Birmingham City Match Thread

Well if these stats are correct we don't exactly have a very good record at St Andrews. Time to add some more percentage points to our wins me thinks . . . . .
At Birmingham City (44)

Results Total %

Birmingham City 19 wins (43.18%)

Tottenham Hotspur 13 wins (29.55%)

Draws 12 (27.27%)

Goals Total Av.pg

Birmingham City 60 1.36 pg

Tottenham Hotspur 47 1.07 pg

Looks like the late '50s' was the time for goals galore . . . . . .

Record Scores

Highest Aggregate 8 Tottenham Hotspur 7 - 1 Birmingham City 1957/1958

Highest Birmingham City score: 5 Birmingham City 5 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1958/1959

Highest Tottenham Hotspur score: 7 Tottenham Hotspur 7 - 1 Birmingham City 1957/1958

But we do seem to have the advantage overall since 2000 . . . . . . .

Match-by-match
Season Date Home Score Away Competition
2009/2010 Sat 30 Jan Birmingham City 1 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League
2009/2010 Sat 29 Aug Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 1 Birmingham City Premier League
2007/2008 Sat 01 Mar Birmingham City 4 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League
2007/2008 Sun 02 Dec Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 3 Birmingham City Premier League
2005/2006 Sat 18 Mar Birmingham City 0 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur Premiership
2005/2006 Mon 26 Dec Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 0 Birmingham City Premiership
2004/2005 Sat 02 Apr Birmingham City 1 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur Premiership
2004/2005 Sat 28 Aug Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 Birmingham City Premiership
2003/2004 Wed 07 Jan Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 1 Birmingham City Premiership
2003/2004 Sat 16 Aug Birmingham City 1 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur Premiership
2002/2003 Sat 05 Apr Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 1 Birmingham City Premiership
2002/2003 Sat 30 Nov Birmingham City 1 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur Premiership
2000/2001 Tue 31 Oct Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 3 Birmingham City League Cup


And overall in our meetings . . . . ..

Overall (92 matches)

Results Total %

Birmingham City 28 wins (30.43%)

Tottenham Hotspur 44 wins (47.83%)

Draws 20 (21.74%)

Goals Total Av.pg

Birmingham City 105 1.14 pg

Tottenham Hotspur 156 1.70 pg

Well spotted Ropes
... I cant see Mcleish not playing his first 11 tonight against their most bitter rivals .. A win for them thou could add bundles to their confidence so Im hoping for Villa to give them a thrashing lol

Vis stats shows that they have scored more than one goal against us at St Andrews just the once in our recent meetings and this season they've managed just 7 home goals so Im hoping we get our second clean sheet in the prem this season, with a win of course ....

A difficult nut to crack at home - if you check their stats they have lost only one home PL games since the beginning of October 2009 and that was, inexplicably, earlier this season to Everton. Quite a few draws in there though so Arry may settle for a point earned.

anicoll5 wrote:A difficult nut to crack at home - if you check their stats they have lost only one home PL games since the beginning of October 2009 and that was, inexplicably, earlier this season to Everton. Quite a few draws in there though so Arry may settle for a point earned.

Have to agree with that nic ! it may well end up a draw, their centre backs are pretty well raw and i can see a few bad tackles going in, it wont be easy at all at st andrews but i am still hopeful we will get all the points.

HotspurRoper wrote:They will have a strong team out tonight V Villa and will probably go the distance 120 mins so they be knackered come Saturday another 3 in the bag me thinks!

Can't take it for granted because birmingham away will be a tuff test for us

I think in their last home game they beat the Chavs 1-0 so it will be tough but they had one shot on target throughout the game having scored early, they then parked the bus relying on, Ben Foster their goalie and the woodwork along with the Chavs strikers off day to get their win....

If we go a goal down, our now world famous comeback ability will really be put to the test .. I hope if we do go a goal down we dont simply resort to high balls into their box...

After our World Cup bid failure the nation's football fans will be hoping we stuff these on Saturday ..

Relegate these savages along with the Spammers

Barclays Premier League
Venue: St Andrew's Date: Saturday, 4 December Kick-off: 1500 GMT


TEAM NEWS
Birmingham's Craig Gardner is in contention to start after making his comeback from injury as a substitute in the midweek win over Aston Villa.

The Blues are hopeful Alexander Hleb will overcome a calf strain.

Tottenham's Michael Dawson makes his long-awaited return to the squad after the ankle problem he picked up playing for England in early September.

Injury has ruled Rafael van der Vaart out for three weeks, and Younes Kaboul for a fortnight.



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Birmingham

Doubtful: Hleb (calf)Injured: McFadden (knee)

Tottenham

Doubtful: Bentley (calf), Keane (ankle)

Injured: Huddlestone (ankle), Dos Santos, King & Woodgate (all groin), Kaboul (hip), Jenas (calf), O'Hara (back), van der Vaart (hamstring)



MATCH PREVIEW
The explosive end to Wednesday night's Carling Cup quarter-final victory over Aston Villa tarnished what was a famous derby win for Birmingham City. The FA are bound to come down hard on the Blues following the pitch invasion that led to ugly skirmishes with Villa fans and the police.
Manager Alex McLeish has been keen to direct attention away from the behaviour of the troublemakers and onto the achievements of his players. While there is nothing sweeter than a triumph over the Villa, he will have swiftly refocused his players on to the club's number one goal at the start of the season - Premier League survival.

Yet again, Tottenham are beset by an injury crisis and manager Harry Redknapp is down to the bare bones. Although these days at White Hart Lane, even the players regarded as the bare bones of his squad are experienced internationals.

Tottenham have 25 full internationals in their ranks, a total matched only by Manchester United, which is a real sign of their increasing threat to the top-flight's elite.

This has also been helped in recent weeks by their growing reputation as the league's comeback kings, and they picked up another three points with a late goal last week against Liverpool. Given that there has been a 90th-minute goal in five of the last six Premier League games between these sides, any fan would be advised not to leave St Andrew's early.


MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

• Tottenham have won just one of their six Premier League matches against Birmingham at St Andrew's.

• But the Blues have only managed to win three out of their 12 Premier League clashes with Tottenham.

• This is the 93rd meeting between the sides. Tottenham have won 44 times, Birmingham 28 and there have been 20 draws.


Birmingham

• City have recorded only two league wins in their last 13 games.

• The Blues have had fewer shots in the Premier League than any other team this season.

• St Andrew's has seen just 12 goals this season, the joint-fewest of any stadium.

• Former Tottenham player Stephen Carr will be making his 450th club career appearance.

Tottenham

• Tottenham have accrued 16 points from losing positions this season, more than any other club in the division.

• Spurs have missed eight of their last 15 penalties in all competitions, and Jermain Defoe has failed to score with five of his last six.

• They have only won one game outside London this season in all competitions (v Stoke).


LEADING GOALSCORERS


Birmingham

Gardner: 4 goals (3 league); Zigic 4 goals (2 league)



Tottenham

Bale: 9 goals (5 league); Van der Vaart: 8 goals (6 league);

Pavyluchenko: 8 goals (4 league)


MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Kevin Friend

Assistant referees: Stuart Burt & Patrick Keane

Fourth official: Mark Clattenburg


LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS
Birmingham (D1-1 v Fulham, a): Foster, Carr, Johnson, Ridgewell, Dann, Larsson, Fahey (Murphy 85), Bowyer, Ferguson, Hleb (Zigic 61), Jerome. Subs not used: Doyle, Phillips, Michel, Parnaby, Beausejour.

Tottenham (W2-1 v Liverpool, h): Gomes, Hutton, Kaboul (Bassong 36), Gallas, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Palacios, Modric, Bale, Van der Vaart (Defoe 12, Sandro 90), Crouch. Subs not used: Cudicini, Pavlyuchenko, Kranjcar, Corluka.

Teams

Birmingham: Foster, Carr, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Gardner, Ferguson, Beausejour, Bowyer, Fahey, Jerome

Subs: Taylor, Murphy, Larsson, Derbyshire, Michel, Zigic, Jiranek

Tottenham: Gomes, Hutton, Gallas, Bassong, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Palacios, Modric, Bale, Crouch, Defoe

Subs: Cudicini, Pavlyuchenko, Dawson, Kranjcar, Corluka, Sandro, Pletikosa

Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

Brum have dropped Zigic and playing the lone frontman , going to flood the midfield ...

2 goalies lol bentley traveld but not well

Rab C Nesbit passed it to Lennon !!

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Basssssssman!!!!!!!!!!!!

Crouch what a touch he has got

MarkA249 wrote:Crouch what a touch he has got

He's had 2 very good chances ......Jermainman had a gooden too ...We should be 2 up at least ...Brum aint all that ..

Dominating but could regret missed chances. Crouch chest trapped it further than most can kick it

Crouchys play outside the box not to bad ...its as Baz says .......not to good infront of goal .........and as Seebee says , lets hope we dont regret this ...
If only Berbatoss loved us as much as we loved him

Defoes as Rusty as Mick Hucknalls hair

this game shouldbe over

someone tell harry we have subs. i hope wp dont get booked again