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Newcastle United 1-0 Birmingham City - May 03, 2003 / Premier League 2002/2003

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Premier League 2002/2003 - Round 37

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

May 03, 2003

52 146

1 - 0

Birmingham City

Hugo Viana

42'

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41' - Red card Matthew Upson

42' - Goal Hugo Viana42

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46' - Substitution Jeff Kennais substituted by Michael Johnson

72' - Substitution Robbie Savageis substituted by Stan Lazaridis

81' - Substitution Nolberto Solanois substituted by Brian Kerr81

81' - Substitution Christophe Dugarryis substituted by Stern John

86' - Substitution Hugo Vianais substituted by Laurent Robert86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Birmingham City

Newcastle United Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age27 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

18 Hughes

Aaron Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date08/11/1979

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

30 Caldwell

Steven Caldwell

Scotland

B.date12/09/1980

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

27 Woodgate

Jonathan Woodgate

England

B.date22/01/1980

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

4 Solano81

Nolberto Solano

Peru

B.date12/12/1974

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

35 Bernard

Olivier Bernard

France

B.date14/10/1979

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

7 Jenas

Jermaine Jenas

England

B.date18/02/1983

Age20 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

45 Hugo Viana4286

Hugo Viana

Portugal

B.date15/01/1983

Age20 years

H1m81

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

8 Dyer

Kieron Dyer

England

B.date29/12/1978

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

23 Ameobi

Shola Ameobi

Nigeria

B.date12/10/1981

Age21 years

H1m91

positionStriker

10 Bellamy

Craig Bellamy

Wales

B.date13/07/1979

Age23 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		27	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Aaron Hughes		23	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Steven Caldwell		22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Jonathan Woodgate		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Nolberto Solano	81	28	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Olivier Bernard		23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Jermaine Jenas		20	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	M	Hugo Viana	4286	20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kieron Dyer		24	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Shola Ameobi		21	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Craig Bellamy		23	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

102

Birmingham City

Bennett

Ian Bennett

England

B.date10/10/1971

Age31 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Upson41

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Purse

Darren Purse

England

B.date14/02/1977

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Kenna46

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age32 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Clapham

Jamie Clapham

England

B.date07/12/1975

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Savage72

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Clemence

Stephen Clemence

England

B.date31/03/1978

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Hughes

Bryan Hughes

England

B.date19/06/1976

Age26 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Dugarry81

Christophe Dugarry

France

B.date24/03/1972

Age31 years

H1m88

positionLeft Winger

Horsfield

Geoff Horsfield

England

B.date01/11/1973

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ian Bennett		31	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Upson	41	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Purse		26	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Kenna	46	32	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Clapham		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Savage	72	28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Clemence		25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Johnson		24	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Hughes		26	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Christophe Dugarry	81	31	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Geoff Horsfield		29	90	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
25	D		Brian Kerr	81	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M		Laurent Robert	86	27	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Michael Johnson	46	29	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Lazaridis	72	30	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stern John	81	26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Shola Ameobi

Alan Shearer

OUT

Steven Caldwell

Andy O'Brien

OUT

Olivier Bernard

Andy Griffin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Darren Purse

Kenny Cunningham

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Robson

195

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Robson vs Birmingham City

17 victories

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on May 03, 2003

Robson vs Bruce

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 03, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Bruce vs Newcastle United

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on May 03, 2003

Bruce vs Robson

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on May 03, 2003

Referee

David Elleray

8 victories	4 draws	7 losses	Newcastle United19 matches	General total	Birmingham City6 matches	1 victory	2 draws	3 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Newcastle United2 matches	Season total	Birmingham City4 matches	1 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on May 03, 2003					Latest figure on May 03, 2003

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Key figures

Newcastle United keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 21/04/2003).

Newcastle United keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 21/04/2003).

Newcastle United keeps its 17 matches with at least one goal scored at home in Premier League running (since 21/09/2002). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 18/03/1996-02/02/1997 time period (18 matches).

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNewcastle United 3-1 Bayer Leverkusen26/02/2003

VNewcastle United 2-1 Chelsea01/03/2003

LNewcastle United 0-2 FC Barcelona19/03/2003

VNewcastle United 5-1 Blackburn22/03/2003

LNewcastle United 2-6 Manchester United12/04/2003

DNewcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa21/04/2003

Overall

VNewcastle United 5-1 Blackburn22/03/2003

LEverton 2-1 Newcastle United06/04/2003

LNewcastle United 2-6 Manchester United12/04/2003

LFulham 2-1 Newcastle United19/04/2003

DNewcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa21/04/2003

VSunderland 0-1 Newcastle United26/04/2003

Current form

Away

DBlackburn 1-1 Birmingham City18/01/2003

LBolton Wanderers 4-2 Birmingham City01/02/2003

VAston Villa 0-2 Birmingham City03/03/2003

LManchester City 1-0 Birmingham City16/03/2003

LTottenham 2-1 Birmingham City05/04/2003

VCharlton 0-2 Birmingham City19/04/2003

Overall

VBirmingham City 1-0 West Bromwich Albion22/03/2003

LTottenham 2-1 Birmingham City05/04/2003

VBirmingham City 2-0 Sunderland12/04/2003

VCharlton 0-2 Birmingham City19/04/2003

VBirmingham City 3-2 Southampton21/04/2003

VBirmingham City 3-0 Middlesbrough26/04/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	7	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Drawless streak	5	12
Scoring streak	2	6
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	36
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
20	Victories (Competition total)	13
14	Victories (Home / Away)	5
5	Draws (Competition total)	8
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
11	Losses (Competition total)	15
2	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

60	Goals scored (Competition total)	39
35	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
46	Goals conceded (Competition total)	46
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.08
1.94	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.89
1.28	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.28
0.94	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.39

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-1 (6 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (4 times)

Bookings

47	Yellow cards (Competition total)	69
19	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	40
3	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Alan Shearer	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Clinton Morrison
Alan Shearer	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Stern John
Alan Shearer	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Robbie Savage
Nolberto Solano	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 4 matches	Christophe Dugarry

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

21 v

14 d

8 l

83 gf

45 ga

Away

46 matches

14 v

9 d

23 l

60 gf

81 ga

Total

89 matches

35 v

23 d

31 l

143 gf

126 ga

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

23 v

9 d

14 l

81 gf

60 ga

Away

43 matches

8 v

14 d

21 l

45 gf

83 ga

Total

89 matches

31 v

23 d

35 l

126 gf

143 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	November 23, 1907
Home	8 - 0	November 23, 1907

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	September 05, 1956
Away	3 - 0	May 07, 1932

Latest head to head

September 28, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Birmingham City

0 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

November 29, 2000 - League Cup 2000/2001

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

October 12, 1999 - League Cup 1999/2000

Birmingham City

2 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

March 28, 1993 - First Division 1992/1993

Newcastle United

2 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 04, 1992 - First Division 1992/1993

Birmingham City

2 - 3

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Malcolm Macdonald	5 goals	1972 - 1976
Tommy Craig	3 goals	1975 - 1977
Micky Burns	3 goals	1976 - 1976
Peter Beardsley	2 goals	1986 - 1986
Stewart Barrowclough	2 goals	1972 - 1977
Pat Howard	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Trevor Francis	4 goals	1974 - 1978
Peter Withe	2 goals	1975 - 1975
Mike Hellawell	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Keith Bertschin	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Kenny Burns	2 goals	1973 - 1974
Bob Latchford	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Alan Kennedy	9 matches	1974 - 1978
Irving Nattrass	9 matches	1972 - 1978
Stewart Barrowclough	8 matches	1972 - 1977
Pat Howard	7 matches	1972 - 1975
Micky Burns	7 matches	1974 - 1978
John Tudor	6 matches	1972 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Garry Pendrey	10 matches	1972 - 1978
Trevor Francis	10 matches	1972 - 1978
Joe Gallagher	8 matches	1973 - 1978
Bob Hatton	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Dave Latchford	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Kenny Burns	7 matches	1972 - 1976