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Birmingham City 1-1 Liverpool - February 25, 2001 / League Cup 2000/2001

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League Cup 2000/2001 - Finale

Millennium Stadium - Cardiff - Wales

February 25, 2001

73 500

Birmingham City

1 - 1

4-5 After shoot-out

Liverpool

(penalty) Darren Purse

90'

30'

Robbie Fowler

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30' - Goal Robbie Fowler

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46' - Substitution Dele Adebolais substituted by Andy Johnson46

71' - Substitution Danny Sonneris substituted by Bryan Hughes71

78' - Substitution Steven Gerrardis substituted by Gary McAllister

80' - Substitution Geoff Horsfieldis substituted by Marcelo80

83' - Substitution Vladimir Smiceris substituted by Nick Barmby

90' - Goal Darren Purse90

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96' - Substitution Igor Biscanis substituted by Christian Ziege

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Liverpool

Birmingham City Liverpool

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Bennett

Ian Bennett

England

B.date10/10/1971

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Johnson

Michael Johnson

Jamaica

B.date04/07/1973

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Purse90

Darren Purse

England

B.date14/02/1977

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Eaden

Nicky Eaden

England

B.date12/12/1972

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Grainger

Martin Grainger

England

B.date23/08/1972

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Sonner71

Danny Sonner

Northern Ireland

B.date09/01/1972

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

O'Connor

Martin O'Connor

Cayman Islands

B.date10/12/1967

Age33 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

McCarthy

Jon McCarthy

Northern Ireland

B.date18/08/1970

Age30 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Lazaridis

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age28 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Horsfield80

Geoff Horsfield

England

B.date01/11/1973

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Adebola46

Dele Adebola

Nigeria

B.date23/06/1975

Age25 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ian Bennett		29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Johnson		27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Purse	90	24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Eaden		28	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Grainger		28	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Sonner	71	29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin O'Connor		33	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jon McCarthy		30	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Lazaridis		28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Geoff Horsfield	80	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dele Adebola	46	25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liverpool

Westerveld

Sander Westerveld

Netherlands

B.date23/10/1974

Age26 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Biscan96

Igor Biscan

Croatia

B.date04/05/1978

Age22 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Henchoz

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/03/1974

Age26 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age27 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Babbel

Markus Babbel

Germany

B.date08/09/1972

Age28 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

Hamann

Dietmar Hamann

Germany

B.date27/08/1973

Age27 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gerrard78

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age20 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Smicer83

Vladimir Smicer

Czech Republic

B.date24/05/1973

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Fowler30

Robbie Fowler

England

B.date09/04/1975

Age25 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age23 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Sander Westerveld		26	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igor Biscan	96	22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		23	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz		26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä		27	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Markus Babbel		28	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dietmar Hamann		27	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard	78	20	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vladimir Smicer	83	27	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Fowler	30	25	295	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emile Heskey		23	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Bryan Hughes	71	24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Johnson	46	20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcelo	80	31	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Christian Ziege	96	29	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nick Barmby	83	27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary McAllister	78	36	31	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

Robbie Fowler

Michael Owen

OUT

Igor Biscan

Nick Barmby

OUT

Steven Gerrard

Christian Ziege

OUT

Vladimir Smicer

Gary McAllister

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Trevor Francis

259

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Francis vs Liverpool

2 victories

4 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on February 25, 2001

Francis vs Houllier

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Gérard Houllier

134

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Houllier vs Birmingham City

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 2001

Houllier vs Francis

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 2001

Referee

David Elleray

1 victory	2 draws	3 losses	Birmingham City6 matches	General total	Liverpool23 matches	8 victories	9 draws	6 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Birmingham City1 match	Season total	Liverpool1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 03, 2003					Latest figure on September 21, 2002

Videos

January 22, 2013

Comments

Key figures

Birmingham City keeps its 3 consecutive draws vs Liverpool running (since 07/01/1995). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 12/10/1929 (2 matches)

The last time Liverpool has ended with the score 1-1 surterrainneutre in League Cup, It was on the 14/03/1981 (vs )

Birmingham City keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Liverpool in League Cup running (since 02/12/1980). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Overall

VFulham 0-1 Birmingham City27/01/2001

VBirmingham City 4-1 Ipswich Town31/01/2001

VBirmingham City 2-1 Norwich City03/02/2001

LSheffield United 3-1 Birmingham City10/02/2001

VBirmingham City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion17/02/2001

VPreston North End 0-2 Birmingham City20/02/2001

Current form

Neutral ground

VLiverpool 2-1 Bolton Wanderers02/04/1995

VLiverpool 3-0 Aston Villa31/03/1996

LManchester United 1-0 Liverpool11/05/1996

Overall

DManchester City 1-1 Liverpool31/01/2001

VLiverpool 3-0 West Ham03/02/2001

DSunderland 1-1 Liverpool10/02/2001

VAS Roma 0-2 Liverpool15/02/2001

VLiverpool 4-2 Manchester City18/02/2001

LLiverpool 0-1 AS Roma22/02/2001

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Drawless streak	0	11
Scoring streak	0	7
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	5
7	Victories (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	1

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.8
0.78	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.6

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2

Bookings

12	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1

Key players

	Dele Adebola	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Robbie Fowler
	Geoff Horsfield	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 5 matches	Danny Murphy

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

19 v

13 d

14 l

69 gf

44 ga

Away

49 matches

7 v

8 d

34 l

58 gf

117 ga

Total

95 matches

26 v

21 d

48 l

127 gf

161 ga

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

34 v

8 d

7 l

117 gf

58 ga

Away

46 matches

14 v

13 d

19 l

44 gf

69 ga

Total

95 matches

48 v

21 d

26 l

161 gf

127 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 1	December 11, 1954
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 26, 1986
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

January 18, 1995 - FA Cup 1994/1995

Liverpool

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

January 07, 1995 - FA Cup 1994/1995

Birmingham City

0 - 0

Liverpool

April 26, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Liverpool

5 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 23, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Birmingham City

0 - 2

Liverpool

May 05, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

Birmingham City

0 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Bob Latchford	4 goals	1972 - 1974
Bob Hatton	4 goals	1973 - 1975
Kenneth Leek	3 goals	1963 - 1964
Gordon Taylor	2 goals	1972 - 1974
Trevor Francis	2 goals	1976 - 1978
Alan Ainscow	1 goal	1981 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Gordon Hodgson	9 goals	1933 - 1935
Ian Rush	8 goals	1982 - 1986
John Toshack	7 goals	1972 - 1977
Roger Hunt	6 goals	1962 - 1965
Graeme Souness	4 goals	1978 - 1983
Phil Neal	4 goals	1976 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Garry Pendrey	12 matches	1972 - 1978
Joe Gallagher	10 matches	1974 - 1981
Trevor Francis	9 matches	1973 - 1978
Ray Martin	8 matches	1964 - 1976
Bob Hatton	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Kevin Dillon	7 matches	1978 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Phil Neal	21 matches	1974 - 1984
Ian Callaghan	18 matches	1962 - 1978
Ray Clemence	17 matches	1972 - 1981
Kenny Dalglish	15 matches	1977 - 1986
Phil Thompson	14 matches	1973 - 1982
Alan Hansen	13 matches	1978 - 1986