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Birmingham City 2-1 Manchester City - December 26, 2003 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 18

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

December 26, 2003

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Manchester City

Jeff Kenna

80'

Mikael Forssell

87'

14'

Robbie FowlerAssist by Shaun Wright-Phillips

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11' - Yellow card Robbie Savage11

14' - Goal Robbie Fowler

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61' - Substitution David Dunnis substituted by Jovan Kirovski photo Aliou Cissé

61' - Substitution Clinton Morrisonis substituted by Aliou Cissé61

68' - Yellow card Matthew Upson68

69' - Substitution Steve McManamanis substituted by Antoine Sibierski photo Trevor Sinclair

69' - Substitution Robbie Fowleris substituted by Trevor Sinclair

78' - Yellow card Jihai Sun

80' - Goal Jeff Kenna80

87' - Goal Mikael Forssell87

89' - Substitution Stephen Clemenceis substituted by Stern John89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Manchester City

Birmingham City Manchester City

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

12 Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age32 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

25 Upson68

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

4 Cunningham

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

2 Kenna80

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age33 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

32 Clemence89

Stephen Clemence

England

B.date31/03/1978

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

16 Dunn61

David Dunn

England

B.date27/12/1979

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

22 Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

8 Savage11

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

11 Lazaridis

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age31 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

19 Morrison61

Clinton Morrison

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/05/1979

Age24 years

H1m78

positionStriker

9 Forssell87

Mikael Forssell

Finland

B.date15/03/1981

Age22 years

H1m84

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Maik Taylor		32	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Matthew Upson	68	24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kenny Cunningham		32	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jeff Kenna	80	33	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Stephen Clemence	89	25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	David Dunn	61	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Damien Johnson		25	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Robbie Savage	11	29	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Stan Lazaridis		31	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Clinton Morrison	61	24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Mikael Forssell	87	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Manchester City

1 Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age40 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

2 Sommeil

David Sommeil

Guadeloupe

B.date10/08/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

17 Sun78

Jihai Sun

China

B.date30/09/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5 Distin

Sylvain Distin

France

B.date16/12/1977

Age26 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

22 Dunne

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age24 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

20 McManaman69

Steve McManaman

England

B.date11/02/1972

Age31 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Midfielder

6 Reyna

Claudio Reyna

United States

B.date20/07/1973

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

24 Barton

Joey Barton

England

B.date02/09/1982

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

29 Wright-Phillips

Shaun Wright-Phillips

England

B.date25/10/1981

Age22 years

H1m66

positionOffensive Midfielder

8 Fowler1469

Robbie Fowler

England

B.date09/04/1975

Age28 years

H1m75

positionStriker

39 Anelka

Nicolas Anelka

France

B.date14/03/1979

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David Seaman		40	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	David Sommeil		29	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Jihai Sun	78	26	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Sylvain Distin		26	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Richard Dunne		24	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Steve McManaman	69	31	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Claudio Reyna		30	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Joey Barton		21	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Shaun Wright-Phillips		22	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Robbie Fowler	1469	28	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	F	Nicolas Anelka		24	65	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

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
6	D	Aliou Cissé	61	27	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Stern John	89	27	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Jovan Kirovski	61	27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
10	M		Antoine Sibierski	69	29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M		Trevor Sinclair	69	30	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stan Lazaridis

Jamie Clapham

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Bruce vs Manchester City

2 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2003

Bruce vs Keegan

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Kevin Keegan

119

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Keegan vs Birmingham City

6 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2003

Keegan vs Bruce

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2003

Referee

Uriah Rennie

8 victories	2 draws	5 losses	Birmingham City15 matches	General total	Manchester City14 matches	5 victories	4 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Birmingham City2 matches	Season total	Manchester City3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 21, 2006					Latest figure on March 08, 2008

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Key figures

No Birmingham City manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Steve Bruce has reached 36% of wins in Premier League.

The last time Manchester City has ended with the score 1-2 away from home, It was on the 10/09/2002 (vs )

It's the first time Jeff Kenna scores a goal in his professional career with Birmingham City since the 30/11/2002 (with Birmingham City vs Tottenham )

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBirmingham City 2-0 Portsmouth27/09/2003

DBirmingham City 0-0 Chelsea14/10/2003

DBirmingham City 0-0 Aston Villa19/10/2003

LBirmingham City 1-2 Charlton03/11/2003

LBirmingham City 0-3 Arsenal22/11/2003

LBirmingham City 0-4 Blackburn06/12/2003

Overall

LBirmingham City 1-2 Charlton03/11/2003

DWolverhampton 1-1 Birmingham City08/11/2003

LBirmingham City 0-3 Arsenal22/11/2003

LLiverpool 3-1 Birmingham City30/11/2003

LBirmingham City 0-4 Blackburn06/12/2003

VLeicester 0-2 Birmingham City13/12/2003

Current form

Away

VSouthampton 0-2 Manchester City01/11/2003

LNewcastle United 3-0 Manchester City22/11/2003

DDyskobolia Grodzisk 0-0 Manchester City27/11/2003

LTottenham 3-1 Manchester City03/12/2003

DEverton 0-0 Manchester City07/12/2003

LManchester United 3-1 Manchester City13/12/2003

Overall

DDyskobolia Grodzisk 0-0 Manchester City27/11/2003

LManchester City 0-1 Middlesbrough30/11/2003

LTottenham 3-1 Manchester City03/12/2003

DEverton 0-0 Manchester City07/12/2003

LManchester United 3-1 Manchester City13/12/2003

DManchester City 1-1 Leeds United22/12/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	3	4
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	5	9
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
6	Victories (Competition total)	5
2	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	5
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
5	Losses (Competition total)	7
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

14	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
0.88	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.41
0.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.22
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.35
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

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
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
0-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

23	Yellow cards (Competition total)	26
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	15
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Mikael Forssell	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Nicolas Anelka
Mikael Forssell	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Nicolas Anelka
David Dunn	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Nicolas Anelka
David Dunn	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Nicolas Anelka
Stan Lazaridis	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Jihai Sun
Stan Lazaridis	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Jihai Sun
Mikael Forssell	4 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Antoine Sibierski

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

42 v

10 d

15 l

159 gf

77 ga

Away

62 matches

9 v

10 d

43 l

55 gf

121 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

9 ga

Total

131 matches

51 v

20 d

60 l

215 gf

207 ga

Historical head to head

Home

62 matches

43 v

10 d

9 l

121 gf

55 ga

Away

67 matches

15 v

10 d

42 l

77 gf

159 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

9 gf

1 ga

Total

131 matches

60 v

20 d

51 l

207 gf

215 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	April 27, 1896
Home	8 - 0	April 27, 1896

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 10, 2001
Away	5 - 1	March 29, 1932

Latest head to head

March 16, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Manchester City

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

October 26, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Birmingham City

0 - 2

Manchester City logo Manchester City

March 05, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Birmingham City

1 - 2

Manchester City logo Manchester City

October 10, 2001 - League Cup 2001/2002

Manchester City

6 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 15, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Manchester City

3 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Bob Latchford	4 goals	1972 - 1974
Tony Evans	4 goals	1981 - 1981
Frank Worthington	3 goals	1981 - 1982
Jimmy Bloomfield	3 goals	1961 - 1962
Bob Hatton	3 goals	1973 - 1974
Jimmy Harris	3 goals	1961 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/05/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Denis Law	6 goals	1960 - 1974
Brian Kidd	5 goals	1977 - 1978
Darren Huckerby	5 goals	2001 - 2001
Shaun Goater	4 goals	2001 - 2001
Colin Bell	4 goals	1973 - 1975
Kazimierz Deyna	2 goals	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/05/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Joe Gallagher	11 matches	1974 - 1981
Kevin Dillon	10 matches	1977 - 1983
Garry Pendrey	10 matches	1972 - 1978
Kenny Burns	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Trevor Francis	9 matches	1972 - 1978
Bob Hatton	8 matches	1972 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/05/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Joe Corrigan	17 matches	1972 - 1983
Willie Donachie	14 matches	1972 - 1979
Tommy Booth	13 matches	1972 - 1981
Asa Hartford	10 matches	1975 - 1983
Dennis Tueart	10 matches	1974 - 1983
Colin Bell	9 matches	1972 - 1979