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Watford 4-1 Leicester - December 29, 1984 / Division 1 1984/1985

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Division 1 1984/1985 - Round 22

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

December 29, 1984

Watford

4 - 1

Leicester

John Barnes

45'

Steve Terry

90'

George Reilly

90'

Worrell Sterling

90'

John O'Neill

logo Watford WAT

0' - Goal John O'Neill

45' - Goal John Barnes45

logo Watford WAT

46' - Substitution Jan Lohmanis substituted by Jimmy Gilligan46

90' - Goal Steve Terry photo George Reilly

90' - Goal George Reilly photo Worrell Sterling

90' - Goal Worrell Sterling90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

4 - 1

Leicester

Watford Leicester

Team line-ups

Watford

Coton

Tony Coton

England

B.date19/05/1961

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Sinnott

Lee Sinnott

England

B.date12/07/1965

Age19 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Terry90

Steve Terry

England

B.date14/06/1962

Age22 years

positionDefender

Rostron

Wilf Rostron

England

B.date29/09/1956

Age28 years

positionDefender

McClelland

John McClelland

Northern Ireland

B.date07/12/1955

Age29 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Lohman46

Jan Lohman

Netherlands

B.date18/02/1959

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Barnes45

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Taylor

Les Taylor

England

B.date04/12/1956

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Reilly90

George Reilly

Scotland

B.date14/09/1957

Age27 years

positionForward

Blissett

Luther Blissett

England

B.date01/02/1958

Age26 years

positionForward

Sterling90

Worrell Sterling

England

B.date08/06/1965

Age19 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Coton		23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Sinnott		19	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Terry	90	22	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Rostron		28	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McClelland		29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jan Lohman	46	25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes	45	21	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Les Taylor		28	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Reilly	90	27	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luther Blissett		26	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Worrell Sterling	90	19	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Leicester

Andrews

Ian Andrews

England

B.date01/12/1964

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

Feeley

Andrew Feeley

England

B.date30/09/1961

Age23 years

positionDefender

O'Neill0

John O'Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date11/03/1958

Age26 years

H1m82

positionDefender

Ramsey

Paul Ramsey

Northern Ireland

B.date13/09/1962

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Williams

Thomas Williams

England

B.date18/12/1957

Age27 years

positionDefender

Wilson

Ian Wilson

Scotland

B.date27/03/1958

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Banks

Ian Banks

England

B.date09/01/1961

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Bobby Smith

Scotland

B.date21/12/1953

Age31 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age22 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Lineker

Gary Lineker

England

B.date30/11/1960

Age24 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Lynex

Stephen Lynex

England

B.date23/01/1958

Age26 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Ian Andrews	20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andrew Feeley	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John O'Neill	26	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Ramsey	22	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Williams	27	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Wilson	26	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Banks	23	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Smith	31	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith	22	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Lineker	24	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stephen Lynex	26	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

137

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Jimmy Gilligan	46	20	25	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

Worrell Sterling

Nigel Callaghan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Ramsey

David Rennie

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

301

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Taylor vs Leicester

2 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 29, 1984

Taylor vs Milne

1 victory

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 29, 1984

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

115

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Milne vs Watford

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 1984

Milne vs Taylor

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 1984

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Key figures

No Leicester manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Gordon Milne has reached 1.73 goals conceded per game in Premier League.

It's the first time Worrell Sterling scores 1 goal vs Leicester in Premier League

End of streak for Watford after 3 consecutive matches without a win vs Leicester in Premier League (since 05/11/1983). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWatford 3-3 Newcastle United27/10/1984

VWatford 3-1 Sunderland10/11/1984

VWatford 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday17/11/1984

VWatford 4-1 West Bromwich Albion20/11/1984

VWatford 2-0 Nottingham Forest01/12/1984

LWatford 1-2 Tottenham15/12/1984

Overall

VStoke City 1-3 Watford24/11/1984

VWatford 2-0 Nottingham Forest01/12/1984

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Watford08/12/1984

LWatford 1-2 Tottenham15/12/1984

DArsenal 1-1 Watford22/12/1984

VSouthampton 1-2 Watford26/12/1984

Current form

Away

LSheffield Wednesday 5-0 Leicester20/10/1984

LLuton Town 3-1 Leicester30/10/1984

LEverton 3-0 Leicester03/11/1984

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Leicester25/11/1984

VSunderland 0-4 Leicester08/12/1984

VLiverpool 1-2 Leicester26/12/1984

Overall

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Leicester25/11/1984

VLeicester 4-0 Queens Park Rangers01/12/1984

VSunderland 0-4 Leicester08/12/1984

DLeicester 2-2 Luton Town15/12/1984

VLeicester 5-1 Coventry23/12/1984

VLiverpool 1-2 Leicester26/12/1984

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	6	14
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Drawless streak	9	2
Scoring streak	3	8
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
6	Victories (Competition total)	8
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
7	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
8	Losses (Competition total)	9
4	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

40	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
40	Goals conceded (Competition total)	39
20	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.9	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.9
2.1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.2
1.9	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.86
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.3

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
3-3 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (2 times)

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

Luther Blissett	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Gary Lineker
Luther Blissett	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Alan Smith
Luther Blissett	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Stephen Lynex
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Stephen Lynex
Luther Blissett	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	9 goals during the last 10 matches	Gary Lineker

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

9 gf

9 ga

Away

8 matches

0 v

3 d

5 l

8 gf

20 ga

Total

13 matches

2 v

4 d

7 l

17 gf

29 ga

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

5 v

3 d

0 l

20 gf

8 ga

Away

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

9 gf

9 ga

Total

13 matches

7 v

4 d

2 l

29 gf

17 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	May 08, 1982
Home	3 - 1	May 08, 1982

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	March 03, 1984
Away	3 - 1	November 03, 1979

Latest head to head

September 05, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Leicester

1 - 1

Watford

March 03, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

Leicester

4 - 1

Watford

November 05, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Watford

3 - 3

Leicester

May 08, 1982 - Division 2 1981/1982

Watford

3 - 1

Leicester

February 13, 1982 - FA Cup 1981/1982

Leicester

2 - 0

Watford

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Ian Richardson	2 goals	1983 - 1983
Les Taylor	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Nigel Callaghan	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Wilf Rostron	1 goal	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Gary Lineker	3 goals	1981 - 1984
Andy Peake	3 goals	1979 - 1984
Stephen Lynex	2 goals	1983 - 1983
Alan Young	2 goals	1979 - 1979
Bobby Smith	2 goals	1979 - 1979
Alan Smith	1 goal	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Nigel Callaghan	3 matches	1983 - 1984
John Barnes	3 matches	1983 - 1984
Steve Sherwood	3 matches	1983 - 1984
Wilf Rostron	3 matches	1983 - 1984
Les Taylor	2 matches	1984 - 1984
Mo Johnston	2 matches	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Mark Wallington	8 matches	1979 - 1984
Andy Peake	7 matches	1979 - 1984
Ian Wilson	6 matches	1979 - 1984
Stephen Lynex	6 matches	1981 - 1984
Gary Lineker	6 matches	1979 - 1984
John O'Neill	5 matches	1981 - 1984