This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of

Leicester 2-3 Man United - March 25, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.

Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 34

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

March 25, 1978

2 - 3

Man United

Geoffrey Salmons

Dean Smith

Jimmy Greenhoff

Stuart Pearson

Gordon Hill

logo Leicester LEI

0' - Goal Geoffrey Salmons photo Dean Smith

0' - Goal Dean Smith0

0' - Goal Jimmy Greenhoff photo Stuart Pearson

0' - Goal Stuart Pearson photo Gordon Hill

0' - Goal Gordon Hill

logo Leicester LEI

logo Manchester United MU

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

2 - 3

Man United

Leicester Man United

Team line-ups

Leicester

Wallington

Mark Wallington

England

B.date17/09/1952

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Webb

David Webb

England

B.date09/04/1946

Age31 years

positionDefender

Goodwin

Mark Goodwin

England

B.date23/02/1960

Age18 years

positionDefender

Williams

Thomas Williams

England

B.date18/12/1957

Age20 years

positionDefender

Whitworth

Stephen Whitworth

England

B.date20/03/1952

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

Kelly

Eddie Kelly

Scotland

B.date07/02/1951

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Kember

Steve Kember

England

B.date08/12/1948

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Salmons0

Geoffrey Salmons

England

B.date14/01/1948

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Weller

Keith Weller

England

B.date11/06/1946

Age31 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Hughes

Billy Hughes

Scotland

B.date30/12/1948

Age29 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Smith0

Dean Smith

England

B.date28/11/1958

Age19 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Wallington	25	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Webb	31	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Goodwin	18	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Williams	20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Whitworth	26	306	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Kelly	27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Kember	29	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Geoffrey Salmons	30	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Weller	31	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy Hughes	29	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Smith	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age35 years

positionGoalkeeper

Houston

Stewart Houston

Scotland

B.date20/08/1949

Age28 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Greenhoff

Brian Greenhoff

England

B.date28/04/1953

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

McQueen

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age21 years

positionRight full-back

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age28 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age22 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Greenhoff0

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age31 years

positionStriker

Pearson0

Stuart Pearson

England

B.date21/06/1949

Age28 years

positionForward

Hill0

Gordon Hill

England

B.date01/04/1954

Age23 years

positionLeft Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney	35	482	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stewart Houston	28	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Greenhoff	24	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen	25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl	21	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari	28	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy	23	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell	22	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff	31	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stuart Pearson	28	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Hill	23	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

165

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Goodwin

Dennis Rofe

OUT

Steve Kember

Roger Davies

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank McLintock

Success rate in this team:

11 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

11 %

McLintock vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 25, 1978

McLintock vs Sexton

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 25, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Sexton vs Leicester

11 victories

5 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 25, 1978

Sexton vs McLintock

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 25, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Sammy McIlroy played his game number 10 vs in his professional career

End of streak for Leicester after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Man United (since 24/04/1976). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 04/10/1975

End of streak for Leicester after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Man United at home in Premier League (since 05/09/1973). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 21/01/1961

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLeicester 0-0 Middlesbrough26/12/1977

LLeicester 0-1 Manchester City02/01/1978

DLeicester 0-0 Queens Park Rangers21/01/1978

DLeicester 1-1 Arsenal11/02/1978

VLeicester 1-0 Wolverhampton25/02/1978

DLeicester 2-2 Norwich City18/03/1978

Overall

DLeicester 1-1 Arsenal11/02/1978

VLeicester 1-0 Wolverhampton25/02/1978

DAston Villa 0-0 Leicester04/03/1978

LCoventry 1-0 Leicester11/03/1978

LNottingham Forest 1-0 Leicester14/03/1978

DLeicester 2-2 Norwich City18/03/1978

Current form

Away

DCarlisle United 1-1 Manchester United07/01/1978

VIpswich Town 1-2 Manchester United14/01/1978

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-2 Manchester United01/02/1978

DChelsea 2-2 Manchester United11/02/1978

LLiverpool 3-1 Manchester United25/02/1978

DNewcastle United 2-2 Manchester United11/03/1978

Overall

LLiverpool 3-1 Manchester United25/02/1978

LManchester United 0-1 Leeds United01/03/1978

DManchester United 0-0 Middlesbrough04/03/1978

DNewcastle United 2-2 Manchester United11/03/1978

DManchester United 2-2 Manchester City15/03/1978

DManchester United 1-1 West Bromwich Albion18/03/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Winless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	3	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	4	10
Scoring streak	6	3
Conceding streak	18	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	33
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
3	Victories (Competition total)	11
3	Victories (Home / Away)	4
12	Draws (Competition total)	9
7	Draws (Home / Away)	4
18	Losses (Competition total)	13
6	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	26
48	Goals conceded (Competition total)	51
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	32
0.45	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.52
0.63	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.63
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.55
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	23
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	14
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
21	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
8	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	13
0-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (4 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Thomas Williams	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Gordon Hill
Thomas Williams	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Gordon Hill
Jon Sammels	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	Gordon Hill
Jon Sammels	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Gordon Hill
Thomas Williams	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Gordon Hill

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

23 v

9 d

11 l

81 gf

66 ga

Away

43 matches

5 v

11 d

27 l

50 gf

100 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

87 matches

28 v

20 d

39 l

132 gf

169 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

27 v

11 d

5 l

100 gf

50 ga

Away

43 matches

11 v

9 d

23 l

66 gf

81 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

87 matches

39 v

20 d

28 l

169 gf

132 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	January 21, 1961
Home	6 - 0	January 21, 1961

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 13, 1965
Away	5 - 0	November 13, 1965

Latest head to head

December 27, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Man United

3 - 1

Leicester

April 16, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Man United

1 - 1

Leicester

November 20, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Leicester

1 - 1

Man United

April 24, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Leicester

2 - 1

Man United

February 14, 1976 - FA Cup 1975/1976

Leicester

1 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ken Keyworth	9 goals	1961 - 1964
Mike Stringfellow	5 goals	1964 - 1973
Jimmy Walsh	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Alan Birchenall	2 goals	1971 - 1972
Chris Garland	2 goals	1976 - 1976
David Nish	2 goals	1968 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Denis Law	13 goals	1963 - 1971
David Herd	10 goals	1963 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	7 goals	1957 - 1967
Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1957 - 1961
George Best	5 goals	1965 - 1972
Albert Scanlon	3 goals	1957 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Graham Cross	19 matches	1963 - 1973
Mike Stringfellow	15 matches	1962 - 1973
Gordon Banks	15 matches	1960 - 1967
Richie Norman	15 matches	1960 - 1967
Dave Gibson	14 matches	1963 - 1969
John Sjoberg	13 matches	1963 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Bobby Charlton	26 matches	1957 - 1972
Bill Foulkes	22 matches	1957 - 1969
Tony Dunne	17 matches	1962 - 1972
George Best	15 matches	1964 - 1972
Alex Stepney	15 matches	1966 - 1977
Nobby Stiles	14 matches	1961 - 1969