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Birmingham City 2-0 Middlesbrough - December 26, 2004 / Premier League 2004/2005

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Premier League 2004/2005 - Journée 19

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

December 26, 2004

29 082

Birmingham City

2 - 0

Middlesbrough

Assist by Emile HeskeyClinton Morrison

10'

Assist by Robbie SavageEmile Heskey

45+2'

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10' - Goal Clinton Morrison10

23' - Substitution Mark Vidukais substituted by Joseph-Désiré Job

42' - Yellow card David Dunn42

47' - Goal Emile Heskey47

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50' - Substitution Emile Heskeyis substituted by Julian Gray50

54' - Substitution David Dunnis substituted by Jamie Clapham54

61' - Substitution Dorivais substituted by Szilard Nemeth

80' - Substitution Clinton Morrisonis substituted by Mario Melchiot80

81' - Substitution Colin Cooperis substituted by James Morrison

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

2 - 0

Middlesbrough

Birmingham City Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

1 Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

2 Tébily

Olivier Tébily

Ivory Coast

B.date19/12/1975

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5 Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age25 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

4 Cunningham

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

10 Dunn5442

David Dunn

England

B.date27/12/1979

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

24 Carter

Darren Carter

England

B.date18/12/1983

Age21 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

22 Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

8 Savage

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

11 Lazaridis

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age32 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

19 Morrison1080

Clinton Morrison

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/05/1979

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

16 Heskey4750

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age26 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Maik Taylor		33	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Olivier Tébily		29	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Matthew Upson		25	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kenny Cunningham		33	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	David Dunn	5442	24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Darren Carter		21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Damien Johnson		26	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Robbie Savage		30	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Stan Lazaridis		32	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Clinton Morrison	1080	25	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Emile Heskey	4750	26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Middlesbrough

1 Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age32 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

23 Cooper81

Colin Cooper

England

B.date28/02/1967

Age37 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

6 Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age34 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

3 Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

France

B.date27/08/1978

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

2 Reiziger

Michael Reiziger

Netherlands

B.date03/05/1973

Age31 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

20 Doriva61

Doriva

Brazil

B.date28/05/1972

Age32 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

15 Parlour

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

19 Downing

Stewart Downing

England

B.date22/07/1984

Age20 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

32 Zenden

Boudewijn Zenden

Netherlands

B.date15/08/1976

Age28 years

H1m74

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

36 Viduka23

Mark Viduka

Australia

B.date09/10/1975

Age29 years

H1m88

positionStriker

18 Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Netherlands

B.date27/03/1972

Age32 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Mark Schwarzer		32	299	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Colin Cooper	81	37	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Gareth Southgate		34	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Franck Queudrue		26	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Michael Reiziger		31	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Doriva	61	32	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Ray Parlour		31	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Stewart Downing		20	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Boudewijn Zenden		28	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	F	Mark Viduka	23	29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink		32	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

30.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
3	D	Jamie Clapham	54	29	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Mario Melchiot	80	28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Julian Gray	50	25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	M	James Morrison	81	18	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Joseph-Désiré Job	23	27	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Szilard Nemeth	61	27	115	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

Colin Cooper

Chris Riggott

OUT

Ray Parlour

George Boateng

OUT

Franck Queudrue

Szilard Nemeth

OUT

Doriva

Tony McMahon

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

132

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Bruce vs Middlesbrough

3 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2004

Bruce vs McClaren

3 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve McClaren

161

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

McClaren vs Birmingham City

3 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2004

McClaren vs Bruce

3 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2004

Referee

Steve Bennett

8 victories	4 draws	12 losses	Birmingham City24 matches	General total	Middlesbrough27 matches	7 victories	10 draws	10 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Birmingham City2 matches	Season total	Middlesbrough4 matches	1 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on March 06, 2010					Latest figure on April 11, 2009

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Key figures

Birmingham City keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 27/11/2004).

No Birmingham City manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Steve Bruce has done less than 1.22 goals conceded per game in Premier League.

No Birmingham City manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Steve Bruce has reached 32% of clean sheets in Premier League.

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBirmingham City 0-0 Manchester United16/10/2004

LBirmingham City 0-1 Fulham27/10/2004

LBirmingham City 0-1 Crystal Palace30/10/2004

LBirmingham City 0-1 Everton13/11/2004

DBirmingham City 1-1 Norwich City27/11/2004

VBirmingham City 4-0 West Bromwich Albion18/12/2004

Overall

LBirmingham City 0-1 Everton13/11/2004

DBlackburn 3-3 Birmingham City21/11/2004

DBirmingham City 1-1 Norwich City27/11/2004

LArsenal 3-0 Birmingham City04/12/2004

VAston Villa 1-2 Birmingham City12/12/2004

VBirmingham City 4-0 West Bromwich Albion18/12/2004

Current form

Away

VCharlton 1-2 Middlesbrough30/10/2004

LLiverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough10/11/2004

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Middlesbrough14/11/2004

LVillarreal 2-0 Middlesbrough25/11/2004

LTottenham 2-0 Middlesbrough28/11/2004

DSouthampton 2-2 Middlesbrough11/12/2004

Overall

LVillarreal 2-0 Middlesbrough25/11/2004

LTottenham 2-0 Middlesbrough28/11/2004

VMiddlesbrough 3-2 Manchester City06/12/2004

DSouthampton 2-2 Middlesbrough11/12/2004

VMiddlesbrough 3-0 Partizan Belgrade15/12/2004

VMiddlesbrough 3-0 Aston Villa18/12/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
4	Victories (Competition total)	9
2	Victories (Home / Away)	4
8	Draws (Competition total)	5
4	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	4
3	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	22
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.78
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.78
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.22
0.78	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.44

Betting aid

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

Bookings

28	Yellow cards (Competition total)	23
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Robbie Savage	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Dwight Yorke	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
David Dunn	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
David Dunn	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	James Morrison
Clinton Morrison	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

28 v

13 d

7 l

91 gf

49 ga

Away

47 matches

11 v

17 d

19 l

52 gf

67 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

96 matches

39 v

31 d

26 l

145 gf

118 ga

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

19 v

17 d

11 l

67 gf

52 ga

Away

48 matches

7 v

13 d

28 l

49 gf

91 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

96 matches

26 v

31 d

39 l

118 gf

145 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	December 26, 1905
Home	7 - 0	December 26, 1905

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	February 08, 1930
Away	3 - 0	August 17, 1974

Latest head to head

September 11, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

March 20, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Middlesbrough

5 - 3

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

March 03, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Birmingham City

3 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

April 26, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Birmingham City

3 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

September 21, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Middlesbrough

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Trevor Francis	5 goals	1976 - 1977
Mikael Forssell	3 goals	2004 - 2004
Kevin Francis	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Joe Gallagher	2 goals	1976 - 1978
Frank Worthington	2 goals	1980 - 1980
Robbie Savage	1 goal	2004 - 2004

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 Birmingham City

David Mills	4 goals	1975 - 1978
Alan Foggon	3 goals	1974 - 1974
Billy Ashcroft	3 goals	1977 - 1979
John Hickton	3 goals	1974 - 1975
Mark Viduka	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Massimo Maccarone	2 goals	2004 - 2004

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
Gary Emmanuel	5 matches	1976 - 1978
Kevan Broadhurst	5 matches	1977 - 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 Birmingham City

John Craggs	13 matches	1974 - 1982
David Armstrong	12 matches	1974 - 1981
Jim Platt	12 matches	1974 - 1982
Stuart Boam	9 matches	1974 - 1979
David Mills	8 matches	1974 - 1978
Anthony McAndrew	8 matches	1976 - 1982