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Leicester 2-4 Birmingham City - March 18, 1959 / Division 1 1958/1959

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0' - Goal Jimmy Walsh photo Jimmy Walsh

0' - Goal Jimmy Walsh0

0' - Goal Robin Stubbs photo Johnny Gordon

0' - Goal Johnny Gordon photo Robin Stubbs

0' - Goal Robin Stubbs photo Robin Stubbs

0' - Goal Robin Stubbs

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

2 - 4

Birmingham City

Leicester Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Leicester

Anderson

John Anderson

Scotland

B.date08/12/1929

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Cunningham

William Cunningham

Northern Ireland

B.date20/02/1930

Age29 years

positionDefender

King

Ian King

Scotland

B.date27/05/1937

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Appleton

Colin Appleton

England

B.date07/03/1936

Age23 years

positionDefender

Newman

Johnny Newman

England

B.date13/12/1933

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Ogilvie

John Ogilvie

Scotland

B.date28/10/1928

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Kelly

Bernie Kelly

Scotland

B.date21/10/1932

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

McDonald

Tommy McDonald

Scotland

B.date24/05/1930

Age28 years

positionRight Winger

Leek

Kenneth Leek

Wales

B.date26/07/1935

Age23 years

positionForward

Walsh00

Jimmy Walsh

Scotland

B.date03/12/1930

Age28 years

positionForward

Stephenson

Roy A. Stephenson

England

B.date27/05/1932

Age26 years

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Anderson	29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Cunningham	29	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian King	21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Appleton	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johnny Newman	25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Ogilvie	30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bernie Kelly	26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy McDonald	28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenneth Leek	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Walsh	28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roy A. Stephenson	26	2	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

Birmingham City

Merrick

Gilbert Merrick

England

B.date26/01/1922

Age37 years

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Trevor Smith

England

B.date13/04/1936

Age22 years

positionDefender

Hall

Jeffrey Hall

England

B.date07/09/1929

Age29 years

positionDefender

Allen

George Allen

England

B.date23/01/1932

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Hume

Billy Hume

Scotland

B.date18/12/1935

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Watts

Johnny Watts

England

B.date13/04/1931

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Stubbs000

Robin Stubbs

England

B.date22/04/1941

Age17 years

positionStriker

Gordon0

Johnny Gordon

England

B.date11/09/1931

Age27 years

positionForward

Hooper

Harry Hooper

England

B.date14/06/1933

Age25 years

positionForward

Larkin

Bunny Larkin

England

B.date11/01/1936

Age23 years

positionForward

Astall

Gordon Astall

England

B.date22/09/1927

Age31 years

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gilbert Merrick	37	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Smith	22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeffrey Hall	29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Allen	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy Hume	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnny Watts	27	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robin Stubbs	17	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Gordon	27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Hooper	25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bunny Larkin	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Astall	31	17	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jimmy Walsh

Ken Keyworth

OUT

Colin Appleton

Ian McNeill

OUT

Bernie Kelly

Jack Lornie

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Billy Hume

Dick Neal

OUT

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Key figures

Leicester keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a win in Premier League running (since 26/12/1958). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 10/09/1932-26/12/1932 time period (17 matches).

End of streak for Leicester after 3 consecutive matches without a loss vs Birmingham City in Premier League (since 12/09/1938). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 29/04/1933

End of streak for Leicester after 3 matches without scoring any goal in Premier League (since 28/02/1959). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 27/10/1934

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LLeicester 2-3 Arsenal03/01/1959

DLeicester 2-2 Lincoln City10/01/1959

DLeicester 1-1 Luton Town24/01/1959

LLeicester 0-1 Leeds United31/01/1959

LLeicester 0-1 Newcastle United28/02/1959

LLeicester 0-3 Chelsea14/03/1959

Overall

LLeicester 0-1 Leeds United31/01/1959

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Leicester07/02/1959

LLuton Town 4-3 Leicester21/02/1959

LLeicester 0-1 Newcastle United28/02/1959

LTottenham 6-0 Leicester07/03/1959

LLeicester 0-3 Chelsea14/03/1959

Current form

Away

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Birmingham City24/01/1959

VBurnley 0-1 Birmingham City31/01/1959

VFulham 2-3 Birmingham City04/02/1959

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Birmingham City18/02/1959

LNottingham Forest 5-0 Birmingham City23/02/1959

VNottingham Forest 1-7 Birmingham City07/03/1959

Overall

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Birmingham City18/02/1959

VBirmingham City 2-1 Everton21/02/1959

LNottingham Forest 5-0 Birmingham City23/02/1959

VBirmingham City 3-0 West Ham28/02/1959

VNottingham Forest 1-7 Birmingham City07/03/1959

LBirmingham City 0-3 Wolverhampton14/03/1959

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	3	4
Winless streak	7	8
Drawless streak	3	4
Goalless streak	3	3
Conceding streak	7	8

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	4	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

31	Number of games (Competition total)	31
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
7	Victories (Competition total)	15
5	Victories (Home / Away)	5
7	Draws (Competition total)	4
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
17	Losses (Competition total)	12
7	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

48	Goals scored (Competition total)	60
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
78	Goals conceded (Competition total)	53
29	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.55	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.94
1.63	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.53
2.52	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.71
1.81	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.6

Betting aid

23	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	23
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-3 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-3 (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

Jimmy Walsh	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Bunny Larkin
Jimmy Walsh	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Gordon Astall
Bernie Kelly	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Gordon Astall
Bernie Kelly	1 goal during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 5 matches	Bunny Larkin

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

20 v

7 d

8 l

71 gf

49 ga

Away

36 matches

8 v

4 d

24 l

36 gf

73 ga

Total

71 matches

28 v

11 d

32 l

107 gf

122 ga

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

24 v

4 d

8 l

73 gf

36 ga

Away

35 matches

8 v

7 d

20 l

49 gf

71 ga

Total

71 matches

32 v

11 d

28 l

122 gf

107 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 25, 1951
Home	4 - 0	August 25, 1951

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	October 02, 1920
Away	7 - 3	April 28, 1934

Latest head to head

September 27, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Birmingham City

4 - 2

Leicester

April 26, 1958 - Division 1 1957/1958

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Leicester

December 14, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Leicester

2 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

January 16, 1954 - Division 2 1953/1954

Leicester

3 - 4

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 05, 1953 - Division 2 1953/1954

Birmingham City

1 - 2

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Bernie Kelly

2 goals

1958 - 1958

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

Peter Murphy	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Gordon Astall	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Harry Hooper	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Johnny Gordon	1 goal	1958 - 1958

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

Dave MacLaren	1 match	1958 - 1958
Tony Knapp	1 match	1958 - 1958
Joe Baillie	1 match	1958 - 1958
Gordon Wills	1 match	1958 - 1958
Jimmy Walsh	1 match	1958 - 1958
Ian McNeill	1 match	1958 - 1958

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

Harry Hooper	1 match	1958 - 1958
Johnny Gordon	1 match	1958 - 1958
Gilbert Merrick	1 match	1958 - 1958
Jeffrey Hall	1 match	1958 - 1958
Peter Murphy	1 match	1958 - 1958
Dick Neal	1 match	1958 - 1958