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Birmingham City 0-0 Chelsea - October 14, 2003 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 3

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

October 14, 2003

29 460

Birmingham City

0 - 0

Chelsea

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66' - Substitution Joe Coleis substituted by Damien Duff

78' - Substitution Stephen Clemenceis substituted by Bryan Hughes78

78' - Substitution Jimmy Floyd Hasselbainkis substituted by Eidur Gudjohnsen

84' - Substitution Christophe Dugarryis substituted by Stern John84

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

0 - 0

Chelsea

Birmingham City Chelsea

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

12 Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age32 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

26 Tébily

Olivier Tébily

Ivory Coast

B.date19/12/1975

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

4 Cunningham

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

6 Cissé

Aliou Cissé

Senegal

B.date24/03/1976

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

25 Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

23 Clapham

Jamie Clapham

England

B.date07/12/1975

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

32 Clemence78

Stephen Clemence

England

B.date31/03/1978

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

16 Dunn

David Dunn

England

B.date27/12/1979

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

22 Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

11 Lazaridis

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age31 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

21 Dugarry84

Christophe Dugarry

France

B.date24/03/1972

Age31 years

H1m88

positionLeft Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Maik Taylor		32	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Olivier Tébily		27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kenny Cunningham		32	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Aliou Cissé		27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Matthew Upson		24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Jamie Clapham		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Stephen Clemence	78	25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	David Dunn		23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Damien Johnson		24	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Stan Lazaridis		31	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Christophe Dugarry	84	31	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

23 Cudicini

Carlo Cudicini

Italy

B.date06/09/1973

Age30 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

26 Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age22 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

29 Huth

Robert Huth

Germany

B.date18/08/1984

Age19 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

18 Bridge

Wayne Bridge

England

B.date05/08/1980

Age23 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

14 Geremi

Geremi

Cameroon

B.date20/12/1978

Age24 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

2 Johnson

Glen Johnson

England

B.date23/08/1984

Age19 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

4 Makélélé

Claude Makélélé

France

B.date18/02/1973

Age30 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age25 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

10 Cole66

Joe Cole

England

B.date08/11/1981

Age21 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

9 Hasselbaink78

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Netherlands

B.date27/03/1972

Age31 years

H1m83

positionStriker

21 Crespo

Hernán Crespo

Argentina

B.date05/07/1975

Age28 years

H1m84

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Carlo Cudicini		30	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	John Terry		22	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Robert Huth		19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Wayne Bridge		23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Geremi		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Glen Johnson		19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Claude Makélélé		30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Frank Lampard		25	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Joe Cole	66	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	78	31	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Hernán Crespo		28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
10	M		Bryan Hughes	78	27	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F		Stern John	84	26	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
11	M		Damien Duff	66	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M		Eidur Gudjohnsen	78	25	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Olivier Tébily

Mikael Forssell

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Joe Cole

Jesper Grönkjaer

OUT

Hernán Crespo

Eidur Gudjohnsen

OUT

Geremi

Damien Duff

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Bruce vs Chelsea

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 14, 2003

Bruce vs Ranieri

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 14, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Claudio Ranieri

152

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Ranieri vs Birmingham City

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 14, 2003

Ranieri vs Bruce

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 14, 2003

Referee

Neale Barry

1 victory	3 draws	4 losses	Birmingham City8 matches	General total	Chelsea11 matches	5 victories	5 draws	1 loss
0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Birmingham City2 matches	Season total	Chelsea2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 21, 2004					Latest figure on March 15, 2005

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Key figures

End of streak for Birmingham City after 5 consecutive losses vs Chelsea in Premier League (since 03/02/1979). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 31/12/1977 (3 matches)

Kenny Cunningham played his game number 20 vs in his professional career

Chelsea keeps its 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home running (since 03/05/2003).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBirmingham City 3-2 Southampton21/04/2003

VBirmingham City 3-0 Middlesbrough26/04/2003

DBirmingham City 2-2 West Ham11/05/2003

VBirmingham City 1-0 Tottenham16/08/2003

DBirmingham City 2-2 Fulham13/09/2003

VBirmingham City 2-0 Portsmouth27/09/2003

Overall

VNewcastle United 0-1 Birmingham City30/08/2003

DBirmingham City 2-2 Fulham13/09/2003

VLeeds United 0-2 Birmingham City20/09/2003

LBlackpool 1-0 Birmingham City23/09/2003

VBirmingham City 2-0 Portsmouth27/09/2003

LManchester United 3-0 Birmingham City04/10/2003

Current form

Away

LWest Ham 1-0 Chelsea03/05/2003

VZilina 0-2 Chelsea13/08/2003

VLiverpool 1-2 Chelsea17/08/2003

VSparta Prague 0-1 Chelsea16/09/2003

VWolverhampton 0-5 Chelsea20/09/2003

VMiddlesbrough 1-2 Chelsea05/10/2003

Overall

VChelsea 4-2 Tottenham13/09/2003

VSparta Prague 0-1 Chelsea16/09/2003

VWolverhampton 0-5 Chelsea20/09/2003

VChelsea 1-0 Aston Villa27/09/2003

LChelsea 0-2 Besiktas01/10/2003

VMiddlesbrough 1-2 Chelsea05/10/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	9	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	10	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	5	1
Unbeaten streak	5	1
Drawless streak	9	6
Scoring streak	5	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
4	Victories (Competition total)	6
2	Victories (Home / Away)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.57
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
0.71	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Mikael Forssell	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Mikael Forssell	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Hernán Crespo
David Dunn	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
David Dunn	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Mikael Forssell	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Hernán Crespo

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

14 v

10 d

15 l

66 gf

66 ga

Away

40 matches

9 v

10 d

21 l

47 gf

70 ga

Total

79 matches

23 v

20 d

36 l

113 gf

136 ga

Historical head to head

Home

40 matches

21 v

10 d

9 l

70 gf

47 ga

Away

39 matches

15 v

10 d

14 l

66 gf

66 ga

Total

79 matches

36 v

20 d

23 l

136 gf

113 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 11, 1980
Home	5 - 1	March 11, 1980

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	November 21, 1964
Away	6 - 1	November 21, 1964

Latest head to head

February 08, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Birmingham City

1 - 3

Chelsea

November 09, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Chelsea

3 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 04, 1989 - Division 2 1988/1989

Chelsea

3 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 16, 1988 - Division 2 1988/1989

Birmingham City

1 - 4

Chelsea

December 21, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Birmingham City

1 - 2

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Bob Hatton	3 goals	1973 - 1975
Keith Bertschin	2 goals	1977 - 1979
Denis Thwaites	2 goals	1964 - 1964
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Trevor Francis	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Jimmy Bloomfield	2 goals	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Jimmy Greaves	8 goals	1957 - 1961
Robert Tambling	7 goals	1959 - 1965
Tommy Langley	4 goals	1975 - 1977
George Graham	4 goals	1964 - 1964
Eidur Gudjohnsen	3 goals	2002 - 2003
Barry Bridges	3 goals	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Malcolm Page	10 matches	1968 - 1979
Ray Martin	10 matches	1964 - 1974
Malcolm Beard	10 matches	1961 - 1970
Garry Pendrey	9 matches	1972 - 1979
Mike Hellawell	7 matches	1960 - 1964
William Hennessey	7 matches	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Ron Harris	18 matches	1963 - 1979
Peter Bonetti	18 matches	1961 - 1979
John Hollins	13 matches	1964 - 1975
Peter Brabrook	10 matches	1957 - 1962
Eddie McCreadie	10 matches	1963 - 1973
Robert Tambling	10 matches	1959 - 1968