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WBA 2-0 Leicester - November 05, 1977 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 14

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

November 05, 1977

WBA

2 - 0

Leicester

Tony Brown

David Cross

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

0' - Goal Tony Brown photo David Cross

0' - Goal David Cross0

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

46' - Substitution Brian Aldersonis substituted by Thomas Williams

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

WBA

2 - 0

Leicester

WBA Leicester

Team line-ups

WBA

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Statham

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age18 years

positionDefender

Mulligan

Paddy Mulligan

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/03/1945

Age32 years

positionRight full-back

Cantello

Len Cantello

England

B.date11/09/1951

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age30 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Brown0

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age32 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Cunningham

Laurie Cunningham

England

B.date08/03/1956

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft Winger

Cross0

David Cross

England

B.date08/12/1950

Age26 years

positionForward

Johnston

Willie Johnston

Scotland

B.date19/12/1946

Age30 years

positionLeft Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Godden	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson	25	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham	18	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paddy Mulligan	32	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Len Cantello	26	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson	20	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile	30	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown	32	403	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Laurie Cunningham	21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Cross	26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Johnston	30	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

105

Leicester

Wallington

Mark Wallington

England

B.date17/09/1952

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Rofe

Dennis Rofe

England

B.date01/06/1950

Age27 years

positionDefender

Blockley

Jeff Blockley

England

B.date12/09/1949

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Webb

David Webb

England

B.date09/04/1946

Age31 years

positionDefender

Whitworth

Stephen Whitworth

England

B.date20/03/1952

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Kember

Steve Kember

England

B.date08/12/1948

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Salmons

Geoffrey Salmons

England

B.date14/01/1948

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Sammels

Jon Sammels

England

B.date23/07/1945

Age32 years

positionMidfield

Weller

Keith Weller

England

B.date11/06/1946

Age31 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Alderson46

Brian Alderson

Scotland

B.date05/05/1950

Age27 years

positionForward

Waddle

Alan Waddle

England

B.date09/06/1954

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Wallington		25	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Rofe		27	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Blockley		28	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Webb		31	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Whitworth		25	293	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Kember		28	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Geoffrey Salmons		29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jon Sammels		32	251	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Weller		31	246	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Alderson	46	27	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Waddle		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

129

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Thomas Williams	46	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Allen

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Allen vs Leicester

2 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on November 05, 1977

Allen vs McLintock

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 05, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank McLintock

Success rate in this team:

7 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

7 %

McLintock vs WBA

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 05, 1977

McLintock vs Allen

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 05, 1977

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Comments

Key figures

The last time WBA has ended with the score 2-0 at home, It was on the 28/08/1976 (vs )

WBA keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 24/09/1977).

Leicester keeps its 4 matches without scoring any goal away from home running (since 01/10/1977).

Read the next 2 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Middlesbrough03/09/1977

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Wolverhampton17/09/1977

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Birmingham City24/09/1977

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Ipswich Town08/10/1977

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Manchester United22/10/1977

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Watford25/10/1977

Overall

LEverton 3-1 West Bromwich Albion04/10/1977

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Ipswich Town08/10/1977

DDerby County 1-1 West Bromwich Albion15/10/1977

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Manchester United22/10/1977

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Watford25/10/1977

LQueens Park Rangers 2-1 West Bromwich Albion29/10/1977

Current form

Away

LPortsmouth 2-0 Leicester30/08/1977

LQueens Park Rangers 3-0 Leicester03/09/1977

LArsenal 2-1 Leicester17/09/1977

LWolverhampton 3-0 Leicester01/10/1977

DChelsea 0-0 Leicester05/10/1977

LNorwich City 2-0 Leicester22/10/1977

Overall

LWolverhampton 3-0 Leicester01/10/1977

DChelsea 0-0 Leicester05/10/1977

LLeicester 0-2 Aston Villa08/10/1977

LLeicester 1-2 Coventry15/10/1977

LNorwich City 2-0 Leicester22/10/1977

DLeicester 0-0 Leeds United29/10/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	9	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	3
Scoring streak	10	12
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	12	12
Drawless streak	1	0
Goalless streak	3	2
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

13	Number of games (Competition total)	13
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
7	Victories (Competition total)	1
5	Victories (Home / Away)	0
3	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	8
0	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	22
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.92	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.31
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.17
1.23	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.69
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
3-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (2 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Tony Brown	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Frank Worthington
Tony Brown	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Frank Worthington
Tony Brown	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jon Sammels
Tony Brown	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
David Cross	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	Jon Sammels

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

21 v

6 d

7 l

78 gf

38 ga

Away

36 matches

11 v

8 d

17 l

50 gf

66 ga

Total

70 matches

32 v

14 d

24 l

128 gf

104 ga

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

17 v

8 d

11 l

66 gf

50 ga

Away

34 matches

7 v

6 d

21 l

38 gf

78 ga

Total

70 matches

24 v

14 d

32 l

104 gf

128 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	March 13, 1965
Home	6 - 0	March 13, 1965

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 25, 1926
Away	3 - 1	February 14, 1948

Latest head to head

May 07, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Leicester

0 - 5

WBA

December 11, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

WBA

2 - 2

Leicester

April 07, 1973 - Division 1 1972/1973

WBA

1 - 0

Leicester

December 02, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Leicester

3 - 1

WBA

February 12, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Leicester

0 - 1

WBA

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Jeff Astle	6 goals	1965 - 1973
Clive Clark	5 goals	1961 - 1968
Ken Foggo	3 goals	1963 - 1966
Tony Brown	3 goals	1968 - 1977
Mick Martin	2 goals	1977 - 1977
John Kaye	2 goals	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

Graham Cross	3 goals	1962 - 1969
Frank Worthington	3 goals	1972 - 1972
Derek Dougan	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Keith Weller	2 goals	1971 - 1976
Steve Sims	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Jack Lornie	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Clive Clark	15 matches	1961 - 1968
Tony Brown	15 matches	1964 - 1977
Jeff Astle	12 matches	1964 - 1973
Stan Jones	12 matches	1961 - 1966
John Kaye	11 matches	1963 - 1968
Bobby Hope	11 matches	1961 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Graham Cross	19 matches	1962 - 1973
Richie Norman	15 matches	1960 - 1967
John Sjoberg	15 matches	1963 - 1972
Dave Gibson	14 matches	1962 - 1968
Peter Shilton	13 matches	1966 - 1973
Gordon Banks	11 matches	1960 - 1966