

33	Yellow cards (Competition total)	52
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	34
6	Red cards (Competition total)	4
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Emile Heskey	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Frank Lampard
Walter Pandiani	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Hernán Crespo
Mikael Forssell	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Frank Lampard
Mikael Forssell	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Frank Lampard
David Dunn	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Asier Del Horno
David Dunn	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Joe Cole
Mikael Forssell	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Didier Drogba

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

14 v

11 d

16 l

66 gf

67 ga

Away

44 matches

9 v

12 d

23 l

48 gf

75 ga

Total

85 matches

23 v

23 d

39 l

114 gf

142 ga

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

23 v

12 d

9 l

75 gf

48 ga

Away

41 matches

16 v

11 d

14 l

67 gf

66 ga

Total

85 matches

39 v

23 d

23 l

142 gf

114 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 11, 1980
Home	5 - 1	March 11, 1980

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	November 21, 1964
Away	6 - 1	November 21, 1964

Latest head to head

December 31, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Chelsea

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 09, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Chelsea

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

January 30, 2005 - FA Cup 2004/2005

Chelsea

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

August 21, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Chelsea

January 18, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Chelsea

0 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Bob Hatton	3 goals	1973 - 1975
Keith Bertschin	2 goals	1977 - 1979
Denis Thwaites	2 goals	1964 - 1964
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Trevor Francis	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Jimmy Bloomfield	2 goals	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Jimmy Greaves	8 goals	1957 - 1961
Robert Tambling	7 goals	1959 - 1965
Tommy Langley	4 goals	1975 - 1977
George Graham	4 goals	1964 - 1964
Eidur Gudjohnsen	3 goals	2002 - 2003
Barry Bridges	3 goals	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Ray Martin	10 matches	1964 - 1974
Malcolm Beard	10 matches	1961 - 1970
Malcolm Page	10 matches	1968 - 1979
Garry Pendrey	9 matches	1972 - 1979
Mike Hellawell	7 matches	1960 - 1964
William Hennessey	7 matches	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Ron Harris	18 matches	1963 - 1979
Peter Bonetti	18 matches	1961 - 1979
John Hollins	13 matches	1964 - 1975
Peter Brabrook	10 matches	1957 - 1962
Eddie McCreadie	10 matches	1963 - 1973
Robert Tambling	10 matches	1959 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Mick Harford

80 matches

28 matches

1982 - 1993

Mikael Forssell

69 matches

53 matches

1999 - 2006

Mario Melchiot

63 matches

164 matches

2000 - 2006

Paul Furlong

32 matches

83 matches

1994 - 2002

Jiri Jarosik

29 matches

20 matches

2005 - 2006

Jesper Grönkjaer

18 matches

119 matches

2001 - 2004

Total : 11 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/02/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Eddie Newton

5 matches

206 matches

1992 - 2000

Barry Bridges

1 match

166 matches

1959 - 1968

Mario Melchiot

63 matches

164 matches

2000 - 2006

Bert Murray

3 matches

139 matches

1961 - 1970

Jesper Grönkjaer

18 matches

119 matches

2001 - 2004

Paul Furlong

32 matches

83 matches

1994 - 2002

Total : 11 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/02/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Chelsea	79	32	25	4	3	60	19	+41
2	Manchester United	72	32	22	6	4	64	30	+34
3	Liverpool	67	33	20	7	6	47	22	+25
4	Tottenham	55	32	15	10	7	46	32	+14
+15	Arsenal	53	31	16	5	10	53	23	+30
-16	Blackburn	52	31	16	4	11	42	36	+6
7	Bolton Wanderers	48	30	13	9	8	43	34	+9
8	Wigan	46	31	14	4	13	36	38	-2
9	West Ham	45	31	13	6	12	46	46	0
10	Everton	44	32	13	5	14	31	43	-12
11	Charlton	42	31	12	6	13	37	42	-5
+112	Newcastle United	42	32	12	6	14	34	39	-5
-113	Manchester City	40	31	12	4	15	39	37	+2
14	Middlesbrough	37	30	10	7	13	43	52	-9
15	Fulham	36	33	10	6	17	41	54	-13
16	Aston Villa	35	32	8	11	13	34	46	-12
17	West Bromwich Albion	27	32	7	6	19	28	49	-21
+118	Portsmouth	27	31	7	6	18	27	52	-25
-119	Birmingham City	25	31	6	7	18	23	44	-21
20	Sunderland	11	32	2	5	25	21	57	-36

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Birmingham City 0-0 Chelsea - April 01, 2006 / Premier League 2005/2006

Birmingham City

0 - 0

Chelsea

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Bruce vs Chelsea

Bruce vs Mourinho

Manager

Mourinho vs Birmingham City

Mourinho vs Bruce

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking