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Wolverhampton 2-1 Birmingham City - December 26, 1978 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 22

Molineux Ground - Wolverhampton - England

December 26, 1978

2 - 1

Birmingham City

(penalty) Peter Daniel

Kenny Hibbitt

90'

Alan Buckley

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0' - Goal Peter Daniel photo Kenny Hibbitt

0' - Goal Kenny Hibbitt0

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46' - Substitution Don Givensis substituted by Alan Buckley

90' - Goal Alan Buckley

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolverhampton

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Wolverhampton Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Wolverhampton

Bradshaw

Paul Bradshaw

England

B.date28/04/1956

Age22 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

McAlle

John McAlle

England

B.date31/01/1950

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Parkin

Derek Parkin

England

B.date02/01/1948

Age30 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Berry

George Berry

Wales

B.date19/11/1957

Age21 years

positionDefender

Palmer

Geoff Palmer

England

B.date11/07/1954

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Carr

Willie Carr

Scotland

B.date06/01/1950

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Daniel0

Peter Daniel

England

B.date12/12/1955

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Hibbitt0

Kenny Hibbitt

England

B.date03/01/1951

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Daley

Steve Daley

England

B.date15/04/1953

Age25 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Eves

Mel Eves

England

B.date10/09/1956

Age22 years

positionStriker

Bell

Norman Bell

England

B.date16/11/1955

Age23 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Bradshaw	22	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McAlle	28	336	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Parkin	30	361	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Berry	21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Palmer	24	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carr	28	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Daniel	23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Hibbitt	27	265	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Daley	25	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mel Eves	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Bell	23	44	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

138

Birmingham City

Montgomery

Jimmy Montgomery

England

B.date09/10/1943

Age35 years

positionGoalkeeper

Dennis

Mark Dennis

England

B.date02/05/1961

Age17 years

positionDefender

Tarantini

Alberto Tarantini

Argentina

B.date03/12/1955

Age23 years

H1m79

positionCentral defender

Page

Malcolm Page

Wales

B.date05/02/1947

Age31 years

positionDefender

Gallagher

Joe Gallagher

England

B.date11/01/1955

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Francis

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Towers

Tony Towers

England

B.date13/04/1952

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Rioch

Bruce Rioch

Scotland

B.date06/09/1947

Age31 years

H1m81

positionLeft Midfielder

Dillon

Kevin Dillon

England

B.date18/12/1959

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Givens46

Don Givens

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/08/1949

Age29 years

positionStriker

Barrowclough

Stewart Barrowclough

England

B.date29/10/1951

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Montgomery		35	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Dennis		17	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alberto Tarantini		23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Page		31	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Gallagher		23	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis		24	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Towers		26	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bruce Rioch		31	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Dillon		19	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Don Givens	46	29	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stewart Barrowclough		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Alan Buckley	9046	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John McAlle

Bob Hazell

OUT

Mel Eves

Billy Rafferty

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alberto Tarantini

Jimmy Calderwood

OUT

Tony Towers

Alan Buckley

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Barnwell

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Barnwell vs Birmingham City

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1978

Barnwell vs Smith

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Smith

Success rate in this team:

9 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

31 %

Smith vs Wolverhampton

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1978

Smith vs Barnwell

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Alan Buckley scores 1 goal vs Wolverhampton in his professional career

Don Givens played his game number 10 vs Wolverhampton in his professional career

Wolverhampton keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored vs Birmingham City running (since 13/09/1975). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 13/03/1965-31/08/1974 time period (10 matches).

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWolverhampton 1-0 Queens Park Rangers30/09/1978

VWolverhampton 1-0 Arsenal14/10/1978

LWolverhampton 2-4 Manchester United28/10/1978

LWolverhampton 0-4 Aston Villa11/11/1978

DWolverhampton 1-1 Leeds United18/11/1978

LWolverhampton 0-3 West Bromwich Albion16/12/1978

Overall

LWolverhampton 0-4 Aston Villa11/11/1978

DWolverhampton 1-1 Leeds United18/11/1978

VBristol City 0-1 Wolverhampton21/11/1978

LTottenham 1-0 Wolverhampton25/11/1978

LBolton Wanderers 3-1 Wolverhampton09/12/1978

LWolverhampton 0-3 West Bromwich Albion16/12/1978

Current form

Away

LTottenham 1-0 Birmingham City14/10/1978

LCoventry 2-1 Birmingham City28/10/1978

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Birmingham City04/11/1978

LDerby County 2-1 Birmingham City18/11/1978

LSouthampton 1-0 Birmingham City02/12/1978

LNottingham Forest 1-0 Birmingham City16/12/1978

Overall

LDerby County 2-1 Birmingham City18/11/1978

VBirmingham City 3-0 Bolton Wanderers21/11/1978

DBirmingham City 1-1 Bristol City25/11/1978

LSouthampton 1-0 Birmingham City02/12/1978

LBirmingham City 1-3 Everton09/12/1978

LNottingham Forest 1-0 Birmingham City16/12/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	4	3
Drawless streak	1	4
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	4	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	8	3
Winless streak	12	4
Drawless streak	8	3
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	10	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	20
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
4	Victories (Competition total)	2
3	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
14	Losses (Competition total)	14
5	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

14	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
0.74	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.9
0.89	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.4
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.7
1.78	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.8

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Peter Daniel	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Don Givens
Peter Daniel	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Trevor Francis
Peter Daniel	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
George Berry	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 7 matches	Alan Buckley

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

30 v

4 d

9 l

87 gf

42 ga

Away

42 matches

14 v

13 d

15 l

62 gf

65 ga

Total

85 matches

44 v

17 d

24 l

149 gf

107 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

15 v

13 d

14 l

65 gf

62 ga

Away

43 matches

9 v

4 d

30 l

42 gf

87 ga

Total

85 matches

24 v

17 d

44 l

107 gf

149 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	May 06, 1950
Home	6 - 1	May 06, 1950

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	November 13, 1920
Away	3 - 0	November 06, 1920

Latest head to head

April 01, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Wolverhampton

0 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 05, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

January 10, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

October 07, 1975 - League Cup 1975/1976

Birmingham City

0 - 2

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

September 13, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Wolverhampton

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Terry Wharton	6 goals	1962 - 1965
Ted Farmer	4 goals	1961 - 1961
Willie Carr	3 goals	1975 - 1976
Jimmy Murray	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Jim McCalliog	2 goals	1972 - 1972
Bobby Mason	2 goals	1960 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Kenneth Leek	4 goals	1962 - 1964
Kenny Burns	3 goals	1972 - 1974
Trevor Francis	3 goals	1973 - 1978
Stan Lynn	3 goals	1963 - 1964
Alex Harley	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Jimmy Harris	2 goals	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Ronald Flowers	10 matches	1960 - 1965
Kenny Hibbitt	9 matches	1972 - 1977
John Richards	9 matches	1972 - 1978
John McAlle	9 matches	1972 - 1978
George Showell	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Steve Daley	8 matches	1973 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

William Hennessey	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Malcolm Beard	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Mike Hellawell	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Garry Pendrey	8 matches	1972 - 1978
Trevor Francis	8 matches	1973 - 1978
Ray Martin	7 matches	1964 - 1976