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Middlesbrough 3-1 Birmingham City - September 20, 1997 / First Division 1997/1998

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First Division 1997/1998 - Journée 8

BT Cellnet Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

September 20, 1997

3 - 1

Birmingham City

Vladimir Kinder

23'

Mikkel Beck

41'

Emerson

43'

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23' - Goal Vladimir Kinder23

41' - Goal Mikkel Beck41

43' - Goal Emerson43

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73' - Substitution Mikkel Beckis substituted by Chris Freestone73

89' - Substitution Emersonis substituted by Andy Campbell89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

3 - 1

Birmingham City

Middlesbrough Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Roberts

Ben Roberts

England

B.date22/06/1975

Age22 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Festa

Gianluca Festa

Italy

B.date12/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Pearson

Nigel Pearson

England

B.date21/08/1963

Age34 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Vickers

Steve Vickers

England

B.date13/10/1967

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Kinder23

Vladimir Kinder

Slovakia

B.date14/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Emerson4389

Emerson

Brazil

B.date12/04/1972

Age25 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ormerod

Anthony Ormerod

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/03/1979

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Townsend

Andy Townsend

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1963

Age34 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Mustoe

Robbie Mustoe

England

B.date28/08/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Beck4173

Mikkel Beck

Denmark

B.date04/05/1973

Age24 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ben Roberts		22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gianluca Festa		28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Pearson		34	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Vickers		29	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vladimir Kinder	23	28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emerson	4389	25	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anthony Ormerod		18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Townsend		34	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Mustoe		29	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikkel Beck	4173	24	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Team line-up not yet available

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Craig Liddle		25
F	Chris Freestone	73	26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Campbell	89	18	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nigel Pearson

Curtis Fleming

OUT

Andy Townsend

Andy Campbell

OUT

Paul Merson

Chris Freestone

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Bryan Robson

159

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Robson vs Birmingham City

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 1997

Robson vs Francis

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Trevor Francis

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Francis vs Middlesbrough

1 victory

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 20, 1997

Francis vs Robson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 1997

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Key figures

The last time Middlesbrough has won with a difference of 2 goals at home in Championship, It was on the 26/03/1995 (vs )

End of streak for Middlesbrough after 3 matches without scoring any goal vs Birmingham City (since 26/03/1994). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 15/09/1934

Birmingham City keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 02/09/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 01/02/1997-16/03/1997 time period (11 matches).

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Nottingham Forest26/03/1997

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Sunderland19/04/1997

VMiddlesbrough 3-2 Aston Villa03/05/1997

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Charlton09/08/1997

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Stoke City23/08/1997

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Barnet16/09/1997

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Charlton09/08/1997

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Stoke City23/08/1997

VTranmere Rovers 0-2 Middlesbrough30/08/1997

DStockport 1-1 Middlesbrough02/09/1997

DBradford 2-2 Middlesbrough13/09/1997

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Barnet16/09/1997

Current form

Away

VBradford 0-2 Birmingham City19/04/1997

DIpswich Town 1-1 Birmingham City04/05/1997

VGillingham 0-1 Birmingham City12/08/1997

DStockport 2-2 Birmingham City29/08/1997

VTranmere Rovers 0-3 Birmingham City02/09/1997

VHuddersfield Town 0-1 Birmingham City09/09/1997

Overall

VBirmingham City 3-0 Gillingham26/08/1997

DStockport 2-2 Birmingham City29/08/1997

VTranmere Rovers 0-3 Birmingham City02/09/1997

VHuddersfield Town 0-1 Birmingham City09/09/1997

LBirmingham City 0-1 Sunderland14/09/1997

VBirmingham City 4-1 Stockport17/09/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Drawless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	1	4
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	9	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	9	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	11
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.83
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Mikkel Beck	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Fabrizio Ravanelli	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Vladimir Kinder	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

15 v

17 d

11 l

56 gf

47 ga

Away

45 matches

7 v

12 d

26 l

47 gf

84 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

89 matches

22 v

30 d

37 l

105 gf

133 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

26 v

12 d

7 l

84 gf

47 ga

Away

43 matches

11 v

17 d

15 l

47 gf

56 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

89 matches

37 v

30 d

22 l

133 gf

105 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	February 08, 1930
Home	5 - 1	February 08, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	December 26, 1905
Away	5 - 2	April 08, 1955

Latest head to head

December 20, 1995 - League Cup 1995/1996

Birmingham City

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

November 29, 1995 - League Cup 1995/1996

Middlesbrough

0 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

March 26, 1994 - First Division 1993/1994

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

October 02, 1993 - First Division 1993/1994

Middlesbrough

2 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

March 26, 1988 - Division 2 1987/1988

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

David Mills	4 goals	1975 - 1978
John Hickton	3 goals	1974 - 1975
Alan Foggon	3 goals	1974 - 1974
Billy Ashcroft	3 goals	1977 - 1979
Heini Otto	1 goal	1981 - 1981
Stuart Boam	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/08/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Trevor Francis	5 goals	1976 - 1977
Joe Gallagher	2 goals	1976 - 1978
Frank Worthington	2 goals	1980 - 1980
Kevin Francis	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Don Givens	1 goal	1979 - 1979
Kenny Burns	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/08/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

John Craggs	13 matches	1974 - 1982
Jim Platt	12 matches	1974 - 1982
David Armstrong	12 matches	1974 - 1981
Stuart Boam	9 matches	1974 - 1979
Anthony McAndrew	8 matches	1976 - 1982
Ian Bailey	8 matches	1976 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/08/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Joe Gallagher	10 matches	1974 - 1981
Trevor Francis	7 matches	1974 - 1978
Garry Pendrey	7 matches	1974 - 1978
Kevin Dillon	6 matches	1978 - 1982
Jimmy Calderwood	5 matches	1974 - 1978
Mark Dennis	5 matches	1979 - 1982