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Birmingham City 0-3 Arsenal - January 01, 2011 / Premier League 2010/2011

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Premier League 2010/2011 - Round 21

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

January 01, 2011 - 16:30

24 341

Birmingham City

0 - 3

Arsenal

13'

Robin van Persie (free kick)

58'

Samir Nasri (right foot) Assist by Cesc Fàbregas

66'

Roger Johnson (o.g)

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13' - Goal Robin van Persie

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58' - Goal Samir Nasri

59' - Substitution Jean Beausejouris substituted by Alexander Hleb59

66' - Own goal Roger Johnson

69' - Substitution Lee Bowyeris substituted by Nikola Zigic69

79' - Substitution Jack Wilshereis substituted by Denilson photo Andrey Arshavin

79' - Substitution Theo Walcottis substituted by Andrey Arshavin

80' - Substitution Cameron Jeromeis substituted by Kevin Phillips80

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

0 - 3

Arsenal

Birmingham City Arsenal

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Jerome80

Cameron Jerome

England

B.date14/10/1986

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Beausejour59

Jean Beausejour

Chile

B.date01/06/1984

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

Gardner

Craig Gardner

England

B.date25/11/1986

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Larsson

Sebastian Larsson

Sweden

B.date06/06/1985

Age25 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Bowyer69

Lee Bowyer

England

B.date03/01/1977

Age33 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Ferguson

Barry Ferguson

Scotland

B.date02/02/1978

Age32 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Johnson66

Roger Johnson

England

B.date28/04/1983

Age27 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Ridgewell

Liam Ridgewell

England

B.date21/07/1984

Age26 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Dann

Scott Dann

England

B.date14/02/1987

Age23 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Carr

Stephen Carr

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/08/1976

Age34 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Foster

Ben Foster

England

B.date03/04/1983

Age27 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ben Foster		27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Johnson	66	27	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Scott Dann		23	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Ridgewell		26	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Carr		34	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Gardner		24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Ferguson		32	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Bowyer	69	33	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jean Beausejour	59	26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sebastian Larsson		25	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cameron Jerome	80	24	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

van Persie13

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Nasri58

Samir Nasri

France

B.date26/06/1987

Age23 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

Walcott79

Theo Walcott

England

B.date16/03/1989

Age21 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Wilshere79

Jack Wilshere

England

B.date01/01/1992

Age19 years

H1m72

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Song

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age23 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Clichy

Gaël Clichy

France

B.date26/07/1985

Age25 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age25 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age23 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age27 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Fabianski

Lukasz Fabianski

Poland

B.date18/04/1985

Age25 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lukasz Fabianski		25	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johan Djourou		23	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Laurent Koscielny		25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bacary Sagna		27	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gaël Clichy		25	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alexandre Song		23	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jack Wilshere	79	19	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Cesc Fàbregas		23	284	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Theo Walcott	79	21	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Samir Nasri	58	23	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robin van Persie	13	27	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

136

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Alexander Hleb	59	29	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Phillips	80	37	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nikola Zigic	69	30	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Denilson	79	22	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Andrey Arshavin	79	29	78	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

Johan Djourou

Sébastien Squillaci

OUT

Theo Walcott

Tomas Rosicky

OUT

Samir Nasri

Andrey Arshavin

OUT

Alexandre Song

Abou Diaby

OUT

Jack Wilshere

Denilson

OUT

Cesc Fàbregas

Marouane Chamakh

OUT

Gaël Clichy

Emmanuel Eboué

OUT

Robin van Persie

Nicklas Bendtner

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alex McLeish

142

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

McLeish vs Arsenal

0 victory

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 2011

McLeish vs Wenger

0 victory

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 2011

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

818

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Birmingham City

10 victories

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 2011

Wenger vs McLeish

3 victories

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 2011

Referee

Peter Walton

5 victories	6 draws	4 losses	Birmingham City15 matches	General total	Arsenal13 matches	9 victories	4 draws	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Birmingham City3 matches	Season total	Arsenal2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 15, 2011					Latest figure on August 13, 2011

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Key figures

Only back at the time of Herbert Chapman head of Arsenal (01/07/1925-06/01/1934), you can see a manager go over Arsène Wenger with 1.89 goals scored per game in Premier League (2.16).

Birmingham City keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 27/11/2010).

Arsenal keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 27/12/2010).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBirmingham City 1-1 Brentford26/10/2010

DBirmingham City 2-2 West Ham06/11/2010

VBirmingham City 1-0 Chelsea20/11/2010

VBirmingham City 2-1 Aston Villa01/12/2010

DBirmingham City 1-1 Tottenham04/12/2010

DBirmingham City 1-1 Manchester United28/12/2010

Overall

VBirmingham City 1-0 Chelsea20/11/2010

DFulham 1-1 Birmingham City27/11/2010

VBirmingham City 2-1 Aston Villa01/12/2010

DBirmingham City 1-1 Tottenham04/12/2010

LWolverhampton 1-0 Birmingham City12/12/2010

DBirmingham City 1-1 Manchester United28/12/2010

Current form

Away

VWolverhampton 0-2 Arsenal10/11/2010

VEverton 1-2 Arsenal14/11/2010

LBraga 2-0 Arsenal23/11/2010

VAston Villa 2-4 Arsenal27/11/2010

LManchester United 1-0 Arsenal13/12/2010

DWigan 2-2 Arsenal29/12/2010

Overall

VArsenal 2-0 Wigan30/11/2010

VArsenal 2-1 Fulham04/12/2010

VArsenal 3-1 Partizan Belgrade08/12/2010

LManchester United 1-0 Arsenal13/12/2010

VArsenal 3-1 Chelsea27/12/2010

DWigan 2-2 Arsenal29/12/2010

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	7	1
Winless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	7	1
Conceding streak	3	5

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

149	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	12
13	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	19
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
3	Victories (Competition total)	11
3	Victories (Home / Away)	5
10	Draws (Competition total)	3
5	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	5
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	39
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
21	Goals conceded (Competition total)	22
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.05
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.7
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.16
0.78	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

28	Yellow cards (Competition total)	37
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	19
1	Red cards (Competition total)	4
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Craig Gardner	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Samir Nasri
Craig Gardner	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Marouane Chamakh
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Andrey Arshavin
Sebastian Larsson	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	7 assists	Andrey Arshavin
Nikola Zigic	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Andrey Arshavin
Nikola Zigic	1 assist during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Andrey Arshavin

Historical head to head

Home

64 matches

32 v

15 d

17 l

116 gf

81 ga

Away

66 matches

5 v

20 d

41 l

47 gf

129 ga

Total

130 matches

37 v

35 d

58 l

163 gf

210 ga

Historical head to head

Home

66 matches

41 v

20 d

5 l

129 gf

47 ga

Away

64 matches

17 v

15 d

32 l

81 gf

116 ga

Total

130 matches

58 v

35 d

37 l

210 gf

163 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 03, 1955
Home	4 - 0	December 03, 1955

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 03, 1906
Away	4 - 0	January 12, 2003

Latest head to head

October 16, 2010 - Premier League 2010/2011

Arsenal

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

March 27, 2010 - Premier League 2009/2010

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Arsenal

October 17, 2009 - Premier League 2009/2010

Arsenal

3 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

February 23, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Birmingham City

2 - 2

Arsenal

January 12, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Arsenal

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Trevor Francis	7 goals	1974 - 1978
Bob Hatton	4 goals	1974 - 1975
Kevin Dillon	2 goals	1980 - 1983
James McFadden	2 goals	2008 - 2008
Jimmy Harris	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Peter Murphy	2 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Joe Baker	7 goals	1962 - 1965
Thierry Henry	6 goals	2002 - 2006
Malcolm Macdonald	4 goals	1976 - 1977
Ted Drake	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Alan Sunderland	3 goals	1978 - 1983
Geoff Strong	3 goals	1962 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Joe Gallagher	12 matches	1973 - 1981
Trevor Francis	12 matches	1972 - 1978
Trevor Smith	10 matches	1959 - 1963
Johnny Schofield	10 matches	1959 - 1965
Dave Latchford	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Jimmy Calderwood	8 matches	1973 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

David O'Leary	14 matches	1975 - 1986
Pat Rice	12 matches	1972 - 1979
Liam Brady	12 matches	1973 - 1979
Kenny Sansom	10 matches	1980 - 1986
Billy McCullough	10 matches	1959 - 1965
Graham Rix	10 matches	1977 - 1986