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Ipswich Town 1-0 Leicester - December 17, 1977 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 20

Portman Road - Ipswich - England

December 17, 1977

Ipswich Town

1 - 0

Leicester

Trevor Whymark

logo Ipswich Town IT

0' - Goal Trevor Whymark0

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46' - Substitution Les Tibbottis substituted by David Geddis46

46' - Substitution Kevin Farmeris substituted by Jon Sammels

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ipswich Town

1 - 0

Leicester

Ipswich Town Leicester

Team line-ups

Ipswich Town

Cooper

Paul Cooper

England

B.date21/12/1953

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Stirk

John Stirk

England

B.date05/09/1955

Age22 years

positionDefender

Osman

Russell Osman

England

B.date14/02/1959

Age18 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Mills

Mick Mills

England

B.date04/01/1949

Age28 years

H1m71

positionCentral defender

Hunter

Allan Hunter

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1946

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Tibbott46

Les Tibbott

Wales

B.date25/08/1955

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Osborne

Roger Osborne

England

B.date09/03/1950

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Whymark0

Trevor Whymark

England

B.date04/05/1950

Age27 years

positionForward

Mariner

Paul Mariner

England

B.date22/05/1953

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Gates

Eric Gates

England

B.date28/06/1955

Age22 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Cooper		23	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Stirk		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Russell Osman		18	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Mills		28	398	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Hunter		31	268	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Les Tibbott	46	22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roger Osborne		27	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot		24	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Trevor Whymark		27	267	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Mariner		24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eric Gates		22	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

135

Leicester

Wallington

Mark Wallington

England

B.date17/09/1952

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Sims

Steve Sims

England

B.date02/07/1957

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Goodwin

Mark Goodwin

England

B.date23/02/1960

Age17 years

positionDefender

Rofe

Dennis Rofe

England

B.date01/06/1950

Age27 years

positionDefender

Williams

Thomas Williams

England

B.date18/12/1957

Age19 years

positionDefender

Woollett

Alan Woollett

England

B.date04/03/1947

Age30 years

positionDefender

Kelly

Eddie Kelly

Scotland

B.date07/02/1951

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Weller

Keith Weller

England

B.date11/06/1946

Age31 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Farmer46

Kevin Farmer

England

B.date24/01/1960

Age17 years

positionForward

Davies

Roger Davies

England

B.date25/10/1950

Age27 years

H1m91

positionForward

White

Winston White

England

B.date26/10/1958

Age19 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Wallington		25	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Sims		20	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Goodwin		17	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Rofe		27	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Williams		19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Woollett		30	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Kelly		26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Weller		31	252	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Farmer	46	17	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roger Davies		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Winston White		19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		David Geddis	46	19	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Jon Sammels	46	32	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Roger Osborne

Colin Viljoen

OUT

John Stirk

Clive Woods

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Goodwin

David Webb

OUT

Kevin Farmer

Brian Alderson

OUT

Alan Woollett

Jon Sammels

OUT

Winston White

Steve Kember

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Robson

446

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Robson vs Leicester

4 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 17, 1977

Robson vs McLintock

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 17, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank McLintock

Success rate in this team:

10 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

10 %

McLintock vs Ipswich Town

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 17, 1977

McLintock vs Robson

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 17, 1977

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Trevor Whymark scores a goal vs in his professional career with since the 18/10/1975 (with vs )

The last time Ipswich Town has ended with the score 1-0 vs Leicester at home in Premier League, It was on the 26/12/1961

End of streak for Ipswich Town after 4 consecutive matches without a win vs Leicester (since 18/10/1975). It was the best streak for the club since 11/09/1971-19/01/1974 (6 matches).

Read the next 5 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LIpswich Town 0-2 West Ham29/10/1977

VIpswich Town 1-0 Manchester City05/11/1977

DIpswich Town 3-3 Everton19/11/1977

VIpswich Town 3-0 FC Barcelona23/11/1977

LIpswich Town 1-2 Manchester City29/11/1977

VIpswich Town 2-0 Aston Villa03/12/1977

Overall

VIpswich Town 3-0 FC Barcelona23/11/1977

DWolverhampton 0-0 Ipswich Town26/11/1977

LIpswich Town 1-2 Manchester City29/11/1977

LFC Barcelona 3-0 Ipswich Town01/12/1977

VIpswich Town 2-0 Aston Villa03/12/1977

LBristol City 2-0 Ipswich Town10/12/1977

Current form

Away

LWolverhampton 3-0 Leicester01/10/1977

DChelsea 0-0 Leicester05/10/1977

LNorwich City 2-0 Leicester22/10/1977

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Leicester05/11/1977

DBirmingham City 1-1 Leicester19/11/1977

LNewcastle United 2-0 Leicester03/12/1977

Overall

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Leicester05/11/1977

VLeicester 2-1 Ipswich Town12/11/1977

DBirmingham City 1-1 Leicester19/11/1977

LLeicester 0-4 Liverpool26/11/1977

LNewcastle United 2-0 Leicester03/12/1977

DLeicester 1-1 Derby County10/12/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	4
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	15	4
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	4	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	19
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
6	Victories (Competition total)	2
6	Victories (Home / Away)	0
7	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
6	Losses (Competition total)	11
1	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

20	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
22	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.05	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.42
1.78	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.22
1.16	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.74
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (3 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

Paul Mariner	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Frank Worthington
Trevor Whymark	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Frank Worthington
Trevor Whymark	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jon Sammels
Trevor Whymark	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Trevor Whymark	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Eddie Kelly

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

3 v

4 d

3 l

9 gf

10 ga

Away

12 matches

3 v

2 d

7 l

10 gf

19 ga

Total

22 matches

6 v

6 d

10 l

19 gf

29 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

7 v

2 d

3 l

19 gf

10 ga

Away

10 matches

3 v

4 d

3 l

10 gf

9 ga

Total

22 matches

10 v

6 d

6 l

29 gf

19 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	August 17, 1968
Home	2 - 1	March 29, 1975

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 19, 1974
Away	2 - 0	September 30, 1972

Latest head to head

November 12, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Leicester

2 - 1

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

February 19, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Leicester

1 - 0

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

September 11, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Ipswich Town

0 - 0

Leicester

November 22, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Leicester

0 - 0

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

October 18, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Ipswich Town

1 - 1

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Raymond Crawford	3 goals	1961 - 1968
Mick Lambert	2 goals	1969 - 1973
Trevor Whymark	2 goals	1974 - 1975
Colin Viljoen	2 goals	1969 - 1975
Frank Clarke	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Daniel Hegan	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ipswich Town

Frank Worthington	5 goals	1972 - 1975
Mike Stringfellow	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Jon Sammels	2 goals	1971 - 1973
Frank McLintock	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Graham Cross	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Dave Gibson	1 goal	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Mick Mills	15 matches	1968 - 1977
Allan Hunter	12 matches	1971 - 1977
Trevor Whymark	12 matches	1972 - 1977
Colin Viljoen	9 matches	1968 - 1975
Clive Woods	8 matches	1969 - 1977
Bryan Hamilton	8 matches	1972 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ipswich Town

Graham Cross	13 matches	1962 - 1975
Stephen Whitworth	13 matches	1971 - 1977
Keith Weller	12 matches	1972 - 1977
Dennis Rofe	10 matches	1972 - 1977
Frank Worthington	10 matches	1972 - 1977
Jon Sammels	10 matches	1971 - 1977