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Blackburn 2-1 Birmingham City - October 07, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 9

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

October 07, 2007

19 316

2 - 1

Birmingham City

(left foot) David Bentley

15'

(penalty) Benni McCarthy

54'

68'

Cameron Jerome (right foot)

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15' - Goal David Bentley15

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46' - Substitution David Dunnis substituted by Benni McCarthy46

54' - Goal Benni McCarthy54

56' - Substitution Kerimoglu Tugayis substituted by Matt Derbyshire56

57' - Substitution Robbie Savageis substituted by Aaron Mokoena57

62' - Substitution Fabrice Muambais substituted by Wilson Palacios photo Garry O'Connor

62' - Substitution Gary McSheffreyis substituted by Garry O'Connor

68' - Goal Cameron Jerome

72' - Substitution Mehdi Naftiis substituted by Neil Danns

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Blackburn Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age36 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Ooijer

André Ooijer

Netherlands

B.date11/07/1974

Age33 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Samba

Christopher Samba

Congo

B.date28/03/1984

Age23 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Warnock

Stephen Warnock

England

B.date12/12/1981

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Dunn46

David Dunn

England

B.date27/12/1979

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Tugay56

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age37 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Savage57

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Bentley15

David Bentley

England

B.date27/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Emerton

Brett Emerton

Australia

B.date22/02/1979

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

Pedersen

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Norway

B.date08/09/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

Santa Cruz

Roque Santa Cruz

Paraguay

B.date16/08/1981

Age26 years

H1m89

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		36	298	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	André Ooijer		33	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christopher Samba		23	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Warnock		25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Dunn	46	27	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kerimoglu Tugay	56	37	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Savage	57	32	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Bentley	15	23	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brett Emerton		28	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Morten Gamst Pedersen		26	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roque Santa Cruz		26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

119

Birmingham City

Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age20 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Ridgewell

Liam Ridgewell

England

B.date21/07/1984

Age23 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

France

B.date27/08/1978

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Taylor

Martin Taylor

England

B.date09/11/1979

Age27 years

H1m94

positionCentral defender

Kelly

Stephen Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/09/1983

Age24 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

Muamba62

Fabrice Muamba

England

B.date06/04/1988

Age19 years

H1m90

positionLeft central midfielder

Nafti72

Mehdi Nafti

Tunisia

B.date28/11/1978

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Kapo

Olivier Kapo

France

B.date27/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m84

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Larsson

Sebastian Larsson

Sweden

B.date06/06/1985

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

McSheffrey62

Gary McSheffrey

England

B.date13/08/1982

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft Winger

Jerome68

Cameron Jerome

England

B.date14/10/1986

Age20 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Johan Djourou		20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Ridgewell		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franck Queudrue		29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Taylor		27	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Kelly		24	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabrice Muamba	62	19	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mehdi Nafti	72	28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Olivier Kapo		27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sebastian Larsson		22	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary McSheffrey	62	25	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cameron Jerome	68	20	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Aaron Mokoena	57	26	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benni McCarthy	5446	29	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Matt Derbyshire	56	21	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Wilson Palacios	62	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Danns	72	24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry O'Connor	62	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Robbie Savage

Aaron Mokoena

OUT

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Matt Derbyshire

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Martin Taylor

Maik Taylor

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Hughes

155

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Hughes vs Birmingham City

3 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 07, 2007

Hughes vs Bruce

3 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 07, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

265

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Bruce vs Blackburn

4 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on October 07, 2007

Bruce vs Hughes

2 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on October 07, 2007

Referee

Mark Clattenburg

9 victories	7 draws	11 losses	Blackburn27 matches	General total	Birmingham City17 matches	2 victories	6 draws	9 losses
2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Blackburn4 matches	Season total	Birmingham City5 matches	0 victory	2 draws	3 losses
Latest figure on November 29, 2014					Latest figure on January 24, 2015

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Key figures

Blackburn keeps its 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 28/07/2007). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 24/01/2005-23/04/2005 time period (10 matches).

It's the first time Benni McCarthy scores 1 goal vs Birmingham City in his professional career

It's the first time Cameron Jerome scores 1 goal vs Blackburn in his professional career

Read the next 20 key stats

General ranking

	4	Liverpool	16 pts	8 rd
+2	5	Portsmouth	15 pts	9 rd
+2	6	Blackburn	15 pts	8 rd
+2	7	Chelsea	15 pts	9 rd
-3	8	Aston Villa	14 pts	8 rd

General ranking

	11	West Ham	10 pts	8 rd
+5	12	Reading	10 pts	9 rd
-1	13	Birmingham City	8 pts	9 rd
	14	Wigan	8 pts	9 rd
-2	15	Middlesbrough	8 pts	9 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBlackburn 1-1 Arsenal19/08/2007

VBlackburn 2-0 MyPa-4730/08/2007

VBlackburn 1-0 Manchester City02/09/2007

LBlackburn 0-1 Portsmouth23/09/2007

VBlackburn 3-0 Birmingham City26/09/2007

VBlackburn 2-1 Larissa04/10/2007

Overall

DChelsea 0-0 Blackburn15/09/2007

LLarissa 2-0 Blackburn20/09/2007

LBlackburn 0-1 Portsmouth23/09/2007

VBlackburn 3-0 Birmingham City26/09/2007

VSunderland 1-2 Blackburn29/09/2007

VBlackburn 2-1 Larissa04/10/2007

Current form

Away

LPreston North End 1-0 Birmingham City06/05/2007

LChelsea 3-2 Birmingham City12/08/2007

VDerby County 1-2 Birmingham City25/08/2007

LMiddlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham City01/09/2007

DLiverpool 0-0 Birmingham City22/09/2007

LBlackburn 3-0 Birmingham City26/09/2007

Overall

VBirmingham City 2-1 Hereford United28/08/2007

LMiddlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham City01/09/2007

VBirmingham City 1-0 Bolton Wanderers15/09/2007

DLiverpool 0-0 Birmingham City22/09/2007

LBlackburn 3-0 Birmingham City26/09/2007

LBirmingham City 0-1 Manchester United29/09/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	5	5
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	3	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	3	3
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

8	General ranking (Competition total)	12
19	General ranking (Home / Away)	10
35	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	751
6	FBDB index ranking (National)	18

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	8
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
3	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.88
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.71	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.25
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

17	Yellow cards (Competition total)	16
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
2	Red cards (Competition total)	0
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Roque Santa Cruz	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Olivier Kapo
Benni McCarthy	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Cameron Jerome
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Franck Queudrue
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Franck Queudrue
Roque Santa Cruz	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	Olivier Kapo

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

34 v

11 d

8 l

133 gf

69 ga

Away

54 matches

7 v

14 d

33 l

50 gf

98 ga

Total

107 matches

41 v

25 d

41 l

183 gf

167 ga

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

33 v

14 d

7 l

98 gf

50 ga

Away

53 matches

8 v

11 d

34 l

69 gf

133 ga

Total

107 matches

41 v

25 d

41 l

167 gf

183 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 1	January 05, 1895
Home	9 - 1	January 05, 1895

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 03, 2004
Away	4 - 1	April 05, 1952

Latest head to head

September 26, 2007 - League Cup 2007/2008

Blackburn

3 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 19, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Blackburn

October 22, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Blackburn

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 30, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Blackburn

November 21, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Blackburn

3 - 3

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Frederick Pickering	5 goals	1961 - 1963
Bryan Douglas	5 goals	1962 - 1965
Mike Ferguson	3 goals	1963 - 1965
Paul Gallagher	2 goals	2003 - 2004
Mike England	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Ian Lawther	2 goals	1961 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Kenneth Leek	4 goals	1962 - 1964
Malcolm Beard	3 goals	1965 - 1965
Mike Hellawell	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Stern John	2 goals	2003 - 2004
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Mikael Forssell	2 goals	2004 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Bryan Douglas	10 matches	1960 - 1965
Kerimoglu Tugay	9 matches	2002 - 2007
Lucas Neill	9 matches	2002 - 2006
Brad Friedel	9 matches	2002 - 2007
Fred Else	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Ronnie Clayton	8 matches	1960 - 1965

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Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Damien Johnson	10 matches	2002 - 2007
William Hennessey	9 matches	1961 - 1965
Mike Hellawell	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Bertie Auld	7 matches	1961 - 1964
Maik Taylor	7 matches	2003 - 2006
Kenny Cunningham	7 matches	2002 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jeff Kenna

177 matches

84 matches

1995 - 2004

Chris Sutton

161 matches

11 matches

1994 - 2006

Mike Newell

144 matches

3 matches

1992 - 1997

David Dunn

137 matches

69 matches

1998 - 2007

Frederick Pickering

120 matches

2 matches

1960 - 1968

Martin Taylor

103 matches

86 matches

1998 - 2007

Total : 15 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Damien Johnson

52 matches

185 matches

1997 - 2007

Robbie Savage

94 matches

88 matches

2002 - 2007

Martin Taylor

103 matches

86 matches

1998 - 2007

Jeff Kenna

177 matches

84 matches

1995 - 2004

Alan Ainscow

1 match

70 matches

1978 - 1989

David Dunn

137 matches

69 matches

1998 - 2007

Total : 15 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

October 06, 2007

Aston Villa

1 0

West Ham

Video availableLine-ups available

Man United

4 0

Wigan

Video availableLine-ups available

October 07, 2007

Arsenal

3 2

Sunderland

Video availableLine-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

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Newcastle United

3 2

Everton

Video availableLine-ups available

Manchester City

3 1

Middlesbrough

Video availableLine-ups available

Reading

1 0

Derby County

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Arsenal	22	8	7	1	0	19	6	+13
-12	Manchester United	20	9	6	2	1	11	2	+9
3	Manchester City	19	9	6	1	2	14	7	+7
4	Liverpool	16	8	4	4	0	14	4	+10
+25	Portsmouth	15	9	4	3	2	17	12	+5
+26	Blackburn	15	8	4	3	1	9	6	+3
+27	Chelsea	15	9	4	3	2	8	8	0
-38	Aston Villa	14	8	4	2	2	12	8	+4
+19	Newcastle United	14	8	4	2	2	13	10	+3
-410	Everton	13	9	4	1	4	12	11	+1
11	West Ham	10	8	3	1	4	9	8	+1
+512	Reading	10	9	3	1	5	10	18	-8
-113	Birmingham City	8	9	2	2	5	8	12	-4
14	Wigan	8	9	2	2	5	8	12	-4
-215	Middlesbrough	8	9	2	2	5	10	16	-6
-116	Sunderland	8	9	2	2	5	10	16	-6
+117	Tottenham	7	9	1	4	4	16	18	-2
-218	Fulham	7	9	1	4	4	12	16	-4
19	Bolton Wanderers	5	9	1	2	6	9	14	-5
20	Derby County	5	9	1	2	6	5	22	-17

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Blackburn 2-1 Birmingham City - October 07, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

Blackburn

2 - 1

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

Hughes vs Birmingham City

Hughes vs Bruce

Manager

Bruce vs Blackburn

Bruce vs Hughes

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 Blackburn

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking