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Sheffield United 2-1 Birmingham City - March 01, 2009 / Championship 2008/2009

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Championship 2008/2009 - Round 35

Bramall Lane - Sheffield - England

March 01, 2009

24 232

Sheffield United

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Assist by Darius Henderson (right foot) Danny Webber

44'

(penalty) David Cotterill

83'

74'

Chris Morgan (o.g)

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44' - Goal Danny Webber44

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46' - Substitution Carlos Costlyis substituted by Cameron Jerome

70' - Substitution Scott Sinclairis substituted by Gary McSheffrey

72' - Substitution Darius Hendersonis substituted by Craig Beattie72

74' - Own goal Chris Morgan

77' - Substitution Danny Webberis substituted by Jamie Ward77

79' - Substitution Greg Halfordis substituted by Leigh Bromby79

83' - Goal David Cotterill83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sheffield United

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Sheffield United Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Sheffield United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Webber4477

Danny Webber

England

B.date28/12/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Henderson72

Darius Henderson

England

B.date07/09/1981

Age27 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Halford79

Greg Halford

England

B.date08/12/1984

Age24 years

H1m93

positionRight central defender

Quinn

Stephen Quinn

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/04/1986

Age22 years

H1m68

positionLeft central midfielder

Montgomery

Nick Montgomery

England

B.date28/10/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Cotterill83

David Cotterill

Wales

B.date04/12/1987

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Naysmith

Gary Naysmith

Scotland

B.date16/11/1978

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Kilgallon

Matthew Kilgallon

England

B.date08/01/1984

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Morgan74

Chris Morgan

England

B.date09/11/1977

Age31 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Naughton

Kyle Naughton

England

B.date11/11/1988

Age20 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Kenny

Paddy Kenny

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/05/1978

Age30 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paddy Kenny		30	301	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Greg Halford	79	24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Morgan	74	31	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Kilgallon		25	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kyle Naughton		20	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Naysmith		30	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nick Montgomery		27	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Quinn		22	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny Webber	4477	27	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darius Henderson	72	27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Cotterill	83	21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

116

Birmingham City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Bent

Marcus Bent

England

B.date19/05/1978

Age30 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Costly46

Carlos Costly

Honduras

B.date18/07/1982

Age26 years

H1m90

positionStriker

Bouazza

Hamer Bouazza

Algeria

B.date22/02/1985

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

Fahey

Keith Fahey

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/01/1983

Age26 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Carsley

Lee Carsley

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/02/1974

Age35 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Sinclair70

Scott Sinclair

England

B.date25/03/1989

Age19 years

H1m77

positionLeft Winger

Murphy

David Murphy

Scotland

B.date01/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

France

B.date27/08/1978

Age30 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Jaïdi

Radhi Jaïdi

Tunisia

B.date30/08/1975

Age33 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Carr

Stephen Carr

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/08/1976

Age32 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age37 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Maik Taylor		37	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franck Queudrue		30	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Radhi Jaïdi		33	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Carr		32	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Murphy		24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Fahey		26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Carsley		35	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hamer Bouazza		24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carlos Costly	46	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scott Sinclair	70	19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Bent		30	32	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

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Leigh Bromby	79	28	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Beattie	72	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jamie Ward	77	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Gary McSheffrey	70	26	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Cameron Jerome	46	22	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Darius Henderson

Billy Sharp

OUT

Matthew Kilgallon

Lee Hendrie

OUT

Nick Montgomery

Brian Howard

OUT

Danny Webber

Kyle Walker

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lee Carsley

Lee Bowyer

OUT

Franck Queudrue

Liam Ridgewell

OUT

Hamer Bouazza

Sebastian Larsson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Kevin Blackwell

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Blackwell vs Birmingham City

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 01, 2009

Blackwell vs McLeish

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 01, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Alex McLeish

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

McLeish vs Sheffield United

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 01, 2009

McLeish vs Blackwell

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 01, 2009

Referee

Lee Mason

7 victories	6 draws	9 losses	Sheffield United22 matches	General total	Birmingham City12 matches	6 victories	3 draws	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Sheffield United1 match	Season total	Birmingham City1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 23, 2021					Latest figure on February 20, 2021

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Key figures

Sheffield United keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw at home in Championship running (since 28/12/2008).

It's the first time David Cotterill scores 1 goal in Championship

Only back at the time of John Harris head of Sheffield United (01/07/1969-05/12/1973), you can see a maanger go beneath Kevin Blackwell with 0.98 goals conceded per game in Championship (0.92).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield United 3-1 Charlton28/12/2008

VSheffield United 1-0 Norwich City10/01/2009

VSheffield United 2-1 Charlton24/01/2009

LSheffield United 0-1 Doncaster Rovers27/01/2009

LSheffield United 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday07/02/2009

DSheffield United 1-1 Hull City14/02/2009

Overall

DPreston North End 0-0 Sheffield United31/01/2009

VSouthampton 1-2 Sheffield United03/02/2009

LSheffield United 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday07/02/2009

DSheffield United 1-1 Hull City14/02/2009

DPlymouth 2-2 Sheffield United21/02/2009

LHull City 2-1 Sheffield United26/02/2009

Current form

Away

LPreston North End 1-0 Birmingham City13/12/2008

VIpswich Town 0-1 Birmingham City26/12/2008

LBlackpool 2-0 Birmingham City24/01/2009

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Birmingham City31/01/2009

LCoventry 1-0 Birmingham City21/02/2009

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Birmingham City24/02/2009

Overall

VBirmingham City 1-0 Derby County27/01/2009

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Birmingham City31/01/2009

DBirmingham City 1-1 Burnley07/02/2009

VBirmingham City 2-0 Nottingham Forest14/02/2009

LCoventry 1-0 Birmingham City21/02/2009

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Birmingham City24/02/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	3	4
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	4	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	4	2
Goalless streak	2	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	34
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
14	Victories (Competition total)	17
7	Victories (Home / Away)	6
10	Draws (Competition total)	10
4	Draws (Home / Away)	7
9	Losses (Competition total)	7
5	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

45	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	29
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.36	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.18
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.94	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.85
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.94

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
3-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (6 times)

Bookings

40	Yellow cards (Competition total)	50
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	28
5	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

James Beattie	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Kevin Phillips
James Beattie	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Kevin Phillips
James Beattie	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	James McFadden
James Beattie	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	James McFadden
Greg Halford	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	James McFadden
David Cotterill	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	James McFadden
Greg Halford	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 5 matches	Kevin Phillips

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

29 v

10 d

13 l

113 gf

72 ga

Away

52 matches

12 v

9 d

31 l

49 gf

93 ga

Total

104 matches

41 v

19 d

44 l

162 gf

165 ga

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

31 v

9 d

12 l

93 gf

49 ga

Away

52 matches

13 v

10 d

29 l

72 gf

113 ga

Total

104 matches

44 v

19 d

41 l

165 gf

162 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 13, 1969
Home	6 - 0	December 13, 1969

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	October 19, 1901
Away	3 - 0	August 27, 1955

Latest head to head

August 09, 2008 - Championship 2008/2009

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

October 24, 2006 - League Cup 2006/2007

Sheffield United

2 - 4

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 21, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Birmingham City

2 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

November 17, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Sheffield United

4 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

February 10, 2001 - First Division 2000/2001

Sheffield United

3 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Alan Woodward	4 goals	1965 - 1976
Derek Pace	3 goals	1963 - 1963
Paul Peschisolido	2 goals	2001 - 2001
Nick Montgomery	2 goals	2001 - 2006
Alan Birchenall	2 goals	1964 - 1964
Tony Wagstaff	1 goal	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Jimmy Harris	3 goals	1961 - 1962
Bob Hatton	3 goals	1974 - 1975
Trevor Francis	2 goals	1973 - 1975
Mike Hellawell	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Alan Campbell	1 goal	1974 - 1974
Roger Hynd	1 goal	1973 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Alan Woodward	9 matches	1965 - 1976
Alan Hodgkinson	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Brian Richardson	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Edmond Colquhoun	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Len Badger	8 matches	1964 - 1975
Tony Currie	7 matches	1973 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Trevor Francis	8 matches	1972 - 1976
William Hennessey	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Stan Lynn	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Bob Hatton	7 matches	1972 - 1975
Mike Hellawell	7 matches	1961 - 1964
Ray Martin	6 matches	1964 - 1975