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Birmingham City 1-4 Manchester City - April 22, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Journée 40

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

April 22, 1978

1 - 4

Manchester City

Ricky Sbragia

Paul Power

Gary Owen (penalty)

Brian Kidd

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0' - Goal Ricky Sbragia0

0' - Goal Paul Power photo Gary Owen

0' - Goal Gary Owen photo Brian Kidd

0' - Goal Brian Kidd photo Brian Kidd

0' - Goal Brian Kidd

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

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Manchester City

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Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Montgomery

Jimmy Montgomery

England

B.date09/10/1943

Age34 years

positionGoalkeeper

Calderwood

Jimmy Calderwood

Scotland

B.date28/02/1955

Age23 years

positionDefender

Gallagher

Joe Gallagher

England

B.date11/01/1955

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Sbragia0

Ricky Sbragia

Scotland

B.date26/05/1956

Age21 years

positionDefender

Pendrey

Garry Pendrey

England

B.date09/02/1949

Age29 years

positionDefender

Towers

Tony Towers

England

B.date13/04/1952

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Dillon

Kevin Dillon

England

B.date18/12/1959

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Francis

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Hibbitt

Terry Hibbitt

England

B.date01/12/1947

Age30 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Bertschin

Keith Bertschin

England

B.date25/08/1956

Age21 years

positionForward

Fox

Steve Fox

England

B.date17/02/1958

Age20 years

positionLeft Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Montgomery	34	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Calderwood	23	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Gallagher	23	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricky Sbragia	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Pendrey	29	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Towers	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Dillon	18	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis	24	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Hibbitt	30	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Keith Bertschin	21	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Fox	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Manchester City

Corrigan

Joe Corrigan

England

B.date18/11/1948

Age29 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Watson

David Watson

England

B.date05/10/1946

Age31 years

positionDefender

Clements

Kenny Clements

England

B.date09/04/1955

Age23 years

positionDefender

Booth

Tommy Booth

England

B.date09/11/1949

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Donachie

Willie Donachie

Scotland

B.date05/10/1951

Age26 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Power0

Paul Power

England

B.date30/10/1953

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Hartford

Asa Hartford

Scotland

B.date24/10/1950

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Owen0

Gary Owen

England

B.date07/07/1958

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Bell

Colin Bell

England

B.date26/02/1946

Age32 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Kidd00

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age28 years

positionForward

Channon

Mick Channon

England

B.date28/11/1948

Age29 years

H1m83

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Joe Corrigan	29	322	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Watson	31	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Clements	23	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Booth	28	337	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Donachie	26	310	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Power	24	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Asa Hartford	27	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Owen	19	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Bell	32	413	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd	28	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Channon	29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

180

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ricky Sbragia

Pat Howard

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Colin Bell

Peter Barnes

OUT

Willie Donachie

Michael Doyle

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Book

206

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Book vs Birmingham City

5 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 22, 1978

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Birmingham City after 17 consecutive matches without a loss vs Manchester City at home in Premier League (since 01/05/1937). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 13/09/1930 (6 matches)

Brian Kidd played his game number 10 vs Birmingham City in Premier League

Brian Kidd scored 5 goals vs Birmingham City in Premier League

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBirmingham City 1-0 Aston Villa25/02/1978

LBirmingham City 1-2 West Bromwich Albion28/02/1978

DBirmingham City 1-1 Arsenal21/03/1978

VBirmingham City 3-0 West Ham28/03/1978

VBirmingham City 2-1 Norwich City08/04/1978

DBirmingham City 0-0 Ipswich Town11/04/1978

Overall

VBristol City 0-1 Birmingham City25/03/1978

VBirmingham City 3-0 West Ham28/03/1978

VWolverhampton 0-1 Birmingham City01/04/1978

VBirmingham City 2-1 Norwich City08/04/1978

DBirmingham City 0-0 Ipswich Town11/04/1978

VLeicester 1-4 Birmingham City15/04/1978

Current form

Away

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Manchester City31/01/1978

DBristol City 2-2 Manchester City17/02/1978

LArsenal 3-0 Manchester City04/03/1978

DManchester United 2-2 Manchester City15/03/1978

DWolverhampton 1-1 Manchester City18/03/1978

DNewcastle United 2-2 Manchester City29/03/1978

Overall

DWolverhampton 1-1 Manchester City18/03/1978

DManchester City 2-2 Middlesbrough25/03/1978

DNewcastle United 2-2 Manchester City29/03/1978

VManchester City 2-1 Ipswich Town01/04/1978

DManchester City 0-0 Nottingham Forest11/04/1978

LManchester City 1-3 West Bromwich Albion15/04/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	4	9
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	7	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	3	1
Conceding streak	9	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

39	Number of games (Competition total)	37
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
16	Victories (Competition total)	18
8	Victories (Home / Away)	5
7	Draws (Competition total)	10
5	Draws (Home / Away)	7
16	Losses (Competition total)	9
7	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

54	Goals scored (Competition total)	66
31	Goals scored (Home / Away)	24
56	Goals conceded (Competition total)	44
26	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.78
1.55	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.19
1.3	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.39

Betting aid

22	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	22
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
3-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Trevor Francis	25 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Brian Kidd
Trevor Francis	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Brian Kidd
Trevor Francis	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Dennis Tueart
Trevor Francis	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Gary Owen
Trevor Francis	16 goals during the last 18 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Brian Kidd

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

37 v

8 d

8 l

144 gf

58 ga

Away

48 matches

7 v

7 d

34 l

47 gf

100 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

102 matches

44 v

15 d

43 l

192 gf

161 ga

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

34 v

7 d

7 l

100 gf

47 ga

Away

53 matches

8 v

8 d

37 l

58 gf

144 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

102 matches

43 v

15 d

44 l

161 gf

192 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	April 27, 1896
Home	8 - 0	April 27, 1896

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 26, 1949
Away	5 - 1	March 29, 1932

Latest head to head

December 10, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Manchester City

3 - 0

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April 19, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Manchester City

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 27, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Birmingham City

0 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

February 14, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

November 08, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Manchester City

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Bob Latchford	4 goals	1972 - 1974
Jimmy Harris	3 goals	1961 - 1963
Bob Hatton	3 goals	1973 - 1974
Jimmy Bloomfield	3 goals	1961 - 1962
Howard Kendall	2 goals	1974 - 1976
Kenny Burns	2 goals	1974 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/05/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Denis Law	6 goals	1960 - 1974
Colin Bell	4 goals	1973 - 1975
Dennis Tueart	2 goals	1975 - 1977
Brian Kidd	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Alex Harley	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Bobby Johnstone	1 goal	1956 - 1956

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/05/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Kenny Burns	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Garry Pendrey	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Bob Hatton	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Trevor Francis	8 matches	1972 - 1977
Dave Latchford	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Malcolm Page	7 matches	1973 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/05/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Willie Donachie	11 matches	1972 - 1977
Alan Oakes	9 matches	1960 - 1976
Michael Doyle	9 matches	1972 - 1976
Tommy Booth	8 matches	1972 - 1977
Joe Corrigan	8 matches	1972 - 1977
Colin Bell	7 matches	1972 - 1975