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Leicester 1-4 Birmingham City - April 15, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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0' - Goal Geoffrey Salmons0

0' - Goal Garry Pendrey photo Trevor Francis

0' - Goal Trevor Francis photo Keith Bertschin

0' - Goal Keith Bertschin

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90' - Goal Terry Hibbitt photo John Connolly

90' - Substitution Terry Hibbittis substituted by John Connolly

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

1 - 4

Birmingham City

Leicester Birmingham City

Team line-ups

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

Age18 years

positionDefender

Webb

David Webb

England

B.date09/04/1946

Age32 years

positionDefender

Williams

Thomas Williams

England

B.date18/12/1957

Age20 years

positionDefender

Woollett

Alan Woollett

England

B.date04/03/1947

Age31 years

positionDefender

Whitworth

Stephen Whitworth

England

B.date20/03/1952

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

Salmons0

Geoffrey Salmons

England

B.date14/01/1948

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Hughes

Billy Hughes

Scotland

B.date30/12/1948

Age29 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

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	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Sims	20	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Goodwin	18	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Webb	32	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Williams	20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Woollett	31	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Whitworth	26	311	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Geoffrey Salmons	30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy Hughes	29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roger Davies	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Winston White	19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Montgomery

Jimmy Montgomery

England

B.date09/10/1943

Age34 years

positionGoalkeeper

Howard

Pat Howard

England

B.date07/10/1947

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Calderwood

Jimmy Calderwood

Scotland

B.date28/02/1955

Age23 years

positionDefender

Pendrey0

Garry Pendrey

England

B.date09/02/1949

Age29 years

positionDefender

Gallagher

Joe Gallagher

England

B.date11/01/1955

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Towers

Tony Towers

England

B.date13/04/1952

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Dillon

Kevin Dillon

England

B.date18/12/1959

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Francis0

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Hibbitt9090

Terry Hibbitt

England

B.date01/12/1947

Age30 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Fox

Steve Fox

England

B.date17/02/1958

Age20 years

positionLeft Winger

Bertschin0

Keith Bertschin

England

B.date25/08/1956

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Montgomery		34	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Howard		30	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Calderwood		23	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Pendrey		29	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Gallagher		23	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Towers		26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Dillon		18	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis		23	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Hibbitt	9090	30	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Fox		20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Keith Bertschin		21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		John Connolly	90	27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Roger Davies

Dean Smith

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Dillon

Malcolm Page

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ian McFarlane

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

McFarlane vs Birmingham City

1 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on April 15, 1978

McFarlane vs Smith

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 15, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Smith

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Smith vs Leicester

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 15, 1978

Smith vs McFarlane

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 15, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Leicester keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored vs Birmingham City at home in Premier League running (since 06/04/1974). It's a record streak. The first of history

Geoffrey Salmons played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

It's the first time Garry Pendrey scores 1 goal vs Leicester in Premier League

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

LLeicester 2-3 Manchester United25/03/1978

LLeicester 0-1 West Bromwich Albion01/04/1978

Overall

DLeicester 2-2 Norwich City18/03/1978

LLeicester 2-3 Manchester United25/03/1978

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Leicester27/03/1978

LLeeds United 5-1 Leicester28/03/1978

LLeicester 0-1 West Bromwich Albion01/04/1978

LLiverpool 3-2 Leicester08/04/1978

Current form

Away

LDerby County 2-1 Birmingham City01/02/1978

LCoventry 4-0 Birmingham City04/03/1978

DNewcastle United 1-1 Birmingham City15/03/1978

VDerby County 1-3 Birmingham City18/03/1978

VBristol City 0-1 Birmingham City25/03/1978

VWolverhampton 0-1 Birmingham City01/04/1978

Overall

DBirmingham City 1-1 Arsenal21/03/1978

VBristol City 0-1 Birmingham City25/03/1978

VBirmingham City 3-0 West Ham28/03/1978

VWolverhampton 0-1 Birmingham City01/04/1978

VBirmingham City 2-1 Norwich City08/04/1978

DBirmingham City 0-0 Ipswich Town11/04/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	3	3
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	3	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	8
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

38	Number of games (Competition total)	38
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
4	Victories (Competition total)	15
3	Victories (Home / Away)	7
12	Draws (Competition total)	7
7	Draws (Home / Away)	2
22	Losses (Competition total)	16
8	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
60	Goals conceded (Competition total)	55
26	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	29
0.55	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.32
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.06
1.58	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.45
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.61

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
22	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
9	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
0-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Thomas Williams	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	24 goals	Trevor Francis
Thomas Williams	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	10 goals	Trevor Francis
Billy Hughes	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Trevor Francis
Jon Sammels	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Trevor Francis
Billy Hughes	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	15 goals during the last 17 matches	Trevor Francis

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

25 v

11 d

14 l

103 gf

84 ga

Away

52 matches

14 v

9 d

29 l

61 gf

97 ga

Total

102 matches

39 v

20 d

43 l

164 gf

181 ga

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

29 v

9 d

14 l

97 gf

61 ga

Away

50 matches

14 v

11 d

25 l

84 gf

103 ga

Total

102 matches

43 v

20 d

39 l

181 gf

164 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	September 02, 1961
Home	4 - 0	August 25, 1951

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	October 02, 1920
Away	6 - 2	December 04, 1976

Latest head to head

November 19, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Leicester

April 30, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Leicester

December 04, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Leicester

2 - 6

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 20, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Leicester

August 16, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Leicester

3 - 3

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Ken Keyworth	6 goals	1959 - 1963
Frank Worthington	4 goals	1974 - 1976
Jimmy Walsh	3 goals	1959 - 1961
Graham Cross	3 goals	1961 - 1974
Albert Cheesebrough	3 goals	1959 - 1962
Gordon Wills	3 goals	1960 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Kenny Burns	7 goals	1974 - 1976
Trevor Francis	6 goals	1974 - 1977
Harry Hooper	4 goals	1958 - 1960
Bob Latchford	3 goals	1973 - 1973
Jimmy Harris	3 goals	1961 - 1963
Howard Kendall	3 goals	1975 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Graham Cross	12 matches	1961 - 1974
Dennis Rofe	11 matches	1972 - 1977
Stephen Whitworth	11 matches	1972 - 1977
Richie Norman	10 matches	1960 - 1965
Colin Appleton	10 matches	1959 - 1963
Ian King	9 matches	1959 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Garry Pendrey	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Mike Hellawell	9 matches	1959 - 1963
Trevor Francis	9 matches	1973 - 1977
Trevor Smith	9 matches	1959 - 1963
Bob Hatton	8 matches	1972 - 1975
Jimmy Bloomfield	8 matches	1960 - 1963