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Leeds United 1-3 WBA - October 14, 1978 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 10

Elland Road - Leeds - England

October 14, 1978

1 - 3

WBA

Byron Stevenson

Tony Brown

Cyrille Regis

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0' - Goal Byron Stevenson0

0' - Goal Tony Brown photo Cyrille Regis

0' - Goal Cyrille Regis photo Cyrille Regis

0' - Goal Cyrille Regis

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46' - Substitution Derek Stathamis substituted by Willie Johnston

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leeds United

1 - 3

WBA

Leeds United WBA

Team line-ups

Leeds United

Harvey

David Harvey

Scotland

B.date07/02/1948

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Stevenson0

Byron Stevenson

Wales

B.date07/09/1956

Age22 years

positionDefender

Madeley

Paul Madeley

England

B.date20/09/1944

Age34 years

positionDefender

Cherry

Trevor Cherry

England

B.date23/02/1948

Age30 years

positionDefender

Hart

Paul Hart

England

B.date04/05/1953

Age25 years

positionDefender

Frank Gray

Scotland

B.date27/10/1954

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Flynn

Brian Flynn

Wales

B.date21/10/1955

Age22 years

H1m61

positionMidfield

Graham

Arthur Graham

Scotland

B.date26/10/1952

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Currie

Tony Currie

England

B.date01/01/1950

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Eddie Gray

Scotland

B.date17/01/1948

Age30 years

positionLeft Winger

Hankin

Ray Hankin

England

B.date21/02/1956

Age22 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	David Harvey	30	283	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Byron Stevenson	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Madeley	34	571	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Cherry	30	265	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Hart	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Gray	23	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Flynn	22	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arthur Graham	25	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Currie	28	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eddie Gray	30	365	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ray Hankin	22	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

174

WBA

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Statham46

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age19 years

positionDefender

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Ally Brown

Scotland

B.date12/04/1951

Age27 years

positionDefender

Batson

Brendon Batson

England

B.date06/02/1953

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Cantello

Len Cantello

England

B.date11/09/1951

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age31 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Tony Brown0

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age33 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Regis00

Cyrille Regis

England

B.date09/02/1958

Age20 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Cunningham

Laurie Cunningham

England

B.date08/03/1956

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Godden		23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham	46	19	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson		26	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Brown		27	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brendon Batson		25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Len Cantello		27	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson		21	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile		31	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown		33	439	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cyrille Regis		20	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Laurie Cunningham		22	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

130

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Willie Johnston	46	31	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tony Currie

Carl Harris

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Len Cantello

John Trewick

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Atkinson vs Leeds United

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 14, 1978

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Key figures

Leeds United keeps its 19 consecutive matches without a draw at home in Premier League running (since 19/11/1977). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 01/03/1930 (17 matches)

The last time Cyrille Regis scored at least 2 goals during the same game in Premier League with West Bromwich Albion , it was on the 25/04/1978 (avec West Bromwich Albion vs Everton )

WBA keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 13/09/1978). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 06/10/1976-18/12/1976 time period (5 matches).

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LLeeds United 2-3 Manchester United23/08/1978

VLeeds United 3-0 Wolverhampton26/08/1978

DLeeds United 0-0 West Bromwich Albion06/09/1978

LLeeds United 1-2 Tottenham16/09/1978

VLeeds United 3-0 Birmingham City30/09/1978

VLeeds United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion02/10/1978

Overall

LLeeds United 1-2 Tottenham16/09/1978

DCoventry 0-0 Leeds United23/09/1978

VLeeds United 3-0 Birmingham City30/09/1978

VLeeds United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion02/10/1978

VSheffield United 1-4 Leeds United04/10/1978

LBolton Wanderers 3-1 Leeds United07/10/1978

Current form

Away

DNottingham Forest 0-0 West Bromwich Albion02/09/1978

DLeeds United 0-0 West Bromwich Albion06/09/1978

VGalatasaray 1-3 West Bromwich Albion13/09/1978

LDerby County 3-2 West Bromwich Albion16/09/1978

VChelsea 1-3 West Bromwich Albion30/09/1978

LLeeds United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion02/10/1978

Overall

LDerby County 3-2 West Bromwich Albion16/09/1978

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Liverpool23/09/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Galatasaray27/09/1978

VChelsea 1-3 West Bromwich Albion30/09/1978

LLeeds United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion02/10/1978

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Tottenham07/10/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	4
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	4	4
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	4	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	9
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
3	Victories (Competition total)	4
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
4	Losses (Competition total)	2
2	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	9
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
3-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (1 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

Frank Gray	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Cyrille Regis
Frank Gray	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Cyrille Regis
Frank Gray	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Frank Gray	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Arthur Graham	3 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 9 matches	Cyrille Regis

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

16 v

8 d

8 l

58 gf

32 ga

Away

29 matches

9 v

6 d

14 l

33 gf

46 ga

Total

61 matches

25 v

14 d

22 l

91 gf

78 ga

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

14 v

6 d

9 l

46 gf

33 ga

Away

32 matches

8 v

8 d

16 l

32 gf

58 ga

Total

61 matches

22 v

14 d

25 l

78 gf

91 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 18, 1967
Home	5 - 0	February 18, 1967

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	February 06, 1960
Away	4 - 1	February 06, 1960

Latest head to head

October 02, 1978 - League Cup 1978/1979

Leeds United

1 - 0

WBA

September 06, 1978 - League Cup 1978/1979

Leeds United

0 - 0

WBA

August 29, 1978 - League Cup 1978/1979

WBA

0 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

December 31, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

WBA

1 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

August 24, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Leeds United

2 - 2

WBA

Best historical scorers against WBA

Johnny Giles	10 goals	1965 - 1972
Allan Clarke	7 goals	1970 - 1976
Eddie Gray	4 goals	1968 - 1977
Alan Peacock	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Mick Jones	3 goals	1969 - 1970
Gordon McQueen	2 goals	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1937. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

Jeff Astle	6 goals	1966 - 1971
Tony Brown	5 goals	1966 - 1977
Ronald Allen	2 goals	1959 - 1959
David Burnside	2 goals	1960 - 1960
David Cross	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Derek Kevan	2 goals	1958 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1937. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Paul Reaney	22 matches	1964 - 1977
Jack Charlton	21 matches	1956 - 1972
Norman Hunter	19 matches	1964 - 1976
Paul Madeley	18 matches	1966 - 1977
Billy Bremner	18 matches	1960 - 1973
Peter Lorimer	17 matches	1965 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1937. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leeds United

Tony Brown	19 matches	1966 - 1977
Bobby Hope	13 matches	1964 - 1972
Jeff Astle	13 matches	1964 - 1973
Doug Fraser	12 matches	1964 - 1970
Asa Hartford	11 matches	1968 - 1973
John Kaye	11 matches	1965 - 1971