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Birmingham City 3-2 Aston Villa - April 03, 1976 / Division 1 1975/1976

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Division 1 1975/1976 - Round 37

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

April 03, 1976

Birmingham City

3 - 2

Aston Villa

Kenny Burns

Trevor Francis

Terry Hibbitt

Andy Gray

Ray Graydon (penalty)

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0' - Goal Kenny Burns photo Trevor Francis

0' - Goal Trevor Francis photo Terry Hibbitt

0' - Goal Terry Hibbitt0

0' - Goal Andy Gray photo Ray Graydon

0' - Goal Ray Graydon

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46' - Substitution Joe Gallagheris substituted by Bob Hatton46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

3 - 2

Aston Villa

Birmingham City Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Latchford

Dave Latchford

England

B.date09/04/1949

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Gallagher46

Joe Gallagher

England

B.date11/01/1955

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Want

Tony Want

England

B.date13/12/1948

Age27 years

positionDefender

Calderwood

Jimmy Calderwood

Scotland

B.date28/02/1955

Age21 years

positionDefender

Burns0

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Styles

Arthur Styles

England

B.date03/09/1949

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Kendall

Howard Kendall

England

B.date22/05/1946

Age29 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

Francis0

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age21 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Emmanuel

Gary Emmanuel

Wales

B.date01/02/1954

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Hibbitt0

Terry Hibbitt

England

B.date01/12/1947

Age28 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Needham

Andrew Needham

England

B.date13/09/1955

Age20 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dave Latchford		26	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Gallagher	46	21	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Want		27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Calderwood		21	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns		22	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Styles		26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Howard Kendall		29	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis		21	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Emmanuel		22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Hibbitt		28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andrew Needham		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aston Villa

Burridge

John Burridge

England

B.date03/12/1951

Age24 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Robson

John Robson

England

B.date15/07/1950

Age25 years

positionDefender

Nicholl

Chris Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date12/10/1946

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Ross

Ian Ross

Scotland

B.date26/11/1947

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age23 years

positionCentre Midfield

Hamilton

Ian Hamilton

England

B.date31/10/1950

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Carrodus

Frank Carrodus

England

B.date31/05/1949

Age26 years

positionWinger

Little

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age22 years

positionForward

Gray0

Andy Gray

Scotland

B.date30/11/1955

Age20 years

positionForward

Graydon0

Ray Graydon

England

B.date21/07/1947

Age28 years

positionWinger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Burridge	24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Robson	25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Nicholl	29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Ross	28	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman	22	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Hamilton	25	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Carrodus	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Gray	20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ray Graydon	28	39	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
	F		Bob Hatton	46	28	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jimmy Calderwood

Malcolm Page

OUT

Kenny Burns

Garry Pendrey

OUT

Andrew Needham

Bob Hatton

OUT

Gary Emmanuel

Ray Martin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Willie Bell

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Bell vs Aston Villa

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 03, 1976

Bell vs Saunders

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 03, 1976

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Saunders vs Birmingham City

2 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 03, 1976

Saunders vs Bell

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 03, 1976

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Key figures

No Aston Villa manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Saunders has done less than 29% of losses .

Birmingham City keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 20/03/1976).

It's the first time Ray Graydon scores 1 goal vs Birmingham City in his professional career with Aston Villa

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBirmingham City 0-1 Wolverhampton10/01/1976

VBirmingham City 2-1 Middlesbrough07/02/1976

VBirmingham City 2-1 Manchester City14/02/1976

DBirmingham City 1-1 Norwich City28/02/1976

LBirmingham City 0-1 Liverpool13/03/1976

DBirmingham City 1-1 Coventry20/03/1976

Overall

LArsenal 1-0 Birmingham City21/02/1976

DBirmingham City 1-1 Norwich City28/02/1976

VWest Ham 1-2 Birmingham City06/03/1976

LBirmingham City 0-1 Liverpool13/03/1976

DBirmingham City 1-1 Coventry20/03/1976

LDerby County 4-2 Birmingham City27/03/1976

Current form

Away

DArsenal 0-0 Aston Villa10/01/1976

LManchester City 2-1 Aston Villa07/02/1976

LSheffield United 2-1 Aston Villa14/02/1976

DBurnley 2-2 Aston Villa28/02/1976

LTottenham 5-2 Aston Villa13/03/1976

DLeicester 2-2 Aston Villa20/03/1976

Overall

DAston Villa 1-1 Wolverhampton24/02/1976

DBurnley 2-2 Aston Villa28/02/1976

DAston Villa 0-0 Ipswich Town06/03/1976

LTottenham 5-2 Aston Villa13/03/1976

DLeicester 2-2 Aston Villa20/03/1976

DAston Villa 0-0 Stoke City27/03/1976

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	3	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	14	27

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	20	6
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

35	Number of games (Competition total)	36
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
10	Victories (Competition total)	9
8	Victories (Home / Away)	0
6	Draws (Competition total)	14
5	Draws (Home / Away)	7
19	Losses (Competition total)	13
5	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

47	Goals scored (Competition total)	43
27	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
65	Goals conceded (Competition total)	52
23	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	36
1.34	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.19
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.78
1.86	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.44
1.28	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	9
23	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (3 times)

Bookings

0	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

Trevor Francis	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Ray Graydon
Trevor Francis	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Ray Graydon
Trevor Francis	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Ray Graydon
Trevor Francis	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Ray Graydon
Trevor Francis	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 8 matches	Ray Graydon

Historical head to head

Home

40 matches

16 v

12 d

12 l

64 gf

59 ga

Away

42 matches

8 v

13 d

21 l

52 gf

80 ga

Total

82 matches

24 v

25 d

33 l

116 gf

139 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

21 v

13 d

8 l

80 gf

52 ga

Away

40 matches

12 v

12 d

16 l

59 gf

64 ga

Total

82 matches

33 v

25 d

24 l

139 gf

116 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 21, 1968
Home	4 - 0	September 21, 1968

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 16, 1963
Away	4 - 0	February 21, 1931

Latest head to head

September 27, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

March 30, 1970 - Division 2 1969/1970

Birmingham City

0 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 18, 1969 - Division 2 1969/1970

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 12, 1969 - Division 2 1968/1969

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 21, 1968 - Division 2 1968/1969

Birmingham City

4 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Stan Lynn	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Jimmy Harris	3 goals	1961 - 1964
Kenneth Leek	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Mike Hellawell	2 goals	1960 - 1964
Bryan Orritt	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Trevor Francis	1 goal	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Gerald Hitchens	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Alan O'Neill	3 goals	1960 - 1962
Harry Burrows	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Lew Chatterley	3 goals	1964 - 1965
Peter McParland	2 goals	1960 - 1961
Phillip Woosnam	2 goals	1963 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Stan Lynn	8 matches	1961 - 1965
William Hennessey	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Jimmy Harris	7 matches	1961 - 1964
Mike Hellawell	7 matches	1960 - 1964
Bertie Auld	6 matches	1961 - 1964
Malcolm Beard	6 matches	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Alan Deakin	9 matches	1961 - 1965
Charlie Aitken	8 matches	1961 - 1975
Ron Wylie	8 matches	1960 - 1965
Harry Burrows	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Alan Baker	5 matches	1962 - 1965
Victor Crowe	5 matches	1961 - 1963