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Burnley 4-2 Leicester - December 18, 1965 / Division 1 1965/1966

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Division 1 1965/1966 - Round 22

Turf Moor - Burnley - England

December 18, 1965

Burnley

4 - 2

Leicester

(penalty) Alex Elder

Brian Miller

Andy Lochhead

Jackie Sinclair

Dave Gibson

logo Burnley BUR

0' - Goal Alex Elder photo Brian Miller

0' - Goal Brian Miller photo Andy Lochhead

0' - Goal Andy Lochhead photo Andy Lochhead

0' - Goal Andy Lochhead0

0' - Goal Jackie Sinclair photo Dave Gibson

0' - Goal Dave Gibson

logo Burnley BUR

logo Leicester LEI

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Burnley

4 - 2

Leicester

Burnley Leicester

Team line-ups

Burnley

Blacklaw

Adam Blacklaw

Scotland

B.date02/09/1937

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Elder0

Alex Elder

Northern Ireland

B.date25/04/1941

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Angus

John Angus

England

B.date02/09/1938

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Miller0

Brian Miller

England

B.date19/01/1937

Age28 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Merrington

David Merrington

England

B.date26/01/1945

Age20 years

positionMidfield

O'Neil

Brian O'Neil

England

B.date04/01/1944

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Coates

Ralph Coates

England

B.date26/04/1946

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Harris

Gordon Harris

England

B.date02/06/1940

Age25 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Lochhead00

Andy Lochhead

Scotland

B.date09/03/1941

Age24 years

positionStriker

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age21 years

positionRight Winger

Irvine

Willie Irvine

Northern Ireland

B.date18/06/1943

Age22 years

H1m78

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Adam Blacklaw	28	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Elder	24	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Angus	27	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Miller	28	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Merrington	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian O'Neil	21	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ralph Coates	19	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Harris	25	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Lochhead	24	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan	21	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Irvine	22	63	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

129

Leicester

Banks

Gordon Banks

England

B.date30/12/1937

Age27 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Norman

Richie Norman

England

B.date05/09/1935

Age30 years

positionDefender

Cross

Graham Cross

England

B.date15/11/1943

Age22 years

positionDefender

Sjoberg

John Sjoberg

Scotland

B.date12/06/1941

Age24 years

positionRight central defender

Appleton

Colin Appleton

England

B.date07/03/1936

Age29 years

positionDefender

Goodfellow

Jimmy Goodfellow

Scotland

B.date30/07/1938

Age27 years

positionDefender

Roberts

Bobby Roberts

Scotland

B.date02/09/1940

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Sinclair0

Jackie Sinclair

Scotland

B.date21/07/1943

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Gibson0

Dave Gibson

Scotland

B.date23/09/1938

Age27 years

positionPlaymaker

Stringfellow

Mike Stringfellow

England

B.date27/01/1943

Age22 years

positionLeft Winger

Dougan

Derek Dougan

Northern Ireland

B.date20/01/1938

Age27 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon Banks	27	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richie Norman	30	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Cross	22	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Sjoberg	24	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Appleton	29	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Goodfellow	27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Roberts	25	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jackie Sinclair	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Gibson	27	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Stringfellow	22	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Dougan	27	19	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

123

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Potts

388

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Potts vs Leicester

9 victories

6 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 18, 1965

Potts vs Gillies

9 victories

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 18, 1965

Manager

Age

Match num

Matt Gillies

317

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Gillies vs Burnley

1 victory

4 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on December 18, 1965

Gillies vs Potts

1 victory

4 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on December 18, 1965

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Key figures

Leicester keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 30/10/1965). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 19/04/1965-16/10/1965 time period (18 matches).

Burnley keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 13/10/1965). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 27/02/1965-25/09/1965 time period (11 matches).

Burnley keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 17/11/1965).

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBurnley 3-2 Southampton13/10/1965

VBurnley 2-0 Sheffield United23/10/1965

VBurnley 3-1 West Ham06/11/1965

VBurnley 2-1 Stoke City09/11/1965

VBurnley 3-1 Aston Villa20/11/1965

DBurnley 1-1 Tottenham04/12/1965

Overall

VSunderland 0-4 Burnley13/11/1965

LPeterborough United 4-0 Burnley17/11/1965

VBurnley 3-1 Aston Villa20/11/1965

LLiverpool 2-1 Burnley27/11/1965

DBurnley 1-1 Tottenham04/12/1965

VFulham 2-5 Burnley11/12/1965

Current form

Away

DSheffield United 2-2 Leicester25/09/1965

LStoke City 1-0 Leicester09/10/1965

VChelsea 0-2 Leicester23/10/1965

VEverton 1-2 Leicester06/11/1965

VNewcastle United 1-5 Leicester20/11/1965

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Leicester04/12/1965

Overall

VEverton 1-2 Leicester06/11/1965

LLeicester 0-5 Manchester United13/11/1965

VNewcastle United 1-5 Leicester20/11/1965

VLeicester 2-1 West Bromwich Albion27/11/1965

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Leicester04/12/1965

VLeicester 4-1 Sheffield Wednesday11/12/1965

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	6	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	15	4
Conceding streak	4	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	5	10
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	3	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
12	Victories (Competition total)	8
7	Victories (Home / Away)	4
4	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
4	Losses (Competition total)	8
1	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

44	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
2.2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.9
2.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.15	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.95
1.1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.9

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (2 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

Willie Irvine	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Derek Dougan
Andy Lochhead	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Jackie Sinclair
Alex Elder	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Alex Elder	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Willie Irvine	10 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Mike Stringfellow

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

19 v

8 d

3 l

71 gf

28 ga

Away

31 matches

7 v

11 d

13 l

51 gf

61 ga

Total

61 matches

26 v

19 d

16 l

122 gf

89 ga

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

13 v

11 d

7 l

61 gf

51 ga

Away

30 matches

3 v

8 d

19 l

28 gf

71 ga

Total

61 matches

16 v

19 d

26 l

89 gf

122 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 05, 1907
Home	5 - 0	January 05, 1907

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 26, 1927
Away	2 - 0	October 02, 1905

Latest head to head

October 16, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

Leicester

0 - 1

Burnley

March 20, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Leicester

0 - 2

Burnley

November 07, 1964 - Division 1 1964/1965

Burnley

2 - 1

Leicester

March 10, 1964 - Division 1 1963/1964

Burnley

2 - 0

Leicester

October 05, 1963 - Division 1 1963/1964

Leicester

0 - 0

Burnley

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Jimmy Robson	4 goals	1960 - 1962
John Connelly	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Ray Pointer	3 goals	1960 - 1962
Willie Morgan	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Jimmy McIlroy	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Ralph Coates	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Burnley

Jimmy Walsh	3 goals	1961 - 1961
Kenneth Leek	2 goals	1960 - 1961
Frank McLintock	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Ken Keyworth	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Dave Gibson	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Howard Riley	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Brian Miller	11 matches	1960 - 1965
Alex Elder	10 matches	1960 - 1965
Adam Blacklaw	9 matches	1960 - 1964
John Angus	9 matches	1960 - 1965
John Connelly	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Gordon Harris	8 matches	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Burnley

Ian King	11 matches	1960 - 1965
Richie Norman	10 matches	1960 - 1965
Gordon Banks	9 matches	1960 - 1965
Colin Appleton	9 matches	1960 - 1965
Dave Gibson	7 matches	1962 - 1965
Len Chalmers	7 matches	1960 - 1965