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Birmingham City 4-1 Blackburn - May 11, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Journée 38

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

May 11, 2008

26 668

4 - 1

Blackburn

(right foot) David Murphy

31'

(right foot) Cameron Jerome

73'

(right foot) Cameron Jerome

89'

(header) Fabrice Muamba

90'

49'

Morten Gamst Pedersen (right foot)

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31' - Goal David Murphy31

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49' - Goal Morten Gamst Pedersen

67' - Substitution Johann Vogelis substituted by Kerimoglu Tugay photo David Dunn

67' - Substitution Morten Gamst Pedersenis substituted by David Dunn

69' - Substitution Mikael Forssellis substituted by Cameron Jerome69

73' - Goal Cameron Jerome photo Mehdi Nafti

73' - Substitution Damien Johnsonis substituted by Mehdi Nafti73

81' - Substitution Stephen Warnockis substituted by Benni McCarthy

87' - Substitution Olivier Kapois substituted by Gary McSheffrey87

89' - Goal Cameron Jerome89

90' - Goal Fabrice Muamba90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

4 - 1

Blackburn

Birmingham City Blackburn

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age36 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Ridgewell

Liam Ridgewell

England

B.date21/07/1984

Age23 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Jaïdi

Radhi Jaïdi

Tunisia

B.date30/08/1975

Age32 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Murphy31

David Murphy

Scotland

B.date01/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Kelly

Stephen Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/09/1983

Age24 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

Johnson73

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age29 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Muamba90

Fabrice Muamba

England

B.date06/04/1988

Age20 years

H1m90

positionMidfield

Kapo87

Olivier Kapo

France

B.date27/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m84

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Larsson

Sebastian Larsson

Sweden

B.date06/06/1985

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Forssell69

Mikael Forssell

Finland

B.date15/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m84

positionStriker

Zárate

Mauro Zárate

Argentina

B.date18/03/1987

Age21 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Maik Taylor		36	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Ridgewell		23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Radhi Jaïdi		32	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Murphy	31	24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Kelly		24	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Johnson	73	29	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabrice Muamba	90	20	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Olivier Kapo	87	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sebastian Larsson		22	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikael Forssell	69	27	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mauro Zárate		21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Blackburn

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age36 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Nelsen

Ryan Nelsen

New Zealand

B.date18/10/1977

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Samba

Christopher Samba

Congo

B.date28/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Warnock81

Stephen Warnock

England

B.date12/12/1981

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Reid

Steven Reid

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Vogel67

Johann Vogel

Switzerland

B.date08/03/1977

Age31 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Pedersen4967

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Norway

B.date08/09/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

Bentley

David Bentley

England

B.date27/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Emerton

Brett Emerton

Australia

B.date22/02/1979

Age29 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

Santa Cruz

Roque Santa Cruz

Paraguay

B.date16/08/1981

Age26 years

H1m89

positionCentre forward

Roberts

Jason Roberts

Grenada

B.date25/01/1978

Age30 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		36	331	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ryan Nelsen		30	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christopher Samba		24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Warnock	81	26	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Reid		27	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johann Vogel	67	31	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Morten Gamst Pedersen	4967	26	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Bentley		23	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brett Emerton		29	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roque Santa Cruz		26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Roberts		30	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

117

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Mehdi Nafti	73	29	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cameron Jerome	897369	21	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary McSheffrey	87	25	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	David Dunn	67	28	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kerimoglu Tugay	67	37	257	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benni McCarthy	81	30	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mauro Zárate

James McFadden

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Alex McLeish

Success rate in this team:

20 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

McLeish vs Blackburn

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 11, 2008

McLeish vs Hughes

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 11, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Hughes

188

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Hughes vs Birmingham City

3 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 11, 2008

Hughes vs McLeish

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 11, 2008

Referee

Howard Webb

6 victories	11 draws	5 losses	Birmingham City22 matches	General total	Blackburn32 matches	7 victories	9 draws	16 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Birmingham City2 matches	Season total	Blackburn4 matches	0 victory	3 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on January 18, 2012					Latest figure on April 02, 2012

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Key figures

It's the first time David Murphy scores 1 goal in Premier League

Birmingham City keeps its 20 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Blackburn in Premier League running (since 05/11/1960). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 04/02/1933 (9 matches)

End of streak for Blackburn after 3 consecutive matches without a loss (since 19/04/2008).

Read the next 17 key stats

General ranking

16	Bolton Wanderers	37 pts	38 rd
17	Fulham	36 pts	38 rd
18	Reading	36 pts	38 rd
19	Birmingham City	35 pts	38 rd
20	Derby County	11 pts	38 rd

General ranking

	5	Everton	65 pts	38 rd
+1	6	Aston Villa	60 pts	38 rd
-1	7	Blackburn	60 pts	38 rd
	8	Portsmouth	57 pts	38 rd
	9	Manchester City	55 pts	38 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBirmingham City 2-2 Arsenal23/02/2008

VBirmingham City 4-1 Tottenham01/03/2008

DBirmingham City 1-1 Newcastle United17/03/2008

VBirmingham City 3-1 Manchester City29/03/2008

DBirmingham City 1-1 Everton12/04/2008

DBirmingham City 2-2 Liverpool26/04/2008

Overall

VBirmingham City 3-1 Manchester City29/03/2008

LWigan 2-0 Birmingham City05/04/2008

DBirmingham City 1-1 Everton12/04/2008

LAston Villa 5-1 Birmingham City20/04/2008

DBirmingham City 2-2 Liverpool26/04/2008

LFulham 2-0 Birmingham City03/05/2008

Current form

Away

LArsenal 2-0 Blackburn11/02/2008

VNewcastle United 0-1 Blackburn01/03/2008

LWest Ham 2-1 Blackburn15/03/2008

DReading 0-0 Blackburn29/03/2008

LLiverpool 3-1 Blackburn13/04/2008

VPortsmouth 0-1 Blackburn27/04/2008

Overall

DReading 0-0 Blackburn29/03/2008

VBlackburn 2-1 Tottenham05/04/2008

LLiverpool 3-1 Blackburn13/04/2008

DBlackburn 1-1 Manchester United19/04/2008

VPortsmouth 0-1 Blackburn27/04/2008

VBlackburn 3-1 Derby County03/05/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	7	0
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	7	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	9	19

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

19	General ranking (Competition total)	6
17	General ranking (Home / Away)	7
330	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	38
19	FBDB index ranking (National)	6

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	37
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
7	Victories (Competition total)	16
5	Victories (Home / Away)	7
11	Draws (Competition total)	12
8	Draws (Home / Away)	6
19	Losses (Competition total)	9
5	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

42	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
61	Goals conceded (Competition total)	44
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.35
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.28
1.65	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.19
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.39

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
23	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	23
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
1-1 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (5 times)

Bookings

64	Yellow cards (Competition total)	71
25	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	39
3	Red cards (Competition total)	6
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Mikael Forssell	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	19 goals	Roque Santa Cruz
Mikael Forssell	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	13 goals	Roque Santa Cruz
Gary McSheffrey	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	Benni McCarthy
Gary McSheffrey	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Franck Queudrue	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Mikael Forssell	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	8 goals during the last 8 matches	Roque Santa Cruz

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

33 v

14 d

7 l

98 gf

50 ga

Away

54 matches

8 v

11 d

35 l

70 gf

135 ga

Total

108 matches

41 v

25 d

42 l

168 gf

185 ga

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

35 v

11 d

8 l

135 gf

70 ga

Away

54 matches

7 v

14 d

33 l

50 gf

98 ga

Total

108 matches

42 v

25 d

41 l

185 gf

168 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 03, 2004
Home	4 - 0	January 03, 2004

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 1	January 05, 1895
Away	4 - 0	December 06, 2003

Latest head to head

October 07, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Blackburn

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 26, 2007 - League Cup 2007/2008

Blackburn

3 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 19, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Blackburn

October 22, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Blackburn

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 30, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Kenneth Leek	4 goals	1962 - 1964
Malcolm Beard	3 goals	1965 - 1965
Stern John	2 goals	2003 - 2004
Mike Hellawell	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Mikael Forssell	2 goals	2004 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Frederick Pickering	5 goals	1961 - 1963
Bryan Douglas	5 goals	1962 - 1965
Mike Ferguson	3 goals	1963 - 1965
David Bentley	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Andrew McEvoy	2 goals	1963 - 1965
Chris Sutton	2 goals	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Damien Johnson	10 matches	2002 - 2007
William Hennessey	9 matches	1961 - 1965
Mike Hellawell	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Bertie Auld	7 matches	1961 - 1964
Maik Taylor	7 matches	2003 - 2006
Kenny Cunningham	7 matches	2002 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Bryan Douglas	10 matches	1960 - 1965
Kerimoglu Tugay	10 matches	2002 - 2007
Brad Friedel	10 matches	2002 - 2007
Lucas Neill	9 matches	2002 - 2006
Brett Emerton	8 matches	2003 - 2007
Fred Else	8 matches	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Damien Johnson

201 matches

52 matches

1997 - 2008

Martin Taylor

91 matches

103 matches

1998 - 2008

Robbie Savage

88 matches

100 matches

2002 - 2007

Jeff Kenna

84 matches

177 matches

1995 - 2004

Alan Ainscow

70 matches

1 match

1978 - 1989

David Dunn

69 matches

162 matches

1998 - 2008

Total : 15 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jeff Kenna

84 matches

177 matches

1995 - 2004

David Dunn

69 matches

162 matches

1998 - 2008

Chris Sutton

11 matches

161 matches

1994 - 2006

Mike Newell

3 matches

137 matches

1992 - 1997

Frederick Pickering

2 matches

120 matches

1960 - 1968

Martin Taylor

91 matches

103 matches

1998 - 2008

Total : 15 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

May 11, 2008

Chelsea

1 1

Bolton Wanderers

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Derby County

0 4

Reading

Video availableLine-ups available

Everton

3 1

Newcastle United

Video availableLine-ups available

Middlesbrough

8 1

Manchester City

Video availableLine-ups available

Portsmouth

0 1

Fulham

Video availableLine-ups available

Sunderland

0 1

Arsenal

Video availableLine-ups available

Tottenham

0 2

Liverpool

Video availableLine-ups available

West Ham

2 2

Aston Villa

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Wigan

0 2

Man United

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester United	87	38	27	6	5	80	22	+58
2	Chelsea	85	38	25	10	3	65	26	+39
3	Arsenal	83	38	24	11	3	74	31	+43
4	Liverpool	76	38	21	13	4	67	28	+39
5	Everton	65	38	19	8	11	55	33	+22
+16	Aston Villa	60	38	16	12	10	71	51	+20
-17	Blackburn	60	38	16	12	10	51	48	+3
8	Portsmouth	57	38	16	9	13	48	40	+8
9	Manchester City	55	38	15	10	13	45	53	-8
10	West Ham	49	38	13	10	15	42	50	-8
11	Tottenham	45	38	11	12	15	66	62	+4
12	Newcastle United	43	38	11	10	17	45	65	-20
+113	Middlesbrough	42	38	10	12	16	43	53	-10
-114	Wigan	40	38	10	10	18	34	51	-17
15	Sunderland	39	38	11	6	21	36	59	-23
16	Bolton Wanderers	37	38	9	10	19	36	54	-18
17	Fulham	36	38	8	12	18	38	60	-22
18	Reading	36	38	10	6	22	41	66	-25
19	Birmingham City	35	38	8	11	19	46	62	-16
20	Derby County	11	38	1	8	29	20	89	-69

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Birmingham City 4-1 Blackburn - May 11, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

Birmingham City

4 - 1

Blackburn

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

McLeish vs Blackburn

McLeish vs Hughes

Manager

Hughes vs Birmingham City

Hughes vs McLeish

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 Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

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