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Everton 2-1 Leeds United - December 15, 1956 / Division 1 1956/1957

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Division 1 1956/1957 - Round 22

Goodison Park - Liverpool - England

December 15, 1956

33 765

Everton

2 - 1

Leeds United

Keith Ripley

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0' - Goal Keith Ripley

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Everton

2 - 1

Leeds United

Everton Leeds United

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Leeds United

Wood

Royden Wood

England

B.date16/10/1930

Age26 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Charlton

Jack Charlton

England

B.date08/05/1935

Age21 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Dunn

Jimmy Dunn

Scotland

B.date23/10/1922

Age34 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Hair

Grenville Hair

England

B.date16/11/1931

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Kerfoot

Eric Kerfoot

England

B.date31/07/1924

Age32 years

positionMidfield

Gibson

Archie Gibson

Scotland

B.date30/12/1933

Age22 years

positionRight Midfielder

Meek

George Meek

Scotland

B.date15/02/1934

Age22 years

H1m60

positionLeft Winger

Ripley0

Keith Ripley

England

B.date29/03/1935

Age21 years

positionForward

Overfield

Jackie Overfield

England

B.date14/05/1932

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Charles

John Charles

Wales

B.date27/12/1931

Age24 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Forrest

Bob Forrest

England

B.date13/05/1931

Age25 years

positionSecond striker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Royden Wood	26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jack Charlton	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Dunn	34	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Grenville Hair	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eric Kerfoot	32	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Archie Gibson	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Meek	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Keith Ripley	21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jackie Overfield	24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Charles	24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bob Forrest	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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Manager

Age

Match num

Raich Carter

153

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Carter vs Everton

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 15, 1956

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Pre-match

Current form

Home

VEverton 2-1 Sunderland22/09/1956

LEverton 0-3 Chelsea13/10/1956

VEverton 4-0 Arsenal27/10/1956

DEverton 2-2 Portsmouth10/11/1956

VEverton 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday24/11/1956

VEverton 2-0 Birmingham City08/12/1956

Overall

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-0 Everton03/11/1956

DEverton 2-2 Portsmouth10/11/1956

DNewcastle United 0-0 Everton17/11/1956

VEverton 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday24/11/1956

LCardiff City 1-0 Everton01/12/1956

VEverton 2-0 Birmingham City08/12/1956

Current form

Away

DLuton Town 2-2 Leeds United29/09/1956

LCardiff City 4-1 Leeds United06/10/1956

DBurnley 0-0 Leeds United20/10/1956

VNewcastle United 2-3 Leeds United03/11/1956

LManchester United 3-2 Leeds United17/11/1956

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Leeds United01/12/1956

Overall

VNewcastle United 2-3 Leeds United03/11/1956

VLeeds United 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday10/11/1956

LManchester United 3-2 Leeds United17/11/1956

DLeeds United 3-3 Arsenal24/11/1956

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Leeds United01/12/1956

VLeeds United 4-1 Portsmouth08/12/1956

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	4	1
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
7	Victories (Competition total)	10
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
10	Losses (Competition total)	5
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	30
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.9
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.3
1.81	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.43
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.9

Betting aid

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

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	20 goals	John Charles
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	John Charles
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	John Charles
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	John Charles
-	The fittest player	9 goals during the last 6 matches	John Charles

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

10 v

5 d

2 l

38 gf

16 ga

Away

17 matches

3 v

3 d

11 l

20 gf

37 ga

Total

34 matches

13 v

8 d

13 l

58 gf

53 ga

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

11 v

3 d

3 l

37 gf

20 ga

Away

17 matches

2 v

5 d

10 l

16 gf

38 ga

Total

34 matches

13 v

8 d

13 l

53 gf

58 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	March 03, 1937
Home	7 - 1	March 03, 1937

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	August 18, 1956
Away	1 - 0	April 17, 1933

Latest head to head

August 18, 1956 - Division 1 1956/1957

Leeds United

5 - 1

Everton

April 03, 1954 - Division 2 1953/1954

Leeds United

3 - 1

Everton

November 28, 1953 - Division 2 1953/1954

Everton

2 - 1

Leeds United logo Leeds United

April 11, 1953 - Division 2 1952/1953

Leeds United

2 - 0

Everton

November 22, 1952 - Division 2 1952/1953

Everton

2 - 2

Leeds United logo Leeds United

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

Dixie Dean	12 goals	1925 - 1937
Jim Cunliffe	6 goals	1934 - 1939
Bunny Bell	4 goals	1936 - 1938
Tommy Lawton	4 goals	1937 - 1938
Albert Geldard	2 goals	1934 - 1937
Alex Stevenson	2 goals	1937 - 1937

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/05/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Everton

Gordon Hodgson	4 goals	1938 - 1938
Harold Brook	3 goals	1956 - 1956
John Charles	1 goal	1956 - 1956
Jackie Overfield	1 goal	1956 - 1956
George Ainsley	1 goal	1939 - 1939
Sammy Armes	1 goal	1937 - 1937

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/05/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leeds United

Dixie Dean	15 matches	1925 - 1937
Edward Sagar	13 matches	1933 - 1939
Albert Geldard	11 matches	1933 - 1938
Cliff Britton	11 matches	1933 - 1938
Charles W Gee	10 matches	1933 - 1938
William Cook	10 matches	1933 - 1938

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/05/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Everton

Jackie Hargreaves	3 matches	1938 - 1939
Reg Savage	3 matches	1937 - 1939
Jack Milburn	3 matches	1937 - 1938
Fred Mills	3 matches	1937 - 1939
John Thomson	3 matches	1937 - 1938
Jim Makinson	3 matches	1937 - 1939