Matchday 18 ~ Bolton vs Birmingham - Page 2

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:29 AM

3. Lost seven of 10 Premier League games.

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4. Kept only two clean sheets in the Premier League so far this season, but not managed one in 10 league games since holding Liverpool to a goalless draw at Anfield on 22 September.

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:30 AM

5. Conceded five penalties in Premier League competition this season; more than any other club.

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6. Lost 10 league games; only the bottom two have been beaten more often (Wigan 11, Derby 13).

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7. Won one of the last six Premier League matches against north-west clubs; 3-2, home to Wigan on 27 October.

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:30 AM

8. Lost four of the last five league games on the road, and won one in seven.

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9. Lost the last three Premier League away matches against north-west clubs and not won in 15 visits to the region; drawn six and lost nine since a 0-1 victory at Liverpool on 6 November 2004.

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:31 AM

10. Home to Middlesbrough on Boxing Day, and to Fulham three days later, before the New Year's Day fixture at Manchester United.

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:31 AM

Nicolas ANELKA is Bolton's leading scorer with nine goals.

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:31 AM

ANELKA is one shy of 100 goals for English clubs (Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City and Bolton).

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:31 AM

The Frenchman is also the clubs' leading marksman in the Premier League with eight. Kevin NOLAN is the next nearest with three and six other players have one each.

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Kevin DAVIES is a double shy of 100 club career goals (Chesterfield, Southampton, Blackburn, Millwall and Bolton).

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:31 AM

Gary SPEED, the only player to have netted in every Premier League season, is a double shy of 100 career league goals (Leeds, Everton, Newcastle and Bolton).

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:31 AM

NOLAN needs a hat-trick to total 50 club career goals.

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:31 AM

Jussi JAASKALAINEN is the only player to have been on the field for every minute of every one of Bolton's Premier League matches this season.

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:32 AM

ANELKA will be making his 50th Premier League appearance in a Bolton shirt.

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:32 AM

Olivier KAPO and Cameron JEROME are Birmingham's joint top scorers with five Premier League goals each.

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:32 AM

Stephen KELLY and Liam RIDGEWELL have played every minute of every one of Birmingham's Premier League games this season.

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:32 AM

Garry O'CONNOR is a hat-trick shy of 50 goals in English and Scottish league football (Hibernian and Birmingham).

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Suspended:-

Liam RIDGEWELL (one match)

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:33 AM

Bolton have won a third of their Premier League clashes with Birmingham; three of nine.

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:33 AM

The last three meetings between these clubs in this league have resulted in 1-0 victories for the team playing at home.

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:33 AM

Home and away
League (inc PL): Bolton 43 wins, Birmingham 37, Draws 31
Prem: Bolton 3 wins, Birmingham 5, Draws 1

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at Bolton only
League (inc PL): Bolton 31 wins, Birmingham 7, Draws 17
Prem: Bolton 2 wins, Birmingham 1, Draws 1

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THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE

Birmingham City 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
15 September 2007 - Ref: Phil Dowd
Birmingham scorers: Kapo 37

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:33 AM

REFEREE
Chris Foy (St Helens, Merseyside)

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:34 AM

Bolton Wanderers (16th) v
Birmingham City (15th)

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:34 AM

Birmingham City will be without Liam Ridgewell for the trip to Bolton Wanderers with the central defender having to serve a one-match ban for incurring five bookings this season.

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:34 AM

But midfielder Mehdi Nafti will be available again to face Garry Megson's side after serving a one-game ban against Reading last weekend for the same offence.

Oscar Cardozo · 12-22-2007, 12:34 AM

Former Bolton player Rahdi Jaidi is included in the squad while on-loan Arsenal defender Johan Djourou, who will return to the Emirates Stadium next month, has recovered from a pelvic problem.

12-22-2007, 12:29 AM	#32 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	4. Kept only two clean sheets in the Premier League so far this season, but not managed one in 10 league games since holding Liverpool to a goalless draw at Anfield on 22 September.

12-22-2007, 12:30 AM	#33 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	5. Conceded five penalties in Premier League competition this season; more than any other club.

12-22-2007, 12:30 AM	#34 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	6. Lost 10 league games; only the bottom two have been beaten more often (Wigan 11, Derby 13).

12-22-2007, 12:30 AM	#35 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	7. Won one of the last six Premier League matches against north-west clubs; 3-2, home to Wigan on 27 October.

12-22-2007, 12:30 AM	#36 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	8. Lost four of the last five league games on the road, and won one in seven.

12-22-2007, 12:30 AM	#37 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	9. Lost the last three Premier League away matches against north-west clubs and not won in 15 visits to the region; drawn six and lost nine since a 0-1 victory at Liverpool on 6 November 2004.

12-22-2007, 12:31 AM	#38 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	10. Home to Middlesbrough on Boxing Day, and to Fulham three days later, before the New Year's Day fixture at Manchester United.

12-22-2007, 12:31 AM	#39 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	Nicolas ANELKA is Bolton's leading scorer with nine goals.

12-22-2007, 12:31 AM	#40 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	ANELKA is one shy of 100 goals for English clubs (Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City and Bolton).

12-22-2007, 12:31 AM	#41 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	The Frenchman is also the clubs' leading marksman in the Premier League with eight. Kevin NOLAN is the next nearest with three and six other players have one each.

12-22-2007, 12:31 AM	#42 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	Kevin DAVIES is a double shy of 100 club career goals (Chesterfield, Southampton, Blackburn, Millwall and Bolton).

12-22-2007, 12:31 AM	#43 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	Gary SPEED, the only player to have netted in every Premier League season, is a double shy of 100 career league goals (Leeds, Everton, Newcastle and Bolton).

12-22-2007, 12:31 AM	#44 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	NOLAN needs a hat-trick to total 50 club career goals.

12-22-2007, 12:31 AM	#45 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	Jussi JAASKALAINEN is the only player to have been on the field for every minute of every one of Bolton's Premier League matches this season.

12-22-2007, 12:32 AM	#46 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	ANELKA will be making his 50th Premier League appearance in a Bolton shirt.

12-22-2007, 12:32 AM	#47 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	Olivier KAPO and Cameron JEROME are Birmingham's joint top scorers with five Premier League goals each.

12-22-2007, 12:32 AM	#48 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	Stephen KELLY and Liam RIDGEWELL have played every minute of every one of Birmingham's Premier League games this season.

12-22-2007, 12:32 AM	#49 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	Garry O'CONNOR is a hat-trick shy of 50 goals in English and Scottish league football (Hibernian and Birmingham).

12-22-2007, 12:32 AM	#50 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	Suspended:- Liam RIDGEWELL (one match)

12-22-2007, 12:33 AM	#51 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	Bolton have won a third of their Premier League clashes with Birmingham; three of nine.

12-22-2007, 12:33 AM	#52 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	The last three meetings between these clubs in this league have resulted in 1-0 victories for the team playing at home.

12-22-2007, 12:33 AM	#53 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	Home and away League (inc PL): Bolton 43 wins, Birmingham 37, Draws 31 Prem: Bolton 3 wins, Birmingham 5, Draws 1

12-22-2007, 12:33 AM	#54 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	at Bolton only League (inc PL): Bolton 31 wins, Birmingham 7, Draws 17 Prem: Bolton 2 wins, Birmingham 1, Draws 1

12-22-2007, 12:33 AM	#55 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE Birmingham City 1-0 Bolton Wanderers 15 September 2007 - Ref: Phil Dowd Birmingham scorers: Kapo 37

12-22-2007, 12:33 AM	#56 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	REFEREE Chris Foy (St Helens, Merseyside)

12-22-2007, 12:34 AM	#57 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	Bolton Wanderers (16th) v Birmingham City (15th)

12-22-2007, 12:34 AM	#58 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	Birmingham City will be without Liam Ridgewell for the trip to Bolton Wanderers with the central defender having to serve a one-match ban for incurring five bookings this season.

12-22-2007, 12:34 AM	#59 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	But midfielder Mehdi Nafti will be available again to face Garry Megson's side after serving a one-game ban against Reading last weekend for the same offence.

12-22-2007, 12:34 AM	#60 (permalink)
Oscar Cardozo Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Posts: 54,038 vCash: 294 Rep Points: 985	Former Bolton player Rahdi Jaidi is included in the squad while on-loan Arsenal defender Johan Djourou, who will return to the Emirates Stadium next month, has recovered from a pelvic problem.