BIRMINGHAM: THE STAT PACK

BIRMINGHAM: THE STAT PACK

Andrew Dalton provides all the stats ahead of Saturday's game...

Ahead of Saturday's Elland Road clash with Birmingham City, Andrew Dalton picks out some of the key stats that connect the two sides.

League positions...
United are 15th in the Championship - P9 W2 D5 L2 F9 A11 PTS 11
Birmingham are 5th in the Championship - P9 W4 D3 L2 F14 A10 PTS 15

Top goalscorers (all competitions)...
 United: Chris Wood (4)
Birmingham: Clayton Donadlson (4)

Birmingham's last five visits to Elland Road...
January 17 2015 - Leeds United 1-1 Birmingham City, Championship
October 20 2013 - Leeds United 4-0 Birmingham City, Championship
January 5 2013 - Leeds United 1-1 Birmingham City, FA Cup third round
Ocotber 27 2012 - Leeds United 0-1 Birmingham City, Championship
January 31 2012 - Leeds United 1-4 Birmingham City, Championship

United's last five results...
September 27 2015 - Middlesbrough 3-0 Leeds United, Championship
September 19 2015 - Milton Keynes 1-2 Leeds United, Championship
September 15 2015 - Leeds United 0-1 Ipswich Town, Championship
September 12 2015 - Leeds United 1-1 Brentford, Championship
August 29 2015 - Derby County 1-2 Leeds United, Championship

United's home record reads P4 W0 D3 L1 F3 A4 PTS 3/12

Birmingham's last five results...
September 29 2015 - Brentford 0-2 Birmingham City, Championship
September 26 2015 - Birmingham City 0-2 Rotherham United, Championship
September 22 2015 - Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City, Capital One Cup third round
September 18 2015 - Ipswich Town 1-1 Birmingham City, Championship
September 15 2015 - Birmingham City 0-1 Nottingham Forest, Championship

Birmingham's away records reads P4 W2 D2 L0 F7 A3 PTS 8/12
 
Five who played for both...
Jack Butland - 46 appearances for Birmingham City, 16 appearances for Leeds United.
Geoff Horsfield - 126 appearances, 29 goals for Birmingham City. 15 appearances, 2 goals for Leeds United.
Ian Bennett - 354 appearances for Birmingham City. 4 appearances for Leeds United.
Jamie Clapham - 97 appearances, 1 goal for Birmingham City. 14 appearances for Leeds United.
Mikael Forssell - 118 appearances, 37 goals for Birmingham City. 17 appearances for Leeds United.

Five memorable moments...
1. Peter Lorimer will have happy memories of playing Birmingham, as he hit a hat-trick against them in September 1973's 3-0 win against them as Leeds made it five wins on the bounce at the start of that season.

2. It was a Happy New Year for Leeds United and Terry Venables as the Whites made it three consecutive wins over the Christmas period with a 2-0 victory over Birmingham on New Year's Day 2003. Goals came from Eirik Bakke and Mark Viduka.

3.  When the sides met in Septmeber 2003 for a Premiership fixture at Elland Road, Leeds had home debutant Roque Junior sent off before Paul Robinson saved David Dunn's penalty. However, it was ruled that Robinson had moved off his line and Robbie Savage scored the retaken spot kick. To make matters worse, Mikael Forssell made the points safe for the visitors from an offiside position.

4. Last season's encounter saw the points shared in an entertaining game at Elland Road. Birmingham took the lead through a Paul Caddis penalty, but a Luke Murphy strike earned a share of the spoils.

5. Leeds kept up the charge to the old Second Divsion play offs with a 4-0 victory over Birmingham City in April 1987. Leeds won the game thanks to goals from John Sheridan, a brace from Ian Baird and one from Keith Edwards to move up to fourth in the table and remain in the hunt for a play-off place.

All stats are provided courtesy of Andrew Dalton, you can give Andrew a follow on Twitter at @lufcstats

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