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Leicester 1-0 Middlesbrough - April 16, 1997 / League Cup 1996/1997

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League Cup 1996/1997 - Final

Hillsborough - Sheffield - England

April 16, 1997

39 428

Leicester

1 - 0

After extra time

Middlesbrough

Steve Claridge

100'

logo Leicester LEI

76' - Substitution Gianluca Festais substituted by Steve Vickers

logo Middlesbrough MID

100' - Goal Steve Claridge100

105

105' - Substitution Neil Coxis substituted by Alan Moore photo Mikkel Beck

105' - Substitution Craig Hignettis substituted by Mikkel Beck

109' - Substitution Mike Whitlowis substituted by James Lawrence109

117' - Substitution Steve Claridgeis substituted by Mark Robins117

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

1 - 0

Middlesbrough

Leicester Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Leicester

Keller

Kasey Keller

United States

B.date29/11/1969

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Whitlow109

Mike Whitlow

England

B.date13/01/1968

Age29 years

positionDefender

Prior

Spencer Prior

England

B.date22/04/1971

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Walsh

Steve Walsh

England

B.date03/11/1964

Age32 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Kaamark

Pontus Kaamark

Sweden

B.date05/04/1969

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Grayson

Simon Grayson

England

B.date16/12/1969

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Izzet

Muzzy Izzet

Turkey

B.date31/10/1974

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Lennon

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Parker

Garry Parker

England

B.date07/09/1965

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Claridge100117

Steve Claridge

England

B.date10/04/1966

Age31 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age19 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kasey Keller		27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Whitlow	109	29	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Spencer Prior		25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Walsh		32	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pontus Kaamark		28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Grayson		27	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Muzzy Izzet		22	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Lennon		25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Garry Parker		31	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Claridge	100117	31	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emile Heskey		19	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Middlesbrough

Roberts

Ben Roberts

England

B.date22/06/1975

Age21 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Festa76

Gianluca Festa

Italy

B.date12/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Cox105

Neil Cox

England

B.date08/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Pearson

Nigel Pearson

England

B.date21/08/1963

Age33 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Kinder

Vladimir Kinder

Slovakia

B.date14/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Emerson

Brazil

B.date12/04/1972

Age25 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hignett105

Craig Hignett

England

B.date12/01/1970

Age27 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Mustoe

Robbie Mustoe

England

B.date28/08/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Blackmore

Clayton Blackmore

Wales

B.date23/09/1964

Age32 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Juninho Paulista

Brazil

B.date22/02/1973

Age24 years

H1m67

positionPlaymaker

Ravanelli

Fabrizio Ravanelli

Italy

B.date11/12/1968

Age28 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ben Roberts		21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gianluca Festa	76	28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Cox	105	25	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Pearson		33	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vladimir Kinder		28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emerson		25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Hignett	105	27	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Mustoe		28	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clayton Blackmore		32	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Juninho Paulista		24	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fabrizio Ravanelli		28	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		James Lawrence	109	27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Mark Robins	117	27	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Steve Vickers	76	29	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Moore	105	22	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikkel Beck	105	23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Spencer Prior

Matt Elliott

OUT

Muzzy Izzet

James Lawrence

OUT

Pontus Kaamark

Steve Guppy

OUT

Steve Claridge

Ian Marshall

OUT

Steve Walsh

Julian Watts

OUT

Emile Heskey

Mark Robins

OUT

Garry Parker

Scott Taylor

OUT

Simon Grayson

Colin Hill

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Neil Cox

Steve Vickers

OUT

Nigel Pearson

Mikkel Beck

OUT

Clayton Blackmore

Curtis Fleming

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

O'Neill vs Middlesbrough

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 16, 1997

O'Neill vs Robson

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 16, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Bryan Robson

144

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Robson vs Leicester

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 16, 1997

Robson vs O'Neill

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 16, 1997

Referee

Martin Bodenham

2 victories	3 draws	1 loss	Leicester6 matches	General total	Middlesbrough3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Leicester2 matches	Season total	Middlesbrough2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 29, 1998					Latest figure on April 16, 1997

Videos

January 07, 2014

Comments

Key figures

Middlesbrough keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded in League Cup running (since 12/03/1997).

Leicester keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Middlesbrough in League Cup running (since 08/10/1974). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Leicester after 5 matches with at least one goal conceded surterrainneutre (since 25/05/1992). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

LSwindon Town 4-3 Leicester31/05/1993

VLeicester 2-1 Derby County30/05/1994

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Leicester24/10/1995

VStoke City 0-1 Leicester15/05/1996

VLeicester 2-1 Crystal Palace27/05/1996

DLeicester 1-1 Middlesbrough06/04/1997

Overall

LLeicester 1-3 Middlesbrough15/03/1997

DLeicester 1-1 Tottenham19/03/1997

DSouthampton 2-2 Leicester22/03/1997

DLeicester 1-1 Middlesbrough06/04/1997

DEverton 1-1 Leicester09/04/1997

LArsenal 2-0 Leicester12/04/1997

Current form

Neutral ground

LMiddlesbrough 1-2 Cardiff City19/01/1994

VMiddlesbrough 4-1 Scarborough27/09/1994

LMiddlesbrough 1-2 Swansea17/01/1995

VDerby County 0-2 Middlesbrough09/03/1997

DLeicester 1-1 Middlesbrough06/04/1997

DMiddlesbrough 3-3 Chesterfield13/04/1997

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Blackburn19/03/1997

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Chelsea22/03/1997

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Nottingham Forest26/03/1997

DLeicester 1-1 Middlesbrough06/04/1997

DWest Ham 0-0 Middlesbrough09/04/1997

DMiddlesbrough 3-3 Chesterfield13/04/1997

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	1	8
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	7

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Winless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	8	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
5	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	1

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.88
0.38	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.63

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	13
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Emile Heskey	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Fabrizio Ravanelli
Emile Heskey	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Fabrizio Ravanelli
Garry Parker	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Fabrizio Ravanelli
Emile Heskey	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	9 goals during the last 8 matches	Fabrizio Ravanelli

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

15 v

11 d

5 l

52 gf

39 ga

Away

35 matches

10 v

6 d

19 l

44 gf

68 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

67 matches

25 v

18 d

24 l

97 gf

108 ga

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

19 v

6 d

10 l

68 gf

44 ga

Away

31 matches

5 v

11 d

15 l

39 gf

52 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

67 matches

24 v

18 d

25 l

108 gf

97 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	January 03, 1925
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	September 29, 1990
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

April 06, 1997 - League Cup 1996/1997

Leicester

1 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

March 15, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Leicester

1 - 3

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

December 03, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Middlesbrough

0 - 2

Leicester

March 12, 1994 - First Division 1993/1994

Leicester

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

September 29, 1993 - First Division 1993/1994

Middlesbrough

2 - 0

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Frank Worthington	3 goals	1975 - 1977
Billy Hughes	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Steve Earle	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Muzzy Izzet	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Kevin MacDonald	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Steve Kember	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/12/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Alan Foggon	2 goals	1974 - 1974
John Craggs	1 goal	1977 - 1977
David Mills	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Fabrizio Ravanelli	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Clayton Blackmore	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Mikkel Beck	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/12/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Stephen Whitworth	9 matches	1974 - 1978
Mark Wallington	9 matches	1975 - 1980
Jon Sammels	8 matches	1974 - 1977
Keith Weller	8 matches	1974 - 1978
Dennis Rofe	7 matches	1974 - 1977
Frank Worthington	7 matches	1974 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/10/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

David Armstrong	10 matches	1974 - 1980
John Craggs	9 matches	1974 - 1980
Graeme Souness	7 matches	1974 - 1977
Jim Platt	7 matches	1974 - 1980
Stuart Boam	7 matches	1974 - 1978
David Mills	6 matches	1975 - 1978