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Aston Villa 1-2 Birmingham City - December 12, 2004 / Premier League 2004/2005

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Premier League 2004/2005 - Round 17

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

December 12, 2004

41 329

Aston Villa

1 - 2

Birmingham City

Gareth Barry

90'

Clinton Morrison

18'

David Dunn

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9' - Goal Clinton Morrison

18' - Goal David Dunn

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59' - Substitution David Dunnis substituted by Julian Gray

80' - Substitution Clinton Morrisonis substituted by Darren Anderton

90' - Goal Gareth Barry90

90' - Substitution Stan Lazaridisis substituted by Jamie Clapham

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

1 - 2

Birmingham City

Aston Villa Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

1 Sorensen

Thomas Sorensen

Denmark

B.date12/06/1976

Age28 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

4 Mellberg

Olof Mellberg

Sweden

B.date03/09/1977

Age27 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

2 Delaney

Mark Delaney

Wales

B.date13/05/1976

Age28 years

H1m88

positionDefender

3 Samuel

Jlloyd Samuel

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date29/03/1981

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

15 de la Cruz

Ulises de la Cruz

Ecuador

B.date08/02/1974

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

11 Solano

Nolberto Solano

Peru

B.date12/12/1974

Age30 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

8 McCann

Gavin McCann

England

B.date10/01/1978

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

6 Barry90

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

24 Davis

Steven Davis

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1985

Age19 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

18 Cole

Carlton Cole

England

B.date12/10/1983

Age21 years

H1m91

positionStriker

9 Angel

Juan Pablo Angel

Colombia

B.date24/10/1975

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Thomas Sorensen		28	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Olof Mellberg		27	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mark Delaney		28	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jlloyd Samuel		23	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Ulises de la Cruz		30	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Nolberto Solano		30	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Gavin McCann		26	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Gareth Barry	90	23	250	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Steven Davis		19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Carlton Cole		21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Juan Pablo Angel		29	121	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

Birmingham City

1 Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

4 Cunningham

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

2 Tébily

Olivier Tébily

Ivory Coast

B.date19/12/1975

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5 Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age25 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

10 Dunn1859

David Dunn

England

B.date27/12/1979

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

8 Savage

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

24 Carter

Darren Carter

England

B.date18/12/1983

Age20 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

22 Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

11 Lazaridis90

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age32 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

19 Morrison980

Clinton Morrison

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/05/1979

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

16 Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age26 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Maik Taylor		33	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kenny Cunningham		33	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Olivier Tébily		28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Matthew Upson		25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	David Dunn	1859	24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Robbie Savage		30	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Darren Carter		20	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Damien Johnson		26	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Stan Lazaridis	90	32	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Clinton Morrison	980	25	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Emile Heskey		26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
3	D	Jamie Clapham	90	29	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Julian Gray	59	25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Darren Anderton	80	32	11	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

Clinton Morrison

Darren Anderton

OUT

Darren Carter

Julian Gray

OUT

Olivier Tébily

Jamie Clapham

OUT

Stan Lazaridis

Mario Melchiot

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

David O'Leary

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

O'Leary vs Birmingham City

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 12, 2004

O'Leary vs Bruce

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 12, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

130

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Bruce vs Aston Villa

3 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on December 12, 2004

Bruce vs O'Leary

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on December 12, 2004

Referee

Steve Dunn

6 victories	3 draws	7 losses	Aston Villa16 matches	General total	Birmingham City5 matches	1 victory	1 draw	3 losses
0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Aston Villa2 matches	Season total	Birmingham City2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 12, 2004					Latest figure on March 06, 2005

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Key figures

Birmingham City keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 13/11/2004).

End of streak for Birmingham City after 4 consecutive matches without a win (since 13/11/2004).

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

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 3-1 Queens Park Rangers22/09/2004

DAston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace25/09/2004

VAston Villa 2-0 Fulham23/10/2004

VAston Villa 3-0 Portsmouth06/11/2004

VAston Villa 1-0 Tottenham22/11/2004

DAston Villa 1-1 Liverpool04/12/2004

Overall

DEverton 1-1 Aston Villa30/10/2004

VAston Villa 3-0 Portsmouth06/11/2004

VBolton Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa13/11/2004

VAston Villa 1-0 Tottenham22/11/2004

LManchester City 2-0 Aston Villa27/11/2004

DAston Villa 1-1 Liverpool04/12/2004

Current form

Away

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 Birmingham City11/09/2004

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Birmingham City25/09/2004

DSouthampton 0-0 Birmingham City24/10/2004

VLiverpool 0-1 Birmingham City06/11/2004

DBlackburn 3-3 Birmingham City21/11/2004

LArsenal 3-0 Birmingham City04/12/2004

Overall

LBirmingham City 0-1 Crystal Palace30/10/2004

VLiverpool 0-1 Birmingham City06/11/2004

LBirmingham City 0-1 Everton13/11/2004

DBlackburn 3-3 Birmingham City21/11/2004

DBirmingham City 1-1 Norwich City27/11/2004

LArsenal 3-0 Birmingham City04/12/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	9	1
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	6	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
6	Victories (Competition total)	2
5	Victories (Home / Away)	1
7	Draws (Competition total)	8
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
3	Losses (Competition total)	6
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
17	Goals conceded (Competition total)	18
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1.31	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.75
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.88
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.13
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.38

Betting aid

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

Bookings

20	Yellow cards (Competition total)	24
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Lee Hendrie	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Dwight Yorke
Nolberto Solano	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Robbie Savage
Ulises de la Cruz	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	David Dunn
Nolberto Solano	4 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 5 matches	Darren Anderton

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

28 v

15 d

13 l

101 gf

64 ga

Away

54 matches

18 v

14 d

22 l

72 gf

80 ga

Total

110 matches

46 v

29 d

35 l

173 gf

144 ga

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

22 v

14 d

18 l

80 gf

72 ga

Away

56 matches

13 v

15 d

28 l

64 gf

101 ga

Total

110 matches

35 v

29 d

46 l

144 gf

173 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	November 09, 1988
Home	6 - 0	November 09, 1988

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 21, 1968
Away	3 - 0	March 22, 1986

Latest head to head

February 22, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

October 19, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Birmingham City

0 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 03, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 16, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Birmingham City

3 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 06, 1993 - League Cup 1993/1994

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Gerald Hitchens	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Andy Gray	3 goals	1976 - 1978
Peter Withe	3 goals	1982 - 1984
Alan O'Neill	3 goals	1960 - 1962
Harry Burrows	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Lew Chatterley	3 goals	1964 - 1965

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 Aston Villa

Trevor Francis	4 goals	1975 - 1978
Stan Lynn	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Jimmy Harris	3 goals	1961 - 1964
Kenneth Leek	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Mike Hellawell	2 goals	1960 - 1964
Geoff Horsfield	2 goals	2002 - 2003

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

Dennis Mortimer	14 matches	1976 - 1983
Allan Evans	12 matches	1978 - 1986
Gordon Cowans	11 matches	1977 - 1993
Gary Williams	10 matches	1978 - 1986
Alan Deakin	9 matches	1961 - 1965
Jimmy Rimmer	9 matches	1977 - 1982

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

Joe Gallagher	9 matches	1975 - 1980
Stan Lynn	8 matches	1961 - 1965
William Hennessey	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Jimmy Harris	7 matches	1961 - 1964
Mike Hellawell	7 matches	1960 - 1964
Kevan Broadhurst	7 matches	1977 - 1983