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Sheffield United 2-1 Leicester - April 21, 2003 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 44

Bramall Lane - Sheffield - England

April 21, 2003

21 277

Sheffield United

2 - 1

Leicester

Carl Asaba

15'

Carl Asaba

90'

Brian Deane

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4' - Goal Brian Deane

15' - Goal Carl Asaba15

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56' - Substitution Brian Deaneis substituted by Billy McKinlay photo Callum Davidson

56' - Red card Callum Davidson

67' - Substitution Dean Windassis substituted by Steve Kabba67

75' - Substitution Paul Dickovis substituted by Tommy Wright

86' - Substitution Trevor Benjaminis substituted by Gerry Taggart

88' - Substitution Robert Kozlukis substituted by Wayne Allison88

90' - Goal Carl Asaba90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sheffield United

2 - 1

Leicester

Sheffield United Leicester

Team line-ups

Sheffield United

Kenny

Paddy Kenny

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/05/1978

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Murphy

Shaun Murphy

Australia

B.date05/11/1970

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Curtis

John Curtis

England

B.date03/09/1978

Age24 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Defender

Jagielka

Phil Jagielka

England

B.date17/08/1982

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Kozluk88

Robert Kozluk

England

B.date05/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Windass67

Dean Windass

England

B.date01/04/1969

Age34 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Rankine

Mark Rankine

England

B.date30/09/1969

Age33 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Tonge

Michael Tonge

England

B.date07/04/1983

Age20 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Brown

Michael Brown

England

B.date25/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Asaba1590

Carl Asaba

England

B.date28/01/1973

Age30 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Ndlovu

Peter Ndlovu

Zimbabwe

B.date25/02/1973

Age30 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paddy Kenny		24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shaun Murphy		32	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Curtis		24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Jagielka		20	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Kozluk	88	25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Windass	67	34	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Rankine		33	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Tonge		20	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Brown		26	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carl Asaba	1590	30	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Ndlovu		30	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Leicester

Walker

Ian Walker

England

B.date31/10/1971

Age31 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Elliott

Matt Elliott

Scotland

B.date01/11/1968

Age34 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Heath

Matt Heath

England

B.date01/11/1981

Age21 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

Stewart

Jordan Stewart

England

B.date03/03/1982

Age21 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Impey

Andy Impey

England

B.date30/09/1971

Age31 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Davidson56

Callum Davidson

Scotland

B.date25/06/1976

Age26 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Rogers

Alan Rogers

England

B.date03/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Deane456

Brian Deane

England

B.date07/02/1968

Age35 years

H1m91

positionCentre forward

Benjamin86

Trevor Benjamin

Jamaica

B.date08/02/1979

Age24 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Dickov75

Paul Dickov

Scotland

B.date01/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m65

positionStriker

Scowcroft

James Scowcroft

England

B.date15/11/1975

Age27 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ian Walker		31	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Elliott		34	277	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Heath		21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jordan Stewart		21	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Impey		31	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Callum Davidson	56	26	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Rogers		26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Deane	456	35	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Trevor Benjamin	86	24	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Dickov	75	30	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James Scowcroft		27	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Wayne Allison	88	34	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Steve Kabba	67	22	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Gerry Taggart	86	32	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Wright	75	18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy McKinlay	56	33	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Carl Asaba

Wayne Allison

OUT

Peter Ndlovu

Steve Kabba

OUT

Dean Windass

Nick Montgomery

OUT

Mark Rankine

Marcel Cas

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Matt Heath

Gerry Taggart

OUT

Andy Impey

Muzzy Izzet

OUT

Brian Deane

Frank Sinclair

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Neil Warnock

185

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Warnock vs Leicester

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

Warnock vs Adams

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Micky Adams

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Adams vs Sheffield United

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

Adams vs Warnock

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

Referee

Andy D'Urso

7 victories	2 draws	5 losses	Sheffield United14 matches	General total	Leicester22 matches	4 victories	4 draws	14 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Sheffield United1 match	Season total	Leicester2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 23, 2014					Latest figure on December 14, 2013

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Key figures

Only back at the time of Matt Gillies head of Leicester (01/11/1959-01/12/1968), you can see a manager go over Micky Adams with 1.62 goals scored per game (1.73).

It's the first time Carl Asaba scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Sheffield United in his professional career

Leicester keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 08/03/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 14/09/1999-30/10/1999 time period (9 matches).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield United 1-0 Leeds United09/03/2003

VSheffield United 4-2 Burnley12/03/2003

VSheffield United 2-1 Brighton & Hove18/03/2003

VSheffield United 2-0 Derby County22/03/2003

DSheffield United 2-2 Gillingham25/03/2003

VSheffield United 1-0 Nottingham Forest15/04/2003

Overall

DSheffield United 2-2 Gillingham25/03/2003

DCrystal Palace 2-2 Sheffield United05/04/2003

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Sheffield United07/04/2003

LArsenal 1-0 Sheffield United13/04/2003

VSheffield United 1-0 Nottingham Forest15/04/2003

LPreston North End 2-0 Sheffield United19/04/2003

Current form

Away

VWalsall 1-4 Leicester08/02/2003

DDerby County 1-1 Leicester01/03/2003

DBradford 0-0 Leicester04/03/2003

VBurnley 1-2 Leicester18/03/2003

VCoventry 1-2 Leicester22/03/2003

DRotherham United 1-1 Leicester12/04/2003

Overall

VBurnley 1-2 Leicester18/03/2003

VCoventry 1-2 Leicester22/03/2003

VLeicester 2-0 Grimsby Town05/04/2003

VLeicester 1-0 Nottingham Forest08/04/2003

DRotherham United 1-1 Leicester12/04/2003

VLeicester 2-0 Brighton & Hove19/04/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	6	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	7	15
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	3	8
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

42	Number of games (Competition total)	43
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	21
21	Victories (Competition total)	26
11	Victories (Home / Away)	10
10	Draws (Competition total)	12
6	Draws (Home / Away)	8
11	Losses (Competition total)	5
3	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

64	Goals scored (Competition total)	70
30	Goals scored (Home / Away)	31
46	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
1.52	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.63
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.48
1.1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.84
0.95	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.19

Betting aid

22	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	19
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	7
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
24	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
13	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	13
2-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (4 times)

Bookings

54	Yellow cards (Competition total)	89
21	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	52
4	Red cards (Competition total)	6
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Michael Brown	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	17 goals	Paul Dickov
Michael Brown	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	James Scowcroft
Carl Asaba	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	7 penalties	Paul Dickov
Michael Brown	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Paul Dickov
Carl Asaba	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Jordan Stewart

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

16 v

13 d

10 l

72 gf

52 ga

Away

41 matches

9 v

17 d

15 l

50 gf

70 ga

Total

80 matches

25 v

30 d

25 l

122 gf

122 ga

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

15 v

17 d

9 l

70 gf

50 ga

Away

39 matches

10 v

13 d

16 l

52 gf

72 ga

Total

80 matches

25 v

30 d

25 l

122 gf

122 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	January 04, 1930
Home	7 - 1	January 04, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 12, 1957
Away	4 - 1	February 23, 1929

Latest head to head

December 07, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Leicester

0 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

March 30, 1996 - First Division 1995/1996

Leicester

0 - 2

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

October 21, 1995 - First Division 1995/1996

Sheffield United

1 - 3

Leicester

May 05, 1990 - Division 2 1989/1990

Leicester

2 - 5

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

November 04, 1989 - Division 2 1989/1990

Sheffield United

1 - 1

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Alan Woodward	6 goals	1967 - 1976
Leonard Allchurch	3 goals	1961 - 1962
Mick Jones	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Gilbert Reece	2 goals	1965 - 1968
Keith Kettleborough	2 goals	1962 - 1963
John Flynn	1 goal	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Frank Worthington	3 goals	1974 - 1974
Ken Keyworth	3 goals	1962 - 1962
Jackie Sinclair	2 goals	1965 - 1966
Mike Stringfellow	2 goals	1966 - 1967
Rodney Fern	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Brian Alderson	1 goal	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Len Badger	16 matches	1964 - 1975
Alan Woodward	15 matches	1964 - 1976
Alan Hodgkinson	14 matches	1961 - 1968
Edmond Colquhoun	9 matches	1971 - 1975
William Dearden	8 matches	1971 - 1975
Brian Richardson	8 matches	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Graham Cross	20 matches	1962 - 1975
Dave Gibson	13 matches	1962 - 1969
Mike Stringfellow	13 matches	1962 - 1974
John Sjoberg	13 matches	1962 - 1972
Richie Norman	11 matches	1961 - 1967
Peter Shilton	11 matches	1967 - 1974