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BIRMINGHAM CITY
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Position in League:
6th
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Manager: Trevor Francis
(May 96)
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Stadium: St Andrews
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Nicknames :Blues
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- Won only 1 of their last 6 games in all comps
- Lost 4 of their last 5 games in all comps
- Won only 3 of their last 9 games in all comps
- Only 2 draws in their last 16 games in all comps, last v QPR, 23rd
December (5 since)
- Won 4 of their last 7 games away from home in all comps
- Lost only 2 of their last 6 league games away from home
- Lost only 2 of their last 17 home games in all comps, won 11 of these
17
- Failed to score in 3 of their last 6 games in all comps
- Geoff Horsfield will be keen to get on the scoresheet against his
old club today - he has only 1 goal in his last 9 apps - v Gillingham,
2nd December (7 since)
Last Six:: DLLLLW
Top Scorers: Adebola - 10 (4 lge, 1 FAC, 5 LC)
Also: Horsfield - 7 (5 lge, 2 LC), Burchill/Grainger/Marcelo - 5 (4
lge, 1 LC/4 lge, 1 FAC/4 lge, 1 LC) (Grainger 3 pens)
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source=SKY StatPack - By Dave Todd
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FULHAM
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Position in League:
1st
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Manager: Jean Tigana
July 2000
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Stadium: Craven Cottage.
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Nickname: The Cottagers
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- Lost only 1 of their last 14 league games
- Lost 2 of their last 7 games in all comps
- Lost only 2 of their last 28 league games
- Won 21 of their 27 league games so far this season
- Lost only 1 of their last 23 home league games - v Preston, 24th October
(8 since)
- Won 20 of their last 23 home games in all comps
- Have scored 55 goals in their 19 home games so far this season in
all comps.
- Have won only 8 of their last 23 away games (all comps), however won
8 of their 16 aways this season in all comps
- Conceded only 20 goals in 27 league games so far this season - Only
Man Utd have a better defence in the whole league
- Conceded more that one goal only twice in 27 league games so far this
season
- Won 17 of the 18 league games they have scored first in so far this
season, drawing the other
- Luis Boa Morte has 3 goals in his last 2 apps
Last Six:: WWLLWW
Top Scorer: Saha - 22 (17 lge, 5 LC) (5 pens)
Also: Hayles - 16 (15 lge, 1 LC), Boa Morte - 15 (12 lge, 3 LC), Clark/Davis
- 5 (5 lge/4 lge, 1 LC)
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source=SKY StatPack
- By Dave Todd
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Head to Head:
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- Fulham have not beaten Birmingham at
home since Boxing Day '68 - 7 league meetings since
- Birmingham have won 4 of the last 6
league meetings here in all comps, the last in August '91 (1 since)
- 2 of the last 3 meetings here have been
drawn
- Fulham have failed to score in 4 of
the last 7 league meetings here, including the last 2
This Season: Birmingham 1 (Sonner) Fulham 3 (J Collins, Saha, Davis)
- 18th August 2000
Last Season: Fulham 0 Birmingham 0 - 4th December '99
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source=SKY StatPack
- By Dave Todd
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Referee and Discipline:
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The Referee on Saturday is S. W. Mathieson
from Stockport. He has officiated at some 7 games in the Nationwide Division
One this season giving out 29 yellow cards over 7 games.
This is the second highest number of Yellow's for any ref in the Nationwide
Division One and the highest without giving a Red.
Ref Mathieson blows up for about 20 fouls a match and has been fairly
even handed between home and away teams with his cautions. Possible good
news for the Super Whites is that virtually all the games he has refed
have been won by home teams.
Nicky Eaden, Martin O'Connor of Birmingham players have 4 yellows while
Darren Purse has passed 5 yellows.
Rufus Brevett and Bazza Hayles are also
on 4 yellows.
It will be interesting to see if Mr Mathieson's normal evenhandedness
continues on Saturday and if he decides that this is the day he uses his
red card for the first time this season.
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source=Fulhamweb
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