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Leicester 4-2 Birmingham City - January 02, 1999 / FA Cup 1998/1999

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FA Cup 1998/1999 - 3rd round

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

January 02, 1999

19 846

Leicester

4 - 2

Birmingham City

Frank Sinclair

20'

Robert Ullathorne

26'

Tony Cottee

51'

Steve Guppy

70'

35'

Steve Robinson

89'

Dele Adebola

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20' - Goal Frank Sinclair20

26' - Goal Robert Ullathorne26

35' - Goal Steve Robinson

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46' - Substitution Simon Marshis substituted by Martin Grainger

51' - Goal Tony Cottee51

63' - Substitution Paul Furlongis substituted by Nicky Forster

70' - Goal Steve Guppy70

74' - Substitution Tony Cotteeis substituted by Ian Marshall74

77' - Substitution Jon McCarthyis substituted by Bryan Hughes

85' - Substitution Muzzy Izzetis substituted by Garry Parker photo Theodoros Zagorakis

85' - Substitution Neil Lennonis substituted by Theodoros Zagorakis85

89' - Goal Dele Adebola

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

4 - 2

Birmingham City

Leicester Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Leicester

Keller

Kasey Keller

United States

B.date29/11/1969

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Elliott

Matt Elliott

Scotland

B.date01/11/1968

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Taggart

Gerry Taggart

Northern Ireland

B.date18/10/1970

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Sinclair20

Frank Sinclair

Jamaica

B.date03/12/1971

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

Guppy70

Steve Guppy

England

B.date29/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Ullathorne26

Robert Ullathorne

England

B.date11/10/1971

Age27 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Izzet85

Muzzy Izzet

Turkey

B.date31/10/1974

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Lennon85

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age27 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Campbell

Stuart Campbell

Scotland

B.date09/12/1977

Age21 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Cottee5174

Tony Cottee

England

B.date11/07/1965

Age33 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age20 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kasey Keller		29	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Elliott		30	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerry Taggart		28	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Sinclair	20	27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Guppy	70	29	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Ullathorne	26	27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Muzzy Izzet	85	24	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Lennon	85	27	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart Campbell		21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Cottee	5174	33	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emile Heskey		20	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Poole

Kevin Poole

England

B.date21/07/1963

Age35 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

Marsh46

Simon Marsh

England

B.date29/01/1977

Age21 years

positionDefender

Ablett

Gary Ablett

England

B.date19/11/1965

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Johnson

Michael Johnson

Jamaica

B.date04/07/1973

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Rowett

Gary Rowett

England

B.date06/03/1974

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

McCarthy77

Jon McCarthy

Northern Ireland

B.date18/08/1970

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

O'Connor

Martin O'Connor

Cayman Islands

B.date10/12/1967

Age31 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Robinson35

Steve Robinson

England

B.date17/10/1975

Age23 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Furlong63

Paul Furlong

England

B.date01/10/1968

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Adebola89

Dele Adebola

Nigeria

B.date23/06/1975

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Ndlovu

Peter Ndlovu

Zimbabwe

B.date25/02/1973

Age25 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Poole		35	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Marsh	46	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Ablett		33	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Johnson		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Rowett		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jon McCarthy	77	28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin O'Connor		31	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Robinson	35	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Furlong	63	30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dele Adebola	89	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Ndlovu		25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Theodoros Zagorakis	85	27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Garry Parker	85	33	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Marshall	74	32	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Martin Grainger	46	26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Hughes	77	22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicky Forster	63	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stuart Campbell

Robbie Savage

OUT

Gerry Taggart

Steve Walsh

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

149

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

O'Neill vs Birmingham City

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 02, 1999

O'Neill vs Francis

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 02, 1999

Manager

Age

Match num

Trevor Francis

139

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Francis vs Leicester

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 02, 1999

Francis vs O'Neill

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 02, 1999

Referee

Uriah Rennie

7 victories	8 draws	5 losses	Leicester20 matches	General total	Birmingham City15 matches	8 victories	2 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Leicester1 match	Season total	Birmingham City1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 24, 2007					Latest figure on October 21, 2006

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Key figures

It's the first time Frank Sinclair scores 1 goal in his professional career with Leicester

Leicester keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Birmingham City in FA Cup running (since 22/02/1961). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Tony Cottee scores a goal in FA Cup with Leicester since the 03/01/1998 (with Leicester vs Northampton Town )

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLeicester 2-1 Leeds United11/11/1998

LLeicester 2-4 Chelsea21/11/1998

VLeicester 1-0 Blackburn02/12/1998

VLeicester 2-0 Southampton05/12/1998

VLeicester 3-1 Nottingham Forest12/12/1998

DLeicester 1-1 Blackburn28/12/1998

Overall

VLeicester 1-0 Blackburn02/12/1998

VLeicester 2-0 Southampton05/12/1998

VLeicester 3-1 Nottingham Forest12/12/1998

LNewcastle United 1-0 Leicester19/12/1998

VSheffield Wednesday 0-1 Leicester26/12/1998

DLeicester 1-1 Blackburn28/12/1998

Current form

Away

VQueens Park Rangers 0-1 Birmingham City25/10/1998

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-3 Birmingham City07/11/1998

LWolverhampton 3-1 Birmingham City22/11/1998

LIpswich Town 1-0 Birmingham City05/12/1998

VOxford United 1-7 Birmingham City12/12/1998

VBury 2-4 Birmingham City28/12/1998

Overall

VBirmingham City 4-2 Bristol City28/11/1998

LIpswich Town 1-0 Birmingham City05/12/1998

VOxford United 1-7 Birmingham City12/12/1998

DBirmingham City 0-0 Sunderland19/12/1998

VBirmingham City 1-0 Sheffield United26/12/1998

VBury 2-4 Birmingham City28/12/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	2
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	11	2
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	6	2
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	5	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

0	Number of games (Competition total)	0
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

32 v

12 d

16 l

123 gf

96 ga

Away

61 matches

19 v

11 d

31 l

79 gf

109 ga

Total

121 matches

51 v

23 d

47 l

202 gf

205 ga

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

31 v

11 d

19 l

109 gf

79 ga

Away

60 matches

16 v

12 d

32 l

96 gf

123 ga

Total

121 matches

47 v

23 d

51 l

205 gf

202 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	September 02, 1961
Home	4 - 0	August 25, 1951

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	October 02, 1920
Away	6 - 2	December 04, 1976

Latest head to head

April 27, 1996 - First Division 1995/1996

Leicester

3 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 26, 1995 - First Division 1995/1996

Birmingham City

2 - 2

Leicester

March 15, 1994 - First Division 1993/1994

Birmingham City

0 - 3

Leicester

September 12, 1993 - First Division 1993/1994

Leicester

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

February 28, 1993 - First Division 1992/1993

Leicester

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Frank Worthington	4 goals	1974 - 1976
Ken Keyworth	4 goals	1961 - 1963
Graham Cross	3 goals	1961 - 1974
Alan Smith	3 goals	1984 - 1986
Gordon Wills	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Albert Cheesebrough	2 goals	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Trevor Francis	7 goals	1974 - 1978
Kenny Burns	7 goals	1974 - 1976
Bob Latchford	3 goals	1973 - 1973
Jimmy Harris	3 goals	1961 - 1963
Howard Kendall	3 goals	1975 - 1977
David Geddis	2 goals	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Stephen Whitworth	12 matches	1972 - 1978
Mark Wallington	12 matches	1974 - 1984
Graham Cross	12 matches	1961 - 1974
Dennis Rofe	11 matches	1972 - 1977
Richie Norman	10 matches	1960 - 1965
Jon Sammels	9 matches	1972 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Garry Pendrey	10 matches	1972 - 1978
Trevor Francis	10 matches	1973 - 1978
Bob Hatton	8 matches	1972 - 1975
Jimmy Bloomfield	8 matches	1960 - 1963
Mike Hellawell	8 matches	1960 - 1963
Joe Gallagher	8 matches	1974 - 1981