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Watford 3-3 Birmingham City - September 26, 2001 / First Division 2001/2002

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First Division 2001/2002 - Round 10

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

September 26, 2001

13 091

Watford

3 - 3

Birmingham City

Tommy Smith

13'

Neil Cox

30'

Stephen Glass

76'

Bryan Hughes

47'

Geoff Horsfield

85'

Martin Grainger

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4' - Goal Bryan Hughes

13' - Goal Tommy Smith13

27' - Substitution Pierre Issais substituted by Nordin Wooter photo Lloyd Doyley

27' - Substitution Micah Hydeis substituted by Lloyd Doyley27

30' - Goal Neil Cox30

45' - Substitution Nicky Eadenis substituted by Danny Sonner photo Tommy Mooney

45' - Substitution Stan Lazaridisis substituted by Tommy Mooney

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47' - Goal Geoff Horsfield

73' - Substitution Nordin Wooteris substituted by Heidar Helguson73

76' - Goal Stephen Glass76

81' - Substitution Andy Johnsonis substituted by Marcelo

85' - Goal Martin Grainger

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

3 - 3

Birmingham City

Watford Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Watford

Baardsen

Espen Baardsen

Norway

B.date07/12/1977

Age23 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

Issa27

Pierre Issa

South Africa

B.date11/09/1975

Age26 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

Vega

Ramon Vega

Switzerland

B.date14/06/1971

Age30 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Cox30

Neil Cox

England

B.date08/10/1971

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Robinson

Paul Robinson

England

B.date14/12/1978

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Fisken

Gary Fisken

Scotland

B.date27/10/1981

Age19 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hyde27

Micah Hyde

Jamaica

B.date10/11/1974

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Glass76

Stephen Glass

Scotland

B.date23/05/1976

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Smith13

Tommy Smith

England

B.date22/05/1980

Age21 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Midfielder

Vernazza

Paolo Vernazza

England

B.date01/11/1979

Age21 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Gayle

Marcus Gayle

Jamaica

B.date27/09/1970

Age30 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Espen Baardsen		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pierre Issa	27	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ramon Vega		30	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Cox	30	29	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Robinson		22	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Fisken		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micah Hyde	27	26	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Glass	76	25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Smith	13	21	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paolo Vernazza		21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Gayle		30	11	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

Birmingham City

Vaesen

Nico Vaesen

Belgium

B.date28/09/1969

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Holdsworth

David Holdsworth

England

B.date08/11/1968

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

M. Johnson

Michael Johnson

Jamaica

B.date04/07/1973

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Eaden45

Nicky Eaden

England

B.date12/12/1972

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Gill

Jerry Gill

England

B.date08/09/1970

Age31 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Grainger85

Martin Grainger

England

B.date23/08/1972

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Woodhouse

Curtis Woodhouse

England

B.date17/04/1980

Age21 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Lazaridis45

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age29 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Hughes4

Bryan Hughes

England

B.date19/06/1976

Age25 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

A. Johnson81

Andy Johnson

England

B.date10/02/1981

Age20 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Horsfield47

Geoff Horsfield

England

B.date01/11/1973

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Nico Vaesen		31	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Holdsworth		32	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Johnson		28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Eaden	45	28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jerry Gill		31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Grainger	85	29	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Curtis Woodhouse		21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Lazaridis	45	29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Hughes	4	25	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Johnson	81	20	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Geoff Horsfield	47	27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Lloyd Doyley	27	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nordin Wooter	2773	25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Heidar Helguson	73	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Danny Sonner	45	29	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcelo	81	31	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Mooney	45	30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Curtis Woodhouse

Danny Sonner

OUT

Nico Vaesen

Alan Kelly

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gianluca Vialli

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Vialli vs Birmingham City

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 26, 2001

Vialli vs Francis

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 26, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Trevor Francis

287

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Francis vs Watford

4 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 2001

Francis vs Vialli

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 26, 2001

Referee

Michael Dean

7 victories	10 draws	12 losses	Watford29 matches	General total	Birmingham City29 matches	9 victories	8 draws	12 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Watford1 match	Season total	Birmingham City2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 22, 2022					Latest figure on April 06, 2019

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Key figures

The last time Birmingham City has ended with the score 3-3 , It was on the 05/09/1999 (vs )

End of streak for Birmingham City after 14 consecutive matches without a draw (since 28/04/2001). It was the best streak for the club since 06/10/1993-01/01/1994 (16 matches).

Watford keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win running (since 15/09/2001).

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWatford 1-1 Tranmere Rovers28/04/2001

VWatford 3-2 Rotherham United18/08/2001

VWatford 1-0 Plymouth21/08/2001

VWatford 2-1 Walsall27/08/2001

VWatford 3-0 Wimbledon FC09/09/2001

LWatford 1-2 West Bromwich Albion15/09/2001

Overall

VWatford 2-1 Walsall27/08/2001

VWatford 3-0 Wimbledon FC09/09/2001

VBristol City 2-3 Watford12/09/2001

LWatford 1-2 West Bromwich Albion15/09/2001

LNorwich City 3-1 Watford18/09/2001

LCrewe Alexandra 1-0 Watford22/09/2001

Current form

Away

VHuddersfield Town 1-2 Birmingham City06/05/2001

LPreston North End 2-1 Birmingham City17/05/2001

LWimbledon FC 3-1 Birmingham City11/08/2001

VWalsall 1-2 Birmingham City25/08/2001

VBristol Rovers 0-3 Birmingham City11/09/2001

LManchester City 3-0 Birmingham City15/09/2001

Overall

VBirmingham City 2-1 Stockport27/08/2001

VBirmingham City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday08/09/2001

VBristol Rovers 0-3 Birmingham City11/09/2001

LManchester City 3-0 Birmingham City15/09/2001

LBirmingham City 2-3 Burnley18/09/2001

LBirmingham City 0-1 Preston North End23/09/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	5	12
Scoring streak	9	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	6	14
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
3	Victories (Competition total)	4
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
5	Losses (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	12
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.63
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.63	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.33

Betting aid

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

Bookings

14	Yellow cards (Competition total)	11
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Allan Nielsen	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Bryan Hughes
Allan Nielsen	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Geoff Horsfield
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Tommy Mooney
Marcus Gayle	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Andy Johnson

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

11 v

3 d

3 l

26 gf

13 ga

Away

17 matches

4 v

3 d

10 l

14 gf

31 ga

Total

34 matches

15 v

6 d

13 l

40 gf

44 ga

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

10 v

3 d

4 l

31 gf

14 ga

Away

17 matches

3 v

3 d

11 l

13 gf

26 ga

Total

34 matches

13 v

6 d

15 l

44 gf

40 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	January 15, 1994
Home	5 - 2	January 15, 1994

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 26, 1946
Away	1 - 0	December 11, 1999

Latest head to head

March 02, 2001 - First Division 2000/2001

Birmingham City

2 - 0

Watford

October 01, 2000 - First Division 2000/2001

Watford

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 11, 1999 - FA Cup 1999/2000

Watford

0 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

May 20, 1999 - Barrages Premier League 1999

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Watford

May 16, 1999 - Barrages Premier League 1999

Watford

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Luther Blissett	4 goals	1982 - 1985
John Barnes	2 goals	1985 - 1985
Colin West	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Mo Johnston	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Felix-Michel Ngonge	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Worrell Sterling	1 goal	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Mick Halsall	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Ferguson Michael	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Billy Wright	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Robert Hopkins	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Kevin Summerfield	1 goal	1982 - 1982
Gary Rowett	1 goal	1999 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Kenny Jackett	6 matches	1982 - 1985
Nigel Callaghan	5 matches	1982 - 1985
Wilf Rostron	5 matches	1982 - 1985
John Barnes	5 matches	1982 - 1985
Steve Terry	4 matches	1982 - 1985
Nigel Gibbs	4 matches	1985 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Noel Blake	4 matches	1982 - 1983
Robert Hopkins	4 matches	1983 - 1985
Billy Wright	4 matches	1983 - 1985
James Hagan	4 matches	1983 - 1985
Mick Harford	3 matches	1983 - 1983
Kevin Poole	3 matches	1999 - 1999