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Birmingham City 2-2 Man United - December 28, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

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Premier League 2005/2006 - Round 19

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

December 28, 2005

28 459

Birmingham City

2 - 2

Man United

Jamie Clapham

18'

Walter Pandiani

78'

Ruud van Nistelrooy

53'

Wayne Rooney

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4' - Goal Ruud van Nistelrooy

18' - Goal Jamie Clapham18

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53' - Goal Wayne Rooney

69' - Substitution Stephen Clemenceis substituted by Neil Kilkenny69

75' - Substitution Jermaine Pennantis substituted by Walter Pandiani75

78' - Goal Walter Pandiani78

83' - Substitution Alan Smithis substituted by Ji-sung Park photo Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

83' - Substitution Cristiano Ronaldois substituted by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

84' - Substitution Jamie Claphamis substituted by Marcos Painter84

86' - Substitution Kieran Richardsonis substituted by Ryan Giggs

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

2 - 2

Man United

Birmingham City Man United

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

1 Maik Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

5 Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

14 Jarosik

Jiri Jarosik

Czech Republic

B.date27/10/1977

Age28 years

H1m94

positionCentral defender

4 Cunningham

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age34 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

2 M. Taylor

Martin Taylor

England

B.date09/11/1979

Age26 years

H1m94

positionCentral defender

3 Clapham1884

Jamie Clapham

England

B.date07/12/1975

Age30 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

7 Pennant75

Jermaine Pennant

England

B.date15/01/1983

Age22 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

25 Clemence69

Stephen Clemence

England

B.date31/03/1978

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

20 Butt

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age30 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

22 Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age27 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

16 Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Maik Taylor		34	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Matthew Upson		26	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Jiri Jarosik		28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kenny Cunningham		34	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Martin Taylor		26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jamie Clapham	1884	30	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Jermaine Pennant	75	22	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Stephen Clemence	69	27	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nicky Butt		30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Damien Johnson		27	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Emile Heskey		27	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

19 Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age35 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

5 Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age27 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

22 O'Shea

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age24 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

2 Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age30 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

23 Richardson86

Kieran Richardson

England

B.date21/10/1984

Age21 years

H1m79

positionLeft Midfielder

14 Smith83

Alan Smith

England

B.date28/10/1980

Age25 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

18 Scholes

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age31 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

24 Fletcher

Darren Fletcher

Scotland

B.date01/02/1984

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

7 Ronaldo83

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age20 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

10 van Nistelrooy4

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Netherlands

B.date01/07/1976

Age29 years

H1m88

positionStriker

8 Rooney53

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age20 years

H1m76

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
19	G	Edwin Van der Sar		35	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand		27	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	John O'Shea		24	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Gary Neville		30	483	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Kieran Richardson	86	21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Alan Smith	83	25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Paul Scholes		31	490	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Darren Fletcher		21	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Cristiano Ronaldo	83	20	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Ruud van Nistelrooy	4	29	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Wayne Rooney	53	20	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

173

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
	D	Marcos Painter	84	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Neil Kilkenny	69	20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Walter Pandiani	7875	29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
11	M	Ryan Giggs	86	32	650	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Ji-sung Park	83	24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	83	32	329	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stephen Clemence

Muzzy Izzet

OUT

Nicky Butt

Julian Gray

OUT

Damien Johnson

Neil Kilkenny

OUT

Jamie Clapham

Stan Lazaridis

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Cristiano Ronaldo

Ryan Giggs

OUT

Kieran Richardson

Ji-sung Park

OUT

Alan Smith

Wes Brown

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

175

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Bruce vs Man United

0 victory

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 2005

Bruce vs Ferguson

0 victory

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1070

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Ferguson vs Birmingham City

6 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 2005

Ferguson vs Bruce

6 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 2005

Referee

Howard Webb

6 victories	11 draws	5 losses	Birmingham City22 matches	General total	Man United44 matches	28 victories	5 draws	11 losses
0 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Birmingham City2 matches	Season total	Man United4 matches	3 victories	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 18, 2012					Latest figure on January 01, 2014

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Key figures

Birmingham City keeps its 18 consecutive matches without a win vs Man United running (since 23/08/1980). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 07/03/1931 (8 matches)

Martin Taylor played his game number 10 vs Manchester United in his professional career

Nicky Butt played his game number 300 in Premier League

Read the next 32 key stats

General ranking

+1	16	West Bromwich Albion	19 pts	19 rd
-1	17	Everton	17 pts	19 rd
	18	Portsmouth	14 pts	19 rd
	19	Birmingham City	13 pts	18 rd
	20	Sunderland	6 pts	18 rd

General ranking

	1	Chelsea	52 pts	19 rd
	2	Manchester United	41 pts	19 rd
	3	Liverpool	37 pts	17 rd
	4	Tottenham	34 pts	19 rd
+1	5	Wigan	34 pts	19 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBirmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa16/10/2005

VBirmingham City 2-1 Norwich City26/10/2005

LBirmingham City 0-1 Everton29/10/2005

LBirmingham City 1-2 West Ham05/12/2005

VBirmingham City 1-0 Fulham10/12/2005

LBirmingham City 1-3 Manchester United20/12/2005

Overall

DMillwall 2-2 Birmingham City29/11/2005

LBirmingham City 1-2 West Ham05/12/2005

VBirmingham City 1-0 Fulham10/12/2005

LManchester City 4-1 Birmingham City17/12/2005

LBirmingham City 1-3 Manchester United20/12/2005

LTottenham 2-0 Birmingham City26/12/2005

Current form

Away

LLille 1-0 Manchester United02/11/2005

VCharlton 1-3 Manchester United19/11/2005

VWest Ham 1-2 Manchester United27/11/2005

LBenfica 2-1 Manchester United07/12/2005

VAston Villa 0-2 Manchester United17/12/2005

VBirmingham City 1-3 Manchester United20/12/2005

Overall

LBenfica 2-1 Manchester United07/12/2005

DManchester United 1-1 Everton11/12/2005

VManchester United 4-0 Wigan14/12/2005

VAston Villa 0-2 Manchester United17/12/2005

VBirmingham City 1-3 Manchester United20/12/2005

VManchester United 3-0 West Bromwich Albion26/12/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	6	5
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Drawless streak	9	4
Scoring streak	5	9
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

19	General ranking (Competition total)	2
19	General ranking (Home / Away)	1
334	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	11
18	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	18
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
3	Victories (Competition total)	12
1	Victories (Home / Away)	7
3	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
11	Losses (Competition total)	2
6	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
25	Goals conceded (Competition total)	14
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
0.65	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.89
0.63	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.47	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.78
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

20	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	15
4	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Emile Heskey	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Ruud van Nistelrooy
Nicky Butt	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Ruud van Nistelrooy
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Ruud van Nistelrooy
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Ruud van Nistelrooy
David Dunn	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Cristiano Ronaldo
David Dunn	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Jiri Jarosik	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 7 matches	Ruud van Nistelrooy

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

16 v

17 d

13 l

67 gf

61 ga

Away

45 matches

9 v

8 d

28 l

36 gf

75 ga

Total

91 matches

25 v

25 d

41 l

103 gf

136 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

28 v

8 d

9 l

75 gf

36 ga

Away

46 matches

13 v

17 d

16 l

61 gf

67 ga

Total

91 matches

41 v

25 d

25 l

136 gf

103 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

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

April 10, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Birmingham City

1 - 2

Man United

October 04, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Man United

3 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

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

Bobby Charlton	6 goals	1957 - 1965
Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1956 - 1961
Lou Macari	6 goals	1973 - 1981
Denis Law	5 goals	1963 - 1969
Albert Quixall	4 goals	1959 - 1961
Bryan Robson	3 goals	1983 - 1986

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
Jimmy Calderwood	7 matches	1975 - 1978

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

Dwight Yorke

16 matches

152 matches

1998 - 2005

Nicky Butt

14 matches

387 matches

1992 - 2005

Steve Bruce

10 matches

417 matches

1987 - 1998

Billy Garton

5 matches

55 matches

1984 - 1988

Total : 8 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

14 matches

387 matches

1992 - 2005

Dwight Yorke

16 matches

152 matches

1998 - 2005

Gerry Daly

2 matches

96 matches

1973 - 1985

Danny Wallace

2 matches

71 matches

1989 - 1994

Billy Garton

5 matches

55 matches

1984 - 1988

Total : 8 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

December 28, 2005

Manchester City

0 1

Chelsea

Line-ups available

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February 15, 2006

Blackburn

2 0

Sunderland

Line-ups available

February 22, 2006

Newcastle United

0 0

Charlton

Line-ups available

May 03, 2006

Bolton Wanderers

1 1

Middlesbrough

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Chelsea	52	19	17	1	1	41	9	+32
2	Manchester United	41	19	12	5	2	36	16	+20
3	Liverpool	37	17	11	4	2	25	9	+16
4	Tottenham	34	19	9	7	3	27	18	+9
+15	Wigan	34	19	11	1	7	25	21	+4
+16	Arsenal	32	18	10	2	6	27	15	+12
-27	Bolton Wanderers	31	17	9	4	4	22	14	+8
8	Manchester City	27	19	8	3	8	27	22	+5
9	West Ham	26	19	7	5	7	26	25	+1
10	Newcastle United	25	18	7	4	7	18	19	-1
11	Blackburn	24	18	7	3	8	21	24	-3
12	Charlton	22	17	7	1	9	21	27	-6
+113	Aston Villa	21	19	5	6	8	23	29	-6
+114	Fulham	20	19	5	5	9	23	28	-5
-215	Middlesbrough	20	18	5	5	8	23	28	-5
+116	West Bromwich Albion	19	19	5	4	10	19	28	-9
-117	Everton	17	19	5	2	12	10	30	-20
18	Portsmouth	14	19	3	5	11	14	31	-17
19	Birmingham City	13	18	3	4	11	13	27	-14
20	Sunderland	6	18	1	3	14	14	35	-21

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Birmingham City 2-2 Man United - December 28, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

Birmingham City

2 - 2

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