English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 22, 2005
Birmingham City DWDLL 0
–
Blackburn Rovers LWWWL 2
Ewood Park · 18,341 att.

Team Stats

17
Fouls
22
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
3
6
Saves
4
52
Possession
48
3
SHOTS
11
2
ON GOAL
5
0.7
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
23
Crosses
19
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
11
Clearances
18

Head to Head

BIR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BLK

  1. 1Brad FriedelG
  2. 2Lucas NeillD
  3. 3Zurab KhizanishviliD
  4. 6Ryan NelsenD
  5. 33Michael GrayD
  6. 29David BentleyM
  7. 8Robbie SavageM
  8. 16Tugay KerimogluM
  9. 12Morten PedersenM
  10. 9Shefki KuqiF
  11. 10Paul DickovF

Substitutes

  1. 13Peter EnckelmanG
  2. 4Andy ToddD
  3. 7Brett EmertonM
  4. 14Steven ReidM
  5. 11Craig BellamyF

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 26Olivier TebilyD
  3. 4Kenny CunninghamD
  4. 5Matt UpsonD
  5. 3Jamie ClaphamD
  6. 7Jermaine PennantM
  7. 22Damien JohnsonM
  8. 20Nicky ButtM
  9. 11Stan LazaridisM
  10. 16Emile HeskeyF
  11. 9Mikael ForssellF

Substitutes

  1. 18Nico VaesenG
  2. 2Martin TaylorD
  3. 14Jiri JarosikM
  4. 15Neil KilkennyM
  5. 8Walter PandianiF

Timeline

  1. 45'
  2. 49'
  3. 62'
  4. 70'
  5. 75'
  6. 75'
  7. 81'
  8. 90'

Premier League News

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