Despite conceding 3 goals the England defender completed 34 of his 40 attempted passes, whilst completing 1 tackle and 1 interception successfully. Gary also made 5 clearances of which 1 was a successful.

Chelsea lost the first leg 3-1 to Napoli, with Jose Bosingwa picking up an injury early on, Raul Meireles was also cautioned in the game and will miss the return leg at Stamford Bridge.

Lampard became only the 4th Chelsea player to reach that milestone behind legends Ron Harris (64), Peter Bonetti (57) and John Hollins (51).

Vice Captain, Lampard, will be looking to feature in the reply to join John Hollins on 51 appearances in the replay.

Chelsea completed over 500 passes in the away game at Everton but failed to convert dominant possession in to clear goal scoring chances and goals.

Both games against the Toffees rank in the top 4 of the 25 premier league games played so far for pass completion.

with the following totals by location and result

The Pensioners have won 26 (55.32%) drawn 12 (25.53%) and lost 9 (19.15%) of the 47 games played at Stamford Bridge . Chelsea have scored 84 goals against Birmingham City at home 1.79 gpg, The Londoners have conceded 51 times, averaging 1.09 gpg. Chelsea have kept 17 (36.17%) clean sheets and have failed to score on 7 (14.89%) occasions.

In the FA Cup Chelsea have won 3 (33.33%) drawn 1 (11.11%) and lost 5 (55.56%) of the 9 games played against Birmingham City. Chelsea have scored 8 goals in the competition, averaging 0.89 goals per game, The Blues have conceded 13 times (1.44 gpg). Chelsea have kept 3 (33.33%) clean sheets and have failed to score on 5 (55.56%) occasions.

At Stamford Bridge, in the FA Cup Chelsea have won 3 (50.00%) drawn 0 (0.00%) and lost 3 (50.00%) of the 6 games played against Birmingham City. Chelsea have scored 6 goals, averaging 1.00 gpg and have conceded 8 times (1.44 gpg). Chelsea have kept 3 (50.00%) clean sheets and have failed to score on 3 (50.00%) occasions.

Compared to in the FA Cup as a whole where Chelsea have won 177 (48.76%) drawn 101 (27.82%) and lost 85 (23.42%). Chelsea have scored 629 goals in the competition, averaging 1.73 gpg, The Blues have conceded 378 times 1.04 gpg. Chelsea have kept 134 (36.91%) clean sheets and have failed to score in 78 (21.49%) attempts.

The Londoners have won 6 (60.00%) drawn (30.00%) and lost 1 (10.00%) of the previous 10 matches. Chelsea have scored 15 goals against Birmingham City (1.50 gpg), The Blues have conceded 5 times (0.50 gpg). Chelsea have kept 6 (60.00) clean sheets and have failed to score 3 (30.00%) times.

The most common scoreline between the sides is 1-1 and 1-0 to Chelsea with 10 occurrences each. 34 (36.56%) of all 93 games between the sides has finished with neither side scoring more than once. Chelsea have recorded a 6-1 victory over the Midlanders whilst suffering a 2-6 loss. The highest scoring game was a 5-4 thriller.

In the last 10 games the blues have won 2 of  6 victories by a 2-0 scoreline a solitary 1-0 and a 3-0.

The Referee for the game is Martin Atkinson, Chelsea have won 16 (84.21%) drawn 2 (10.53%) and lost 1 (5.26%) of the 19 games played with Martin Atkinson as the official Chelsea have scored 42 goals (2.21 gpg), The Blues have conceded 6 times (0.32 gpg) Chelsea have kept 14 (73.68%) clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 (5.26%) attempts with this official.

Chelsea have won 4 (80.00%) drawn 1 (20.00%) and lost 0 (0.00%) of the last 5 games played with Martin Atkinson in charge and Chelsea have scored 8 goals, averaging 1.60 goals per game, The Blues have conceded 2 times (0.40 gpg). Chelsea have kept 3 (60.00%) clean sheets and have failed to score in 0 (0.00%) attempts with this official.

Martin Atkinson has given Chelsea 5 cards and sent off 1 card and awarding 0 penalties against us, He has yellow carded 5, and has sent off 1, of the opposition whilst awarding us 2 penalties in the last 5 games he has officiated.

Chelsea have kept 7 clean sheets in the last 10 with Atkinson at the whistle and have not conceded more than once in each of the other 3 games.

Chelsea have conceded just once against Everton, in the last 8 FA Cup games and have not conceded more than once in 25 games since a 3-3 draw with Spurs in 2007

Excluding penalty shoot-outs, Chelsea are unbeaten in 18 FA Cup matches in open play since Barnsley defeated us 1-0 in March 2008. That is also the only defeat in FA Cup matches against lower division teams out of 22 games played during the Roman Abramovich era.

Birmingham City have the 2nd best defensive record in the Championship conceding 27 goals in 30 games (0.9 gpg) and are unbeaten in 13 games in all competitions and have won 7 of the last 9.

Away from home the Midlanders have scored 15 and conceded just 1 in the last four games away from St Andrews.

Chelsea are a victory away from their 2000th overall victory in all competitions, 16 of the previous 1999 have required extra time or penalties.

Whilst débutante Gary Cahill was back on the substitutes bench, Ryan Bertrand was able to complete 12 minutes as a sub replacing Ashley Cole and  made 7 successful passes from 7 attempted and substitute Romelu Lukaku completed 1 of his 2 attempted passes in the dying minutes of a disappointing team performance.

No change from last week after a lacklustre 2-0 defeat away at Everton. Chelsea have now lost 3 league games in a row at Goodison.

Own Goals (2) – Taylor (Swansea) , Evans ( Man United)

A look at the league table when ranking by goal difference, where teams are tied, the team with the highest points total is shown first.

Chelsea were leading 4-1 before conceding a second and then a quick fire double saw the teams tied 4-4 before Bamford sealed the winner from the penalty spot.

Patrick signed from Nottingham Forest in the January transfer window for a fee in the region of £1.5m.

Chelsea rank bottom in each category and have 4 remaining games to salvage some pride in the London League.

Chelsea’s only victories against London opposition this season have come against Fulham and QPR in the League and Fa Cup respectively.

The London League.

The London League by home games

The London League by away games