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Arsenal 1-0 Birmingham City - October 02, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

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Premier League 2005/2006 - Round 8

Highbury - London - England

October 02, 2005

37 891

Arsenal

1 - 0

Birmingham City

(o.g) Stephen Clemence

80'

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24' - Red card Kenny Cunningham

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55' - Substitution Walter Pandianiis substituted by Stan Lazaridis

61' - Substitution Alexander Hlebis substituted by Dennis Bergkamp61

70' - Substitution Robert Pirèsis substituted by Robin van Persie70

78' - Yellow card Stephen Clemence

80' - Own goal Stephen Clemence80

87' - Substitution Freddie Ljungbergis substituted by Mathieu Flamini87

87' - Substitution Jamie Claphamis substituted by Mikael Forssell

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 0

Birmingham City

Arsenal Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Reyes

José Antonio Reyes

Spain

B.date01/09/1983

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

8Ljungberg87

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age28 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

7Pirès70

Robert Pirès

France

B.date29/10/1973

Age31 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

13Hleb61

Alexander Hleb

Belarus

B.date01/05/1981

Age24 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

15Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age18 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

19Silva

Gilberto Silva

Brazil

B.date07/10/1976

Age28 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age24 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

23Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

28Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

12Lauren

Lauren

Cameroon

B.date19/01/1977

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Lehmann

Jens Lehmann

Germany

B.date10/11/1969

Age35 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jens Lehmann		35	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Sol Campbell		31	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kolo Touré		24	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Lauren		28	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ashley Cole		24	223	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Gilberto Silva		28	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Robert Pirès	70	31	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Cesc Fàbregas		18	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Freddie Ljungberg	87	28	273	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Alexander Hleb	61	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	José Antonio Reyes		22	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

151

Birmingham City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

8Pandiani55

Walter Pandiani

Uruguay

B.date27/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m84

positionStriker

16Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

21Gray

Julian Gray

England

B.date21/09/1979

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft Midfielder

25Clemence8078

Stephen Clemence

England

B.date31/03/1978

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

22Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

7Pennant

Jermaine Pennant

England

B.date15/01/1983

Age22 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

3Clapham87

Jamie Clapham

England

B.date07/12/1975

Age29 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

5Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age26 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

4Cunningham24

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age34 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

26Tébily

Olivier Tébily

Ivory Coast

B.date19/12/1975

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

1Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Maik Taylor		34	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Matthew Upson		26	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kenny Cunningham	24	34	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Olivier Tébily		29	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jamie Clapham	87	29	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Stephen Clemence	8078	27	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Jermaine Pennant		22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Damien Johnson		26	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Julian Gray		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Walter Pandiani	55	29	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Emile Heskey		27	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	M	Mathieu Flamini	87	21	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Dennis Bergkamp	61	36	398	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Robin van Persie	70	22	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
11	M		Stan Lazaridis	55	33	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F		Mikael Forssell	87	24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jens Lehmann

Manuel Almunia

OUT

Gilberto Silva

Mathieu Flamini

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Olivier Tébily

Mario Melchiot

OUT

Walter Pandiani

Mikael Forssell

OUT

Stephen Clemence

Neil Kilkenny

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

507

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Wenger vs Birmingham City

6 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 02, 2005

Wenger vs Bruce

7 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 02, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

162

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Bruce vs Arsenal

1 victory

1 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on October 02, 2005

Bruce vs Wenger

1 victory

1 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on October 02, 2005

Referee

Mike Riley

23 victories	11 draws	5 losses	Arsenal39 matches	General total	Birmingham City14 matches	4 victories	4 draws	6 losses
3 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Arsenal4 matches	Season total	Birmingham City2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on March 17, 2009					Latest figure on December 28, 2008

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Key figures

Only back at the time of Herbert Chapman head of Birmingham City (01/07/1925-06/01/1934), you can see a manager go over Arsène Wenger with 1.88 goals scored per game in Premier League (2.16).

Birmingham City keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win in Premier League running (since 10/09/2005).

End of streak for Birmingham City after 4 consecutive matches without a loss away from home (since 13/08/2005). It was the best streak for the club since 12/03/2002-02/05/2002 (6 matches).

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

	5	Bolton Wanderers	14 pts	8 rd
+1	6	Manchester City	14 pts	8 rd
+2	7	Arsenal	13 pts	7 rd
+2	8	Wigan	13 pts	7 rd
-3	9	West Ham	12 pts	7 rd

General ranking

	13	Liverpool	7 pts	6 rd
+1	14	Portsmouth	6 pts	8 rd
-1	15	Birmingham City	6 pts	8 rd
	16	Aston Villa	6 pts	8 rd
	17	Sunderland	5 pts	8 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 3-1 Liverpool08/05/2005

VArsenal 7-0 Everton11/05/2005

VArsenal 2-0 Newcastle United14/08/2005

VArsenal 4-1 Fulham24/08/2005

VArsenal 2-1 FC Thun14/09/2005

VArsenal 2-0 Everton19/09/2005

Overall

VArsenal 4-1 Fulham24/08/2005

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 Arsenal10/09/2005

VArsenal 2-1 FC Thun14/09/2005

VArsenal 2-0 Everton19/09/2005

DWest Ham 0-0 Arsenal24/09/2005

VAjax Amsterdam 1-2 Arsenal27/09/2005

Current form

Away

DEverton 1-1 Birmingham City23/04/2005

LNorwich City 1-0 Birmingham City07/05/2005

DFulham 0-0 Birmingham City13/08/2005

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-3 Birmingham City27/08/2005

DPortsmouth 1-1 Birmingham City17/09/2005

VScunthorpe United 0-2 Birmingham City20/09/2005

Overall

LBirmingham City 0-3 Middlesbrough23/08/2005

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-3 Birmingham City27/08/2005

LBirmingham City 0-1 Charlton10/09/2005

DPortsmouth 1-1 Birmingham City17/09/2005

VScunthorpe United 0-2 Birmingham City20/09/2005

DBirmingham City 2-2 Liverpool24/09/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	10	1
Unbeaten streak	12	4
Drawless streak	10	1
Scoring streak	32	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

9	General ranking (Competition total)	14
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	8
14	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	280
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	14

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	11
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
2.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.57
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

14	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Thierry Henry	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Emile Heskey
Thierry Henry	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Emile Heskey
Thierry Henry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Thierry Henry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Sol Campbell	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Walter Pandiani

Historical head to head

Home

62 matches

38 v

19 d

5 l

122 gf

44 ga

Away

61 matches

16 v

13 d

32 l

76 gf

113 ga

Total

123 matches

54 v

32 d

37 l

198 gf

157 ga

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

32 v

13 d

16 l

113 gf

76 ga

Away

62 matches

5 v

19 d

38 l

44 gf

122 ga

Total

123 matches

37 v

32 d

54 l

157 gf

198 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 03, 1906
Home	5 - 0	March 03, 1906

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 03, 1955
Away	4 - 1	March 31, 1894

Latest head to head

May 15, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Arsenal

December 04, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Arsenal

3 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

May 01, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Arsenal

0 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 22, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Birmingham City

0 - 3

Arsenal

January 12, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Birmingham City

0 - 4

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Joe Baker	7 goals	1962 - 1965
Thierry Henry	5 goals	2002 - 2004
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.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Trevor Francis	7 goals	1974 - 1978
Bob Hatton	4 goals	1974 - 1975
Jimmy Harris	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Peter Murphy	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Kenny Burns	2 goals	1974 - 1975
Frank Worthington	2 goals	1980 - 1981

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

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
Johnny Schofield	10 matches	1959 - 1965
Trevor Smith	10 matches	1959 - 1963
Dave Latchford	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Kenny Burns	8 matches	1972 - 1976

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

They played in both sides

David Seaman

564 matches

42 matches

1985 - 2003

Anders Limpar

115 matches

1 match

1990 - 1997

Christopher Whyte

113 matches

5 matches

1981 - 1996

John Roberts

69 matches

67 matches

1969 - 1976

Matthew Upson

55 matches

95 matches

1997 - 2005

Jimmy Bloomfield

48 matches

126 matches

1959 - 1964

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/08/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jimmy Bloomfield

48 matches

126 matches

1959 - 1964

Matthew Upson

55 matches

95 matches

1997 - 2005

John Roberts

69 matches

67 matches

1969 - 1976

Julian Gray

1 match

43 matches

2000 - 2005

David Seaman

564 matches

42 matches

1985 - 2003

Pat Howard

20 matches

40 matches

1976 - 1979

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/08/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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2 3

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Chelsea	24	8	8	0	0	18	2	+16
2	Charlton	15	7	5	0	2	12	7	+5
3	Tottenham	15	8	4	3	1	9	5	+4
4	Manchester United	14	7	4	2	1	10	5	+5
5	Bolton Wanderers	14	8	4	2	2	9	6	+3
+16	Manchester City	14	8	4	2	2	9	6	+3
+27	Arsenal	13	7	4	1	2	10	4	+6
+28	Wigan	13	7	4	1	2	7	5	+2
-39	West Ham	12	7	3	3	1	11	5	+6
+210	Middlesbrough	11	8	3	2	3	9	11	-2
-311	Blackburn	11	8	3	2	3	7	9	-2
-112	Newcastle United	9	8	2	3	3	5	7	-2
13	Liverpool	7	6	1	4	1	4	6	-2
+114	Portsmouth	6	8	1	3	4	5	9	-4
-115	Birmingham City	6	8	1	3	4	7	12	-5
16	Aston Villa	6	8	1	3	4	8	14	-6
17	Sunderland	5	8	1	2	5	6	11	-5
18	Fulham	5	8	1	2	5	7	13	-6
19	West Bromwich Albion	5	8	1	2	5	7	15	-8
20	Everton	3	7	1	0	6	1	9	-8

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Arsenal 1-0 Birmingham City - October 02, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

Arsenal

1 - 0

Birmingham City

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

Wenger vs Birmingham City

Wenger vs Bruce

Manager

Bruce vs Arsenal

Bruce vs Wenger

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 Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking