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Birmingham City 2-1 Blackburn - April 30, 2005 / Premier League 2004/2005

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Premier League 2004/2005 - Round 36

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

April 30, 2005

28 621

2 - 1

Blackburn

Robbie Blake

61'

Emile Heskey

80'

13'

Jon Stead

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13' - Goal Jon Stead

22' - Substitution Darren Andertonis substituted by Stephen Clemence22

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59' - Substitution Mehdi Naftiis substituted by Robbie Blake59

59' - Substitution Morten Gamst Pedersenis substituted by David Thompson

61' - Goal Robbie Blake61

67' - Substitution Nils-Eric Johanssonis substituted by Kerimoglu Tugay

76' - Substitution Brett Emertonis substituted by Paul Gallagher

80' - Goal Emile Heskey80

84' - Substitution Walter Pandianiis substituted by Clinton Morrison84

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Blackburn

Birmingham City Blackburn

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

1 Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

5 Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age26 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

4 Cunningham

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

29 Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

36 Nafti59

Mehdi Nafti

Tunisia

B.date28/11/1978

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

32 Anderton22

Darren Anderton

England

B.date03/03/1972

Age33 years

H1m86

positionRight Midfielder

22 Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Pennant

Jermaine Pennant

England

B.date15/01/1983

Age22 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

11 Lazaridis

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age32 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9 Pandiani84

Walter Pandiani

Uruguay

B.date27/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m84

positionStriker

16 Heskey80

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Maik Taylor		33	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Matthew Upson		26	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kenny Cunningham		33	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Mario Melchiot		28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	M	Mehdi Nafti	59	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Darren Anderton	22	33	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Damien Johnson		26	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Jermaine Pennant		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Stan Lazaridis		32	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Walter Pandiani	84	29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Emile Heskey	80	27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Blackburn

1 Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age33 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

29 Nelsen

Ryan Nelsen

New Zealand

B.date18/10/1977

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

5 Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age32 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

2 Neill

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age27 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

15 Mokoena

Aaron Mokoena

South Africa

B.date25/11/1980

Age24 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

24 Todd

Andy Todd

England

B.date21/09/1974

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

14 Johansson67

Nils-Eric Johansson

Sweden

B.date13/01/1980

Age25 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

18 Reid

Steven Reid

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/03/1981

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

7 Emerton76

Brett Emerton

Australia

B.date22/02/1979

Age26 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

12 Pedersen59

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Norway

B.date08/09/1981

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

9 Stead13

Jon Stead

England

B.date07/04/1983

Age22 years

H1m91

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Brad Friedel		33	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Ryan Nelsen		27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Garry Flitcroft		32	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Lucas Neill		27	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Aaron Mokoena		24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Andy Todd		30	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Nils-Eric Johansson	67	25	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Steven Reid		24	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Brett Emerton	76	26	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Morten Gamst Pedersen	59	23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jon Stead	13	22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	M	Stephen Clemence	22	27	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Robbie Blake	6159	29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Clinton Morrison	84	25	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
8	M	Kerimoglu Tugay	67	34	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	David Thompson	59	27	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Paul Gallagher	76	20	50	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

Nils-Eric Johansson

Dominic Matteo

OUT

Garry Flitcroft

Robbie Savage

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

151

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Bruce vs Blackburn

3 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 30, 2005

Bruce vs Hughes

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Hughes

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

31 %

Hughes vs Birmingham City

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 2005

Hughes vs Bruce

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 2005

Referee

Barry Knight

1 victory	0 draw	5 losses	Birmingham City6 matches	General total	Blackburn5 matches	2 victories	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Birmingham City2 matches	Season total	Blackburn2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 22, 2005					Latest figure on October 22, 2005

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Key figures

Birmingham City keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 02/02/2005). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 26/12/2003-11/02/2004 time period (6 matches).

Emile Heskey scored 7 goals vs Blackburn in his professional career

It's the first time Emile Heskey scores 1 goal vs Blackburn in his professional career with Birmingham City

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBirmingham City 1-2 Fulham22/01/2005

VBirmingham City 2-1 Southampton02/02/2005

VBirmingham City 2-0 Liverpool12/02/2005

VBirmingham City 2-0 Aston Villa20/03/2005

DBirmingham City 1-1 Tottenham02/04/2005

DBirmingham City 0-0 Portsmouth16/04/2005

Overall

VBirmingham City 2-0 Aston Villa20/03/2005

DBirmingham City 1-1 Tottenham02/04/2005

DChelsea 1-1 Birmingham City09/04/2005

DBirmingham City 0-0 Portsmouth16/04/2005

LManchester City 3-0 Birmingham City20/04/2005

DEverton 1-1 Birmingham City23/04/2005

Current form

Away

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 Blackburn05/02/2005

DBurnley 0-0 Blackburn20/02/2005

VEverton 0-1 Blackburn06/03/2005

DLiverpool 0-0 Blackburn16/03/2005

DManchester United 0-0 Blackburn02/04/2005

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Blackburn26/04/2005

Overall

DManchester United 0-0 Blackburn02/04/2005

VBlackburn 3-0 Southampton09/04/2005

LArsenal 3-0 Blackburn16/04/2005

VBlackburn 1-0 Crystal Palace20/04/2005

DBlackburn 0-0 Manchester City23/04/2005

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Blackburn26/04/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	5	1
Winless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	3	2
Unbeaten streak	5	3
Winless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

35	Number of games (Competition total)	35
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
9	Victories (Competition total)	9
6	Victories (Home / Away)	4
12	Draws (Competition total)	14
6	Draws (Home / Away)	6
14	Losses (Competition total)	12
5	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	30
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
43	Goals conceded (Competition total)	38
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
1.03	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.86
1.18	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.59
1.23	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.09
0.76	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.12

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	7
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	16
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	9
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

52	Yellow cards (Competition total)	68
21	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	37
2	Red cards (Competition total)	4
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Emile Heskey	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Paul Dickov
Emile Heskey	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Paul Dickov
Walter Pandiani	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Paul Dickov
Walter Pandiani	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Paul Dickov
Robbie Savage	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Youri Djorkaeff
Robbie Savage	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	David Thompson
Emile Heskey	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Brett Emerton

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

31 v

14 d

7 l

94 gf

48 ga

Away

51 matches

8 v

11 d

32 l

69 gf

128 ga

Total

103 matches

39 v

25 d

39 l

163 gf

176 ga

Historical head to head

Home

51 matches

32 v

11 d

8 l

128 gf

69 ga

Away

52 matches

7 v

14 d

31 l

48 gf

94 ga

Total

103 matches

39 v

25 d

39 l

176 gf

163 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

November 21, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Blackburn

3 - 3

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

May 15, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Blackburn

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

January 03, 2004 - FA Cup 2003/2004

Birmingham City

4 - 0

Blackburn

December 06, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Birmingham City

0 - 4

Blackburn

January 18, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Blackburn

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Kenneth Leek	4 goals	1962 - 1964
Malcolm Beard	3 goals	1965 - 1965
Mike Hellawell	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Stern John	2 goals	2003 - 2004
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Robbie Savage	1 goal	2004 - 2004

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
Andrew McEvoy	2 goals	1963 - 1965
Mike England	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Paul Gallagher	2 goals	2003 - 2004

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

William Hennessey	9 matches	1961 - 1965
Mike Hellawell	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Malcolm Beard	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Bertie Auld	7 matches	1961 - 1964
Stan Lynn	6 matches	1961 - 1965
Damien Johnson	6 matches	2002 - 2004

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
Fred Else	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Ronnie Clayton	8 matches	1960 - 1965
Frederick Pickering	7 matches	1960 - 1963
Keith Newton	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Mike England	6 matches	1962 - 1965