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Birmingham City 0-1 Man United - September 29, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 8

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

September 29, 2007

26 526

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Man United

51'

Cristiano Ronaldo (left foot)

logo Birmingham City BC

46' - Substitution Edwin Van der Saris substituted by Tomasz Kuszczak

51' - Goal Cristiano Ronaldo

64' - Substitution Ryan Giggsis substituted by Louis Saha

70' - Substitution Fabrice Muambais substituted by Wilson Palacios70

76' - Substitution Johan Djourouis substituted by Rafael Schmitz76

83' - Substitution Mehdi Naftiis substituted by Garry O'Connor83

89' - Substitution Carlos Tévezis substituted by John O'Shea

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Man United

Birmingham City Man United

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age36 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Djourou76

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age20 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Ridgewell

Liam Ridgewell

England

B.date21/07/1984

Age23 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

France

B.date27/08/1978

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Kelly

Stephen Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/09/1983

Age24 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

Muamba70

Fabrice Muamba

England

B.date06/04/1988

Age19 years

H1m90

positionLeft central midfielder

Nafti83

Mehdi Nafti

Tunisia

B.date28/11/1978

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Kapo

Olivier Kapo

France

B.date27/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m84

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Larsson

Sebastian Larsson

Sweden

B.date06/06/1985

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Jerome

Cameron Jerome

England

B.date14/10/1986

Age20 years

H1m86

positionStriker

McSheffrey

Gary McSheffrey

England

B.date13/08/1982

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Maik Taylor		36	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johan Djourou	76	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Ridgewell		23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franck Queudrue		29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Kelly		24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabrice Muamba	70	19	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mehdi Nafti	83	28	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Olivier Kapo		27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sebastian Larsson		22	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cameron Jerome		20	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary McSheffrey		25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

1 Van der Sar46

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age36 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

6 Brown

Wes Brown

England

B.date13/10/1979

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5 Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age28 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

15 Vidic

Nemanja Vidic

Serbia

B.date21/10/1981

Age25 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

3 Evra

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

16 Carrick

Michael Carrick

England

B.date28/07/1981

Age26 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

11 Giggs64

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age33 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

18 Scholes

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age32 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

32 Tévez89

Carlos Tévez

Argentina

B.date05/02/1984

Age23 years

H1m70

positionStriker

7 Ronaldo51

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

10 Rooney

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age21 years

H1m76

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Edwin Van der Sar	46	36	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Wes Brown		27	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand		28	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Nemanja Vidic		25	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrice Evra		26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Michael Carrick		26	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ryan Giggs	64	33	725	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Paul Scholes		32	545	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	F	Carlos Tévez	89	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Cristiano Ronaldo	51	22	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Wayne Rooney		21	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

219

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Rafael Schmitz	76	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wilson Palacios	70	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry O'Connor	83	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
29	G	Tomasz Kuszczak	46	25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	John O'Shea	89	26	256	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Louis Saha	64	29	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fabrice Muamba

Damien Johnson

OUT

Johan Djourou

Martin Taylor

OUT

Stephen Kelly

Stuart Parnaby

OUT

Cameron Jerome

Mikael Forssell

OUT

Liam Ridgewell

Radhi Jaïdi

OUT

Mehdi Nafti

Neil Danns

OUT

Maik Taylor

Richard Kingson

OUT

Olivier Kapo

Daniël De Ridder

OUT

Gary McSheffrey

Garry O'Connor

OUT

Franck Queudrue

Mat Sadler

OUT

Sebastian Larsson

Rowan Vine

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Patrice Evra

John O'Shea

OUT

Carlos Tévez

Fangzhuo Dong

OUT

Edwin Van der Sar

Tomasz Kuszczak

OUT

Wes Brown

Gerard Piqué

OUT

Cristiano Ronaldo

Nani

OUT

Rio Ferdinand

Jonny Evans

OUT

Ryan Giggs

Anderson

OUT

Nemanja Vidic

Phil Bardsley

OUT

Michael Carrick

Chris Eagles

OUT

Paul Scholes

Lee Martin

OUT

Wayne Rooney

Danny Simpson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

264

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Bruce vs Man United

0 victory

2 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on September 29, 2007

Bruce vs Ferguson

0 victory

2 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on September 29, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1167

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Ferguson vs Birmingham City

8 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on September 29, 2007

Ferguson vs Bruce

8 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on September 29, 2007

Referee

Mark Clattenburg

2 victories	6 draws	9 losses	Birmingham City17 matches	General total	Man United41 matches	22 victories	10 draws	9 losses
0 victory	2 draws	3 losses	Birmingham City5 matches	Season total	Man United4 matches	1 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on January 24, 2015					Latest figure on January 21, 2017

Videos

June 04, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Birmingham City keeps its 3 matches without scoring any goal running (since 22/09/2007). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 22/04/2006-07/05/2006 time period (3 matches).

It's the first time Cristiano Ronaldo scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 10/04/2004 (with Manchester United vs )

Birmingham City keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 18/08/2007).

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

	12	Wigan	8 pts	8 rd
	13	Middlesbrough	8 pts	7 rd
	14	Birmingham City	8 pts	8 rd
	15	Sunderland	8 pts	8 rd
+1	16	Fulham	7 pts	8 rd

General ranking

	1	Arsenal	19 pts	7 rd
	2	Manchester United	17 pts	8 rd
	3	Manchester City	16 pts	8 rd
	4	Liverpool	15 pts	7 rd
+6	5	Portsmouth	12 pts	8 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBirmingham City 2-1 Southampton14/04/2007

VBirmingham City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday28/04/2007

DBirmingham City 2-2 Sunderland15/08/2007

LBirmingham City 0-1 West Ham18/08/2007

VBirmingham City 2-1 Hereford United28/08/2007

VBirmingham City 1-0 Bolton Wanderers15/09/2007

Overall

VDerby County 1-2 Birmingham City25/08/2007

VBirmingham City 2-1 Hereford United28/08/2007

LMiddlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham City01/09/2007

VBirmingham City 1-0 Bolton Wanderers15/09/2007

DLiverpool 0-0 Birmingham City22/09/2007

LBlackburn 3-0 Birmingham City26/09/2007

Current form

Away

VManchester City 0-1 Manchester United05/05/2007

DChelsea 0-0 Manchester United09/05/2007

DPortsmouth 1-1 Manchester United15/08/2007

LManchester City 1-0 Manchester United19/08/2007

VEverton 0-1 Manchester United15/09/2007

VSporting CP 0-1 Manchester United19/09/2007

Overall

VManchester United 1-0 Tottenham26/08/2007

VManchester United 1-0 Sunderland01/09/2007

VEverton 0-1 Manchester United15/09/2007

VSporting CP 0-1 Manchester United19/09/2007

VManchester United 2-0 Chelsea23/09/2007

LManchester United 0-2 Coventry26/09/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

14	General ranking (Competition total)	2
17	General ranking (Home / Away)	8
718	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1
18	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	4
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.86
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.29
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

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

Bookings

13	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Olivier Kapo	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Louis Saha
Olivier Kapo	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Paul Scholes
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Louis Saha
Franck Queudrue	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Carlos Tévez
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Carlos Tévez
Olivier Kapo	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Louis Saha

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

16 v

18 d

13 l

69 gf

63 ga

Away

46 matches

9 v

8 d

29 l

36 gf

78 ga

Total

93 matches

25 v

26 d

42 l

105 gf

141 ga

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

29 v

8 d

9 l

78 gf

36 ga

Away

47 matches

13 v

18 d

16 l

63 gf

69 ga

Total

93 matches

42 v

26 d

25 l

141 gf

105 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	November 11, 1978
Home	5 - 1	November 11, 1978

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	February 24, 1969
Away	4 - 0	November 29, 1958

Latest head to head

March 26, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Man United

3 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 28, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Birmingham City

2 - 2

Man United

December 20, 2005 - League Cup 2005/2006

Birmingham City

1 - 3

Man United

February 05, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Man United

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

October 16, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Birmingham City

0 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Kevin Dillon	3 goals	1978 - 1983
Trevor Francis	2 goals	1977 - 1978
Alan Buckley	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Kenneth Leek	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Denis Thwaites	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Alex Harley	2 goals	1963 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1956 - 1961
Lou Macari	6 goals	1973 - 1981
Bobby Charlton	6 goals	1957 - 1965
Denis Law	5 goals	1963 - 1969
Albert Quixall	4 goals	1959 - 1961
Louis Saha	3 goals	2004 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Joe Gallagher	10 matches	1974 - 1981
Trevor Francis	10 matches	1972 - 1978
William Hennessey	9 matches	1961 - 1965
Malcolm Beard	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Malcolm Page	8 matches	1965 - 1980
Kenny Cunningham	8 matches	2002 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Bill Foulkes	18 matches	1956 - 1965
Martin Buchan	16 matches	1972 - 1982
Arthur Albiston	14 matches	1977 - 1986
Bobby Charlton	14 matches	1957 - 1973
Steve Coppell	14 matches	1975 - 1983
Lou Macari	13 matches	1973 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jeffrey Wealands

62 matches

8 matches

1980 - 1983

Don Givens

48 matches

9 matches

1969 - 1981

Nicky Butt

29 matches

387 matches

1992 - 2006

Dwight Yorke

16 matches

152 matches

1998 - 2005

Steve Bruce

10 matches

417 matches

1987 - 1998

Andy Cole

5 matches

275 matches

1995 - 2007

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Steve Bruce

10 matches

417 matches

1987 - 1998

Nicky Butt

29 matches

387 matches

1992 - 2006

Andy Cole

5 matches

275 matches

1995 - 2007

Dwight Yorke

16 matches

152 matches

1998 - 2005

Gerry Daly

2 matches

96 matches

1973 - 1985

Danny Wallace

2 matches

71 matches

1989 - 1994

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

September 29, 2007

Chelsea

0 0

Fulham

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Derby County

1 1

Bolton Wanderers

Video availableLine-ups available

Manchester City

3 1

Newcastle United

Video availableLine-ups available

Portsmouth

7 4

Reading

Video availableLine-ups available

Sunderland

1 2

Blackburn

Video availableLine-ups available

West Ham

0 1

Arsenal

Video availableLine-ups available

Wigan

0 1

Liverpool

Video availableLine-ups available

September 30, 2007

Everton

2 0

Middlesbrough

Video availableLine-ups available

October 01, 2007

Tottenham

4 4

Aston Villa

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	19	7	6	1	0	16	4	+12
2	Manchester United	17	8	5	2	1	7	2	+5
3	Manchester City	16	8	5	1	2	11	6	+5
4	Liverpool	15	7	4	3	0	12	2	+10
+65	Portsmouth	12	8	3	3	2	15	12	+3
+46	Blackburn	12	7	3	3	1	7	5	+2
-17	Chelsea	12	8	3	3	2	7	8	-1
-38	Newcastle United	11	7	3	2	2	10	8	+2
-19	Aston Villa	10	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3
-310	West Ham	10	7	3	1	3	9	7	+2
-211	Everton	10	7	3	1	3	8	8	0
12	Wigan	8	8	2	2	4	8	8	0
13	Middlesbrough	8	7	2	2	3	9	11	-2
14	Birmingham City	8	8	2	2	4	7	10	-3
15	Sunderland	8	8	2	2	4	8	13	-5
+116	Fulham	7	8	1	4	3	12	14	-2
-117	Reading	7	8	2	1	5	9	18	-9
18	Tottenham	5	7	1	2	4	10	12	-2
19	Bolton Wanderers	5	8	1	2	5	9	13	-4
20	Derby County	5	8	1	2	5	5	21	-16

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Birmingham City 0-1 Man United - September 29, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Man United

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Bruce vs Man United

Bruce vs Ferguson

Manager

Ferguson vs Birmingham City

Ferguson vs Bruce

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Man United

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Man United

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking