Birmingham v Fulham - Match Stats
last updated Friday 15th November 2002, 6:29 PM
Birmingham (Blues)
Stadium: St Andrews
Played 13 - 15th in Prem on 15 pts |
Manager: Steve Bruce
(Dec '01)
Games: 43 - W 40%, D 30%, L 30%
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- 3 wins in last 7 League and Cup games
- Won 1 of last 4 League matches
- Drawn 2 of last 12 in all competitions
- 1 draw in last 8 League encounters
- Lost 3 of last 4 confrontations
- 4 defeats in last 7 League duels
- Failed to score in 7 of last 15 contests
- Failed to find the net in 4 of last 7 League clashes
- 1 clean sheet in last 15
- Managed 1 clean sheet in last 13 League outings
- LOST LAST 2 - 1 Prem, 1 WC
- NOT SCORED IN 2 [187 mins / 3 hrs 7 mins]
- GONE 9 GAMES SINCE KEEPING A CLEAN SHEET [6 Prem]
- Managed fewest Premiership clean sheets (1).
- One of four clubs still to draw at home at the highest League level. The others are Arsenal, Leeds and Newcastle.
- Fired 52 shots on target in Premiership matches this season. No other club has fired fewer.
- Won 56 corners in Premiership matches this season - that's fewer than any other club.
- Players been shown 27 yellow cards in Premiership matches this season. Only West Ham's players have been shown that many.
- One of four clubs not to have conceded a penalty in Premiership matches this season. The others are Charlton, Liverpool and Sunderland.
- The Brummies have conceded five goals and scored none in suffering back to back defeats at home to Preston in the Worthington Cup and away to a Gianfranco Zola inspired Chelsea.
- Steve Bruce's side has registered just one clean sheet from their 13 League outings and have failed to find the net in four of their last seven top division games.
- CLEAN SHEETS: 1 Premiership: 1
- FAILED TO SCORE: 7 Premiership: 6
- RED CARDS: 2 Premiership: 1
- EVER PRESENTS: Geoff Horsfield
- STARTED EVERY GAME: 0
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CAREER MILESTONES
- If involved from kick off, Oliver TEBILY will be making his 50th English and Scottish League start.
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TOP SCORERS
- John 6 (3 Lge, 3 Lge C), Morrison 3(3 Lge), Horsefield 2(2 Lge)
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Last Seasons Top Scorers:
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Mooney 15, Marcello 12 Horsefield 12.
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source=BBC
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Fulham FC - (The Cottagers)
Stadium: The Cottage on Loftus Road
Played 13 - 13th in Prem on 15 points |
Manager: Jean Tigana (Jul 2000)
Games 125, W48%, D28%, L24%
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- 3 wins in last 6 League and Cup games
- Won 1 of last 8 Premiership matches
- Drawn 3 of last 12 in all competitions
- 1 draw in last 7 top flight encounters
- Lost 4 of last 7 confrontations
- 5 defeats in last 7 top division duels
- Failed to score in 4 of last 12 contests
- Failed to find the net in 4 of the last 8 League clashes
- 1 clean sheet in last 8
- Managed 3 clean sheets in last 9 top tier League outings
- LOST LAST 4 PREMIERSHIP MATCHES
- NOT WON IN 5 LEAGUE GAMES [1 draw, 4 defeats]
- GONE 6 SINCE A DRAW [4 Prem]
- LOST LAST 3 AWAY TOP DIVISION ENCHANGES
- Fulham travel to face a Birmingham side on equal points but with an inferior goal difference, eager to put an end to their four match Premiership losing run.
- The Londoners would dearly like to transfer their European form into the Premiership, having qualified for the Third Round of the Uefa Cup on Thursday, thanks to a 2-1 home win over Dinamo Zagreb, to complete a 5-1 aggregate victory.
- The Cottagers are in a slump as far as League form is concerned. Their only win in eight top flight matches was at home to struggling Charlton six weeks ago. Indeed their current losing streak of four on the bounce is the longest such sequence by any team in the Premiership this season.
- CLEAN SHEETS: 9 Premiership: 3
- FAILED TO SCORE: 6 Premiership: 5
- RED CARDS: 0 Premiership: 0
- EVER PRESENTS: 0
- Last Premiership win was 1-0, home to Charlton on 6 October, 2002.
- Last away Premiership win was 0-3 at Sunderand on 14 September, 2002.
- Suffering the longest losing sequence in the top flight (4).
- Only of five clubs whose players have not picked up a red card while in Premiership action. The others are Chelsea, Liverpool, Sunderland and Tottenham.
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CAREER MILESTONES
- If he plays from kick off, Steve FINNAN will be making his 150th League start for Fulham.
- If named in the eleven, Steed MALBRANQUE will be making his 50th League appearance for the Cottagers.
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TOP SCORERS
- Marlet - 7(3 Lge 4 Euro), Junichi Inamoto 6(2 lge, 4 Euro),
- Also: Sylvain Legwinski 5(3 lge, 2 Euro), Malbranque - 5(2 Lge 3 Euro), Boa Morte/Hayles 3(1 lge, 2 Euro), Clark/Davis/Saha/Sava/Stolcers - 2
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Last Seasons Top Scorers:
Hayles - 12, Malbranque - 10, Marlet/Saha - 9
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Head to Head
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- The first ever Premier League meeting and first match-up since the season before last.
- There were two away wins when these two last locked horns in the Nationwide First Division. Fulham won 1-3 at St Andrews on 18 August, 2000, and Birmingham were 0-1 victors at Craven Cottage on 27 January, 2001.
- The Brummies last enjoyed a home win over the Cottagers 11 years ago. They won 3-1 in the old Third Division on 21 December, 1991.
- Their last meeting in the top flight was on 2 September, 1964, when Fulham won 3-1 on Thamesside.
- Birmingham's last home win in the top flight was 4-1 on 22 September, 1962.
- Fulham's last victory in the top League tier at St Andrews was 43 years ago. They won 2-4 on 24 October, 1959.
- Birmingham's highest scoring win in this corresponding fixture was 5-4 on 5 October, 1968 in the former Second Division when Jimmy Greenhoff scored four goals for the home club - the last time three or more goals have been scored by one player in a League game between these clubs. Fulham's biggest win in a League match at Birmingham was 1-3 on 18 August, 2000 in the Nationwide First Division.
- The last man to be sent off in this equivalent fixture was Geoff Horsfield. The then Fulham player was shown the red card during the 2-2 draw on 7 August, 1999 in the Nationwide League - Division One.
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Fulham suffered pointless to trips to Everton, Southampton and Aston Villa and return to the West Midlands on successive weekends in search of their first top flight win at St Andrews since 1959.
- City have not enjoyed a home win over the Londoners at the highest League level for 39 years.
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Match
report - Fulham v Birmingham - Ist Division 18th Aug 2000
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Previous
results between the two clubs
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Disciplinary
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Matchday Referee: Matt Massias, York
Matt Massias is one of the youngest referees to have made it into the Premiership. He is a Sports Consultant who became a Football League Linesman in 1984, achieved referee status in 1992, and was promoted to the Barclaycard Premiership in December 2000.
He has served as a linesman in the European Champions League and refereed games throughout the Divisions of the Football League. He is not a gunslinger with the book by any means, but in the 1998/99 season he took charge of a Division 2 game which will serve as a warning to any Premiership stars that he can be tough when required - he cautioned seven players and sent off four.
Massias' top flight debut came in 2001 when he took charge of Bolton's clash against Derby.
(Ed. In his 3 games so far this season Mr. Massias is issuing yellows at a slightly faster rate than last year.
His last Fulham game was the Aston Villa home clash last season when he booked Saha.
The bad Blue Boys are Aliou Cisse 6 yels, Darren Purse 5 yels and Robbie Savage 4 yels).
2001/
2002
stats
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Mr. Massias's score sheet |
Average Premiership Referee score sheet |
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Total |
Match
Avg |
Total |
Match
Avg |
| Games |
5 |
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16 |
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| Fouls |
139 |
27.8 |
472 |
29.8 |
| Penalties |
0 |
0.00 |
3 |
0.19 |
| Yellow cards |
16 |
3.2 |
49 |
3.1 |
| Red Cards |
0 |
0.00 |
3 |
0.19 |
| Fouls per Yellow |
8.7 |
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9.7 |
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| Fouls per match |
28 |
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30 |
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Stats source=4thegame/OPTA
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