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Stoke City 3-1 Leicester - August 25, 1971 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 4

Victoria Ground - Stoke-on-Trent - England

August 25, 1971

3 - 1

Leicester

Mike Bernard

John Ritchie

(o.g) Graham Cross

45'

Ally Brown

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0' - Goal Mike Bernard photo John Ritchie

0' - Goal John Ritchie photo Graham Cross

0' - Own goal Graham Cross0

45' - Goal Ally Brown

46' - Substitution Jimmy Greenhoffis substituted by Eric Skeels46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Stoke City

3 - 1

Leicester

Stoke City Leicester

Team line-ups

Stoke City

Banks

Gordon Banks

England

B.date30/12/1937

Age33 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Denis Smith

England

B.date19/11/1947

Age23 years

positionDefender

Pejic

Mike Pejic

England

B.date25/01/1950

Age21 years

positionDefender

Marsh

John Marsh

England

B.date31/05/1948

Age23 years

positionFull-back

Haslegrave

Sean Haslegrave

England

B.date07/06/1951

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Bloor

Alan Bloor

England

B.date16/03/1943

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Bernard0

Mike Bernard

England

B.date10/01/1948

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Greenhoff45+1

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age25 years

positionStriker

Mahoney

John Mahoney

Wales

B.date20/09/1946

Age24 years

positionForward

Ritchie0

John Ritchie

England

B.date12/07/1941

Age30 years

positionForward

Dobing

Peter Dobing

England

B.date01/12/1938

Age32 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon Banks		33	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Smith		23	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Pejic		21	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Marsh		23	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sean Haslegrave		20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Bloor		28	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike Bernard		23	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff	45+1	25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Mahoney		24	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Ritchie		30	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Dobing		32	272	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

127

Leicester

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age21 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Sjoberg

John Sjoberg

Scotland

B.date12/06/1941

Age30 years

positionRight central defender

Brown45

Ally Brown

Scotland

B.date12/04/1951

Age20 years

positionDefender

Farrington

John Farrington

England

B.date19/06/1947

Age24 years

positionDefender

Nish

David Nish

England

B.date26/09/1947

Age23 years

positionDefender

Cross0

Graham Cross

England

B.date15/11/1943

Age27 years

positionDefender

Whitworth

Stephen Whitworth

England

B.date20/03/1952

Age19 years

positionRight full-back

Carlin

Willie Carlin

England

B.date06/10/1940

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Kellard

Bobby Kellard

England

B.date01/03/1943

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Fern

Rodney Fern

England

B.date13/12/1948

Age22 years

positionForward

Glover

Leonard Glover

England

B.date31/01/1944

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		21	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Sjoberg		30	265	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Brown	45	20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Farrington		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Nish		23	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Cross		27	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Whitworth		19	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carlin		30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Kellard		28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rodney Fern		22	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leonard Glover		27	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Eric Skeels	45+1	31	300	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

Willie Carlin

Jon Sammels

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Waddington

541

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Waddington vs Leicester

7 victories

6 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on August 25, 1971

Waddington vs Bloomfield

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 25, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Bloomfield

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

23 %

Bloomfield vs Stoke City

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 25, 1971

Bloomfield vs Waddington

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 25, 1971

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Key figures

Stoke City keeps its 3 consecutive wins at home running (since 07/05/1971).

Stoke City keeps its 3 matches with at least 3 goals scored at home running (since 07/05/1971). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 04/12/1965-08/01/1966 time period (3 matches).

Stoke City keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 24/04/1971).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LStoke City 0-1 Liverpool10/04/1971

DStoke City 1-1 Blackpool13/04/1971

VStoke City 2-0 Manchester City24/04/1971

LStoke City 0-1 Tottenham05/05/1971

VStoke City 3-2 Everton07/05/1971

VStoke City 3-1 Crystal Palace21/08/1971

Overall

LArsenal 1-0 Stoke City01/05/1971

LStoke City 0-1 Tottenham05/05/1971

VStoke City 3-2 Everton07/05/1971

DCoventry 1-1 Stoke City14/08/1971

LSouthampton 3-1 Stoke City17/08/1971

VStoke City 3-1 Crystal Palace21/08/1971

Current form

Away

VCarlisle United 0-1 Leicester03/04/1971

VLuton Town 1-3 Leicester12/04/1971

DSunderland 0-0 Leicester17/04/1971

VBristol City 0-1 Leicester27/04/1971

VPortsmouth 1-2 Leicester01/05/1971

DHuddersfield Town 2-2 Leicester14/08/1971

Overall

VBristol City 0-1 Leicester27/04/1971

VPortsmouth 1-2 Leicester01/05/1971

VLeicester 1-0 Liverpool07/08/1971

DHuddersfield Town 2-2 Leicester14/08/1971

VLeicester 2-1 Nottingham Forest18/08/1971

LLeicester 0-2 Derby County21/08/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Drawless streak	4	2
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	7	0
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.67
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Jimmy Greenhoff	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Ally Brown
Jimmy Greenhoff	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	David Nish
Jimmy Greenhoff	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Ally Brown

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

13 v

9 d

2 l

44 gf

24 ga

Away

24 matches

4 v

5 d

15 l

28 gf

51 ga

Total

48 matches

17 v

14 d

17 l

72 gf

75 ga

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

15 v

5 d

4 l

51 gf

28 ga

Away

24 matches

2 v

9 d

13 l

24 gf

44 ga

Total

48 matches

17 v

14 d

17 l

75 gf

72 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	January 15, 1962
Home	5 - 2	January 15, 1962

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 27, 1923
Away	2 - 1	April 23, 1938

Latest head to head

March 15, 1969 - Division 1 1968/1969

Leicester

0 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

August 24, 1968 - Division 1 1968/1969

Stoke City

1 - 0

Leicester

May 11, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

Leicester

0 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

September 06, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Stoke City

3 - 2

Leicester

April 29, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Stoke City

3 - 1

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Harry Burrows	3 goals	1966 - 1967
Royston Vernon	2 goals	1965 - 1966
John Mahoney	2 goals	1967 - 1968
Peter Dobing	2 goals	1965 - 1967
John Ritchie	2 goals	1964 - 1964
Dennis Viollet	2 goals	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Mike Stringfellow	2 goals	1964 - 1967
Jimmy Goodfellow	2 goals	1964 - 1964
Graham Cross	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Derek Dougan	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Jackie Sinclair	2 goals	1966 - 1967
David Nish	1 goal	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Peter Dobing	11 matches	1963 - 1969
Eric Skeels	11 matches	1964 - 1969
Harry Burrows	9 matches	1965 - 1969
Alan Bloor	9 matches	1964 - 1969
Calvin Palmer	7 matches	1964 - 1967
Anthony Allen	7 matches	1963 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Mike Stringfellow	11 matches	1963 - 1968
Graham Cross	11 matches	1963 - 1969
Dave Gibson	11 matches	1964 - 1969
Bobby Roberts	10 matches	1964 - 1969
John Sjoberg	9 matches	1963 - 1969
Richie Norman	9 matches	1963 - 1967