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Leicester 2-2 Arsenal - October 24, 1959 / Division 1 1959/1960

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Division 1 1959/1960 - Round 14

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

October 24, 1959

Leicester

2 - 2

Arsenal

Gordon Wills

Tommy McDonald

52'

John Barnwell

64'

Jimmy Bloomfield

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0' - Goal Gordon Wills photo Tommy McDonald

0' - Goal Tommy McDonald0

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52' - Goal John Barnwell

64' - Goal Jimmy Bloomfield

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

2 - 2

Arsenal

Leicester Arsenal

Team line-ups

Leicester

Banks

Gordon Banks

England

B.date30/12/1937

Age21 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Baillie

Joe Baillie

Scotland

B.date26/02/1929

Age30 years

positionDefender

Chalmers

Len Chalmers

England

B.date04/09/1936

Age23 years

positionDefender

Appleton

Colin Appleton

England

B.date07/03/1936

Age23 years

positionDefender

Knapp

Tony Knapp

England

B.date13/10/1936

Age23 years

positionDefender

McLintock

Frank McLintock

Scotland

B.date28/12/1939

Age19 years

positionRight central defender

Keyworth

Ken Keyworth

England

B.date24/02/1934

Age25 years

positionCentre Midfield

Wills0

Gordon Wills

England

B.date24/04/1934

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

Leek

Kenneth Leek

Wales

B.date26/07/1935

Age24 years

positionForward

Cheesebrough

Albert Cheesebrough

England

B.date17/01/1935

Age24 years

positionForward

McDonald0

Tommy McDonald

Scotland

B.date24/05/1930

Age29 years

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon Banks	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Baillie	30	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Len Chalmers	23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Appleton	23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Knapp	23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank McLintock	19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken Keyworth	25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Wills	25	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenneth Leek	24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Albert Cheesebrough	24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy McDonald	29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Kelsey

Alfred John Kelsey

Wales

B.date19/11/1929

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Dodgin Jr

Bill Dodgin Jr

England

B.date04/11/1931

Age27 years

positionDefender

Wills

Len Wills

England

B.date08/11/1927

Age31 years

positionRight full-back

McCullough

Billy McCullough

Northern Ireland

B.date27/07/1935

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Ward

Gerry Ward

England

B.date05/10/1936

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Barnwell52

John Barnwell

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/12/1938

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Bloomfield64

Jimmy Bloomfield

England

B.date15/02/1934

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Julians

Len Julians

England

B.date19/06/1933

Age26 years

positionStriker

Groves

Vic Groves

England

B.date05/11/1932

Age26 years

positionForward

Henderson

Jackie Henderson

Scotland

B.date17/01/1932

Age27 years

positionStriker

Herd

David Herd

Scotland

B.date15/04/1934

Age25 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alfred John Kelsey		29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Dodgin Jr		27	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Len Wills		31	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy McCullough		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Ward		23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnwell	52	20	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Bloomfield	64	25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Len Julians		26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vic Groves		26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jackie Henderson		27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Herd		25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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

Alfred John Kelsey

Jim Standen

OUT

Gerry Ward

Tommy Docherty

OUT

John Barnwell

Joe Haverty

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

George Swindin

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Swindin vs Leicester

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 24, 1959

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Key figures

Leicester keeps its 16 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Arsenal at home in Premier League running (since 25/12/1908). It's a record streak. The first of history

Leicester keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a win vs Arsenal in Premier League running (since 15/12/1934). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/10/1933 (11 matches)

End of streak for Leicester after 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Arsenal (since 14/09/1957). It was the best streak for the club since 21/10/1933-27/04/1935 (5 matches).

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLeicester 3-2 Leeds United26/08/1959

VLeicester 3-1 Chelsea29/08/1959

DLeicester 1-1 Blackpool09/09/1959

LLeicester 0-2 Newcastle United12/09/1959

DLeicester 1-1 Tottenham26/09/1959

LLeicester 2-3 Blackburn10/10/1959

Overall

DBlackpool 3-3 Leicester14/09/1959

VBirmingham City 3-4 Leicester19/09/1959

DLeicester 1-1 Tottenham26/09/1959

LManchester United 4-1 Leicester03/10/1959

LLeicester 2-3 Blackburn10/10/1959

LManchester City 3-2 Leicester17/10/1959

Current form

Away

VNottingham Forest 0-3 Arsenal26/08/1959

DWolverhampton 3-3 Arsenal29/08/1959

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Arsenal09/09/1959

DBlackburn 1-1 Arsenal19/09/1959

LEverton 3-1 Arsenal03/10/1959

LManchester United 4-2 Arsenal10/10/1959

Overall

VArsenal 2-1 Bolton Wanderers15/09/1959

DBlackburn 1-1 Arsenal19/09/1959

VArsenal 2-1 Blackpool26/09/1959

LEverton 3-1 Arsenal03/10/1959

LManchester United 4-2 Arsenal10/10/1959

LArsenal 0-3 Preston North End17/10/1959

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	4	4
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	8	19

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	3	3
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	9	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

13	Number of games (Competition total)	13
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
3	Victories (Competition total)	5
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	4
2	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1.62	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.54
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.83
2.46	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.54
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.83

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-0 (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

Albert Cheesebrough	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	David Herd
Albert Cheesebrough	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	David Herd
Tommy McDonald	4 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	8 goals during the last 11 matches	David Herd

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

10 v

8 d

11 l

49 gf

54 ga

Away

28 matches

2 v

10 d

16 l

29 gf

76 ga

Total

57 matches

12 v

18 d

27 l

78 gf

130 ga

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

16 v

10 d

2 l

76 gf

29 ga

Away

29 matches

11 v

8 d

10 l

54 gf

49 ga

Total

57 matches

27 v

18 d

12 l

130 gf

78 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	March 08, 1934
Home	4 - 1	March 08, 1934

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	December 15, 1934
Away	7 - 2	February 05, 1931

Latest head to head

January 03, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Leicester

2 - 3

Arsenal

August 30, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Arsenal

5 - 1

Leicester

January 18, 1958 - Division 1 1957/1958

Leicester

0 - 1

Arsenal

September 14, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Arsenal

3 - 1

Leicester

February 19, 1955 - Division 1 1954/1955

Arsenal

1 - 1

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Jimmy Walsh	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Kenneth Leek	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Bernie Kelly	1 goal	1959 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Joe Hulme	4 goals	1934 - 1935
Ted Drake	3 goals	1934 - 1934
Len Julians	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Cliff Bastin	2 goals	1934 - 1934
Jack Crayston	2 goals	1935 - 1935
Pat Beasley	2 goals	1935 - 1935

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Gordon Wills	2 matches	1958 - 1959
Jimmy Walsh	2 matches	1958 - 1959
Dave MacLaren	2 matches	1958 - 1959
Joe Baillie	2 matches	1958 - 1959
Ken Keyworth	2 matches	1958 - 1959
Bernie Kelly	2 matches	1958 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

George Male	3 matches	1934 - 1935
Ted Drake	3 matches	1934 - 1935
Alex James	3 matches	1934 - 1935
Edris Hapgood	3 matches	1934 - 1935
Herbie Roberts	3 matches	1934 - 1935
Frank Moss	2 matches	1934 - 1935