Arsenal v Birmingham preview - 阿森納兵工廠足球俱樂部 Arsenal Football Club

Road to Carling Cup Final
Goal scorer
Sep 21 Tottenham 1-4 Arsenal (Round 3) Lansbury, Nasri*2,Arshavin
Oct 27 Newcastle 0-4 Arsenal (Round 4) OG, Walcott*2, Bendtner
Nov 30 Arsenal 2-0 Wigan (Quarter-finals) OG, Bendtner
Jan 12 Ipswich 1-0 Arsenal (Semi-finals)
Jan 25 Arsenal 3-0 Ipswich (Semi-finals) Bendtner, Koscielny, Cesc

Aug 26 Birmingham 3-2 Rochdale (Round 2) McFadden,Murphy,Derbyshire
Sep 21 Birmingham 3-1 MK Dons (Round 3) Hleb, Zigic, Gardner
Oct 26 Birmingham 1-1 Brentford (Round 4) Philips
Dec 1 Birmingham 2-1 AstonVilla (Quarterfinals) Larsson, Zigic
Jan 11 West Ham 2-1 Birmingham (Semi-finals) Ridgewell
Jan 26 Birmingham 3-1 West Ham (Semi-finals) Bowyer, Johnson, Gardner


Head to Head

Jan 12 2007 Arsenal 1-1 Birmingham Adebayor; O'Connor
(Edurado禁區被絆倒、Ade罰進點球，下半時被角球扳平)

Feb 23 2008 Birmingham 2-2 Arsenal Walcott*2, McFadden*2 (90')
(Martin Taylor惡質鏟球使Edurado斷腿，Clichy低級失誤奉送補時點球
隊長Gallas賽後失望地坐地久久不起，賽季轉捩點)

Oct 19 2009 Arsenal 3-1 Birmingham v.Persie, Diaby, Arshavin; Bowyer
(楊家誠買下伯明罕後首場比賽，馬神出擊失誤奉送一球)

Mar 27 2010 Birmingham 1-1 Arsenal Nasri, Philips (90')
(鋁門低級失誤讓對方北風北，Cesc被Gardner鏟傷、出戰巴薩後賽季報銷)

Oct 16 2010 Arsenal 2-1 Birmingham Nasri, Chamakh; Zigic
(Wilshere補時蹬踏Zigic吃紅)

Jan 1 2011 Birmingham 0-3 Arsenal v.Persie, Nasri, Johnson(OG)
(Johnson飛鏟Cesc吃黃，Bowyer惡意蹬踏Sagna沒事)

: Birmingham
: Doubtful: Hleb (bruised knee), Jerome (ankle), Jiranek (thigh), Ridgewell
: (calf)

Hleb能否出賽依舊成疑，不出賽可能性高一些

: - 伯明罕在球隊136年歷史中，僅僅贏得過一項重要獎盃，即是1963年的聯賽盃決賽；

冠軍：
League Cup 1963

亞軍：
FA Cup 1931, 1956
League Cup 2001


: （另獲得四次第二級別聯賽冠軍）

1892/93, 1920/21, 1947/48, 1954/55

: Head-to-head
: - 過去八場對陣伯明罕，槍手保持不敗（五勝三和）
: - 槍手在本季聯賽盃共進13球，僅失2球
: - 槍手在過去六次聯賽盃決賽中輸了四次

冠軍：
1986/87 Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool Nicholas 30' 83' / Rush 23'
1992/93 Arsenal 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday Merson 20' Morrow 68' / Harkes 8'

亞軍：
1967/68 Leeds Utd 1-0 Arsenal Cooper 20'
1968/69 Swindon Town 3-1 Arsenal Smart 35' Rogers 104' 109'/ Gould 86'
1987/88 Luton Town 3-1 Arsenal Stein 13' 90' Wilson 82' / Hayes 71' Smith 74'
2006/07 Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal Drogba 20' 84' / Walcott 12'


: - 溫格任內共八次帶領槍手進入盃賽決賽，四勝四負

冠軍：
FA Cup 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005

亞軍：
FA Cup 2001
League Cup 2007
Champions League 2006
UEFA Cup 2000


: - 伯明罕過去九場聯賽盃比賽中場場失球，共丟了13球
: 上次在聯賽盃比賽中沒丟球，是2008年以4-0大勝Wycombe
: - 上次伯明罕在聯賽盃對戰同級別隊伍能保持不失球，是1992年對陣Exeter


Form guide (all competitions):
Arsenal: WDWWDW
Birmingham: WDWWLW

Opta stat:
伯明罕是英超球隊中用定位球進球比率最高的球隊 (56%)
阿森納是英超球隊中被定位球進球比率最高的球隊 (52%)


Possible starting XIs: (SKY預測)

Arsenal: Szcezsny, Sagna, Koscielny, Djourou, Clichy, Song, Nasri, Wilshere,
Rosicky, Arshavin, Van Persie.

Birmingham: Foster, Carr, Johnson, Jiranek, Ridgewell, Larsson, Ferguson,
Gardner, Bowyer, Zigic, Martins.


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