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Leicester 1-2 Arsenal - January 17, 1973 / FA Cup 1972/1973

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FA Cup 1972/1973 - 3rd round

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

January 17, 1973

33 000

Leicester

1 - 2

Arsenal

John Farrington

45'

Eddie Kelly

John Radford

logo Leicester LEI

0' - Goal Eddie Kelly photo John Radford

0' - Goal John Radford

45' - Goal John Farrington photo David Tomlin

45' - Substitution Alan Birchenallis substituted by David Tomlin45

logo Leicester LEI

logo Arsenal ARS

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

1 - 2

Arsenal

Leicester Arsenal

Team line-ups

Leicester

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age23 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Farrington45

John Farrington

England

B.date19/06/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

Cross

Graham Cross

England

B.date15/11/1943

Age29 years

positionDefender

Woollett

Alan Woollett

England

B.date04/03/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

Rofe

Dennis Rofe

England

B.date01/06/1950

Age22 years

positionDefender

Manley

Malcolm Manley

Scotland

B.date01/12/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Whitworth

Stephen Whitworth

England

B.date20/03/1952

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

Birchenall45

Alan Birchenall

England

B.date22/08/1945

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Weller

Keith Weller

England

B.date11/06/1946

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Glover

Leonard Glover

England

B.date31/01/1944

Age28 years

positionLeft Winger

Worthington

Frank Worthington

England

B.date23/11/1948

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		23	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Farrington	45	25	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Cross		29	367	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Woollett		25	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Rofe		22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Manley		23	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Whitworth		20	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Birchenall	45	27	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Weller		26	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leonard Glover		28	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Worthington		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

109

Arsenal

Wilson

Bob Wilson

Scotland

B.date30/10/1941

Age31 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Simpson

Peter Simpson

England

B.date13/01/1945

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Blockley

Jeff Blockley

England

B.date12/09/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

McNab

Robert McNab

England

B.date20/07/1943

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Storey

Peter Storey

England

B.date07/09/1945

Age27 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kelly0

Eddie Kelly

Scotland

B.date07/02/1951

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Ball

Alan Ball

England

B.date12/05/1945

Age27 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

Armstrong

George Armstrong

England

B.date09/08/1944

Age28 years

positionRight Winger

Radford0

John Radford

England

B.date22/02/1947

Age25 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bob Wilson	31	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Simpson	28	273	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Blockley	23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice	23	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert McNab	29	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Storey	27	306	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Kelly	21	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy	21	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Ball	27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Armstrong	28	383	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Radford	25	317	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

197

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Tomlin	45	19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Malcolm Manley

John Sjoberg

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Bloomfield

Success rate in this team:

28 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

25 %

Bloomfield vs Arsenal

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 17, 1973

Bloomfield vs Mee

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 17, 1973

Manager

Age

Match num

Bertie Mee

376

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Mee vs Leicester

6 victories

5 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 17, 1973

Mee vs Bloomfield

3 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on January 17, 1973

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Comments

Key figures

Leicester keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win running (since 01/01/1973).

Arsenal keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a loss away from home in FA Cup running (since 06/01/1971). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 02/03/1957 (5 matches)

The last time Leicester has ended with the score 1-2 at home in FA Cup, It was on the 12/03/1960 (vs )

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LLeicester 1-2 Norwich City21/10/1972

DLeicester 2-2 Manchester United04/11/1972

LLeicester 0-1 Tottenham18/11/1972

VLeicester 3-1 West Bromwich Albion02/12/1972

VLeicester 2-1 Crystal Palace23/12/1972

VLeicester 2-1 West Ham30/12/1972

Overall

VLeicester 2-1 Crystal Palace23/12/1972

LWolverhampton 2-0 Leicester26/12/1972

VLeicester 2-1 West Ham30/12/1972

DNewcastle United 2-2 Leicester01/01/1973

LCoventry 3-2 Leicester06/01/1973

DArsenal 2-2 Leicester13/01/1973

Current form

Away

VSheffield United 1-2 Arsenal31/10/1972

VWolverhampton 1-3 Arsenal11/11/1972

LDerby County 5-0 Arsenal25/11/1972

VTottenham 1-2 Arsenal09/12/1972

DBirmingham City 1-1 Arsenal23/12/1972

DStoke City 0-0 Arsenal30/12/1972

Overall

VArsenal 2-1 West Bromwich Albion16/12/1972

DBirmingham City 1-1 Arsenal23/12/1972

VArsenal 2-0 Norwich City26/12/1972

DStoke City 0-0 Arsenal30/12/1972

VArsenal 3-1 Manchester United06/01/1973

DArsenal 2-2 Leicester13/01/1973

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	0	3
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	6	15

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	3	8
Winless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
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
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
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

	Frank Worthington	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Ray Kennedy
	Frank Worthington	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Ray Kennedy

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

15 v

13 d

14 l

71 gf

68 ga

Away

41 matches

5 v

14 d

22 l

49 gf

101 ga

Total

83 matches

20 v

27 d

36 l

120 gf

169 ga

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

22 v

14 d

5 l

101 gf

49 ga

Away

42 matches

14 v

13 d

15 l

68 gf

71 ga

Total

83 matches

36 v

27 d

20 l

169 gf

120 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	August 31, 1963
Home	7 - 2	August 31, 1963

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	December 15, 1934
Away	7 - 2	February 05, 1931

Latest head to head

January 13, 1973 - FA Cup 1972/1973

Arsenal

2 - 2

Leicester

August 12, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Leicester

0 - 1

Arsenal

April 04, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Leicester

0 - 0

Arsenal

September 25, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Arsenal

3 - 0

Leicester

March 15, 1971 - FA Cup 1970/1971

Arsenal

1 - 0

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Ken Keyworth	8 goals	1961 - 1963
Mike Stringfellow	4 goals	1963 - 1967
Frank McLintock	4 goals	1963 - 1964
Albert Cheesebrough	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Jackie Sinclair	2 goals	1966 - 1967
Dave Gibson	2 goals	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Joe Baker	4 goals	1962 - 1965
George Eastham	4 goals	1961 - 1965
Joe Hulme	4 goals	1934 - 1935
George Armstrong	3 goals	1965 - 1973
John Radford	3 goals	1967 - 1971
Bobby Gould	3 goals	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

John Sjoberg	17 matches	1963 - 1973
Graham Cross	16 matches	1963 - 1973
Gordon Banks	16 matches	1959 - 1967
Richie Norman	14 matches	1960 - 1967
Dave Gibson	13 matches	1962 - 1968
Colin Appleton	12 matches	1959 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

George Armstrong	14 matches	1963 - 1973
Terry Neill	12 matches	1961 - 1968
Peter Storey	12 matches	1965 - 1973
Frank McLintock	10 matches	1965 - 1972
Billy McCullough	10 matches	1959 - 1963
George Eastham	10 matches	1961 - 1966