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Blackburn 1-0 Leicester - August 29, 1998 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Round 3

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

August 29, 1998

22 544

Blackburn

1 - 0

Leicester

Kevin Gallacher

12'

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12' - Goal Kevin Gallacher12

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55' - Substitution Neil Lennonis substituted by Stuart Campbell

58' - Substitution Theodoros Zagorakisis substituted by Garry Parker

67' - Substitution Matt Elliottis substituted by Gerry Taggart

71' - Substitution Sébastien Perezis substituted by Christian Dailly photo Jason Wilcox

71' - Substitution Damien Duffis substituted by Jason Wilcox71

84' - Substitution Kevin Gallacheris substituted by Kevin Davies84

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

1 - 0

Leicester

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Team line-ups

Blackburn

Flowers

Tim Flowers

England

B.date03/02/1967

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Henchoz

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/09/1974

Age23 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Peacock

Darren Peacock

England

B.date03/02/1968

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Perez71

Sébastien Perez

France

B.date24/11/1973

Age24 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Kenna

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Davidson

Callum Davidson

Scotland

B.date25/06/1976

Age22 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Duff71

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age19 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Sherwood

Tim Sherwood

England

B.date06/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Gallacher1284

Kevin Gallacher

Scotland

B.date23/11/1966

Age31 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

Sutton

Chris Sutton

England

B.date10/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tim Flowers		31	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz		23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Flitcroft		25	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Peacock		30	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sébastien Perez	71	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Kenna		28	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Callum Davidson		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Duff	71	19	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tim Sherwood		29	269	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Gallacher	1284	31	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Sutton		25	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Leicester

Keller

Kasey Keller

United States

B.date29/11/1969

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Elliott67

Matt Elliott

Scotland

B.date01/11/1968

Age29 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Walsh

Steve Walsh

England

B.date03/11/1964

Age33 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Sinclair

Frank Sinclair

Jamaica

B.date03/12/1971

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

Guppy

Steve Guppy

England

B.date29/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Zagorakis58

Theodoros Zagorakis

Greece

B.date27/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Lennon55

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age27 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Savage

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Izzet

Muzzy Izzet

Turkey

B.date31/10/1974

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age20 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Cottee

Tony Cottee

England

B.date11/07/1965

Age33 years

H1m70

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kasey Keller		28	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Elliott	67	29	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Walsh		33	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Sinclair		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Guppy		29	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Theodoros Zagorakis	58	26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Lennon	55	27	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Savage		23	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Muzzy Izzet		23	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emile Heskey		20	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Cottee		33	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Christian Dailly	71	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Davies	84	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Wilcox	71	27	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Gerry Taggart	67	27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Garry Parker	58	32	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart Campbell	55	20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Gallacher

Kevin Davies

OUT

Tim Flowers

John Filan

OUT

Damien Duff

Jason Wilcox

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Hodgson

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Hodgson vs Leicester

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 29, 1998

Hodgson vs O'Neill

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 29, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

126

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

O'Neill vs Blackburn

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 29, 1998

O'Neill vs Hodgson

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 29, 1998

Referee

Uriah Rennie

6 victories	5 draws	9 losses	Blackburn20 matches	General total	Leicester20 matches	7 victories	8 draws	5 losses
1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Blackburn3 matches	Season total	Leicester2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 03, 2008					Latest figure on February 24, 2007

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Comments

Key figures

Only back at the time of Frank O'Farrell head of Leicester (01/12/1968-01/07/1971), you can see a maanger go beneath Martin O'Neill with 1.17 goals conceded per game (0.93).

It's the first time Kevin Gallacher scores 1 goal vs Leicester in his professional career

Frank Sinclair played his game number 10 vs Blackburn in his professional career

Read the next 2 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 2-1 Barnsley31/03/1998

LBlackburn 1-3 Manchester United06/04/1998

LBlackburn 1-4 Arsenal13/04/1998

DBlackburn 0-0 Wimbledon FC25/04/1998

VBlackburn 1-0 Newcastle United10/05/1998

DBlackburn 0-0 Derby County15/08/1998

Overall

DBlackburn 0-0 Wimbledon FC25/04/1998

VChelsea 0-1 Blackburn29/04/1998

LCoventry 2-0 Blackburn02/05/1998

VBlackburn 1-0 Newcastle United10/05/1998

DBlackburn 0-0 Derby County15/08/1998

LLeeds United 1-0 Blackburn24/08/1998

Current form

Away

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Leicester28/03/1998

VCrystal Palace 0-3 Leicester11/04/1998

DEverton 1-1 Leicester18/04/1998

VDerby County 0-4 Leicester26/04/1998

LWest Ham 4-3 Leicester10/05/1998

DManchester United 2-2 Leicester15/08/1998

Overall

VDerby County 0-4 Leicester26/04/1998

DLeicester 0-0 Newcastle United29/04/1998

VLeicester 1-0 Barnsley02/05/1998

LWest Ham 4-3 Leicester10/05/1998

DManchester United 2-2 Leicester15/08/1998

VLeicester 2-0 Everton22/08/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	5	4
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	7
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Tony Cottee
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Emile Heskey
-	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Tony Cottee

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

22 v

12 d

8 l

85 gf

42 ga

Away

43 matches

11 v

10 d

22 l

48 gf

83 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

86 matches

34 v

22 d

30 l

134 gf

125 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

22 v

10 d

11 l

83 gf

48 ga

Away

42 matches

8 v

12 d

22 l

42 gf

85 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

86 matches

30 v

22 d

34 l

125 gf

134 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 12, 1931
Home	6 - 0	December 12, 1931

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 20, 1956
Away	4 - 2	May 11, 1997

Latest head to head

February 28, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

Blackburn

5 - 3

Leicester

September 24, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Leicester

1 - 1

Blackburn

May 11, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Blackburn

2 - 4

Leicester

December 07, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Leicester

1 - 1

Blackburn

December 17, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Leicester

0 - 0

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Andrew McEvoy	10 goals	1959 - 1965
Chris Sutton	6 goals	1994 - 1998
Peter Dobing	5 goals	1958 - 1960
Bryan Douglas	3 goals	1960 - 1963
Royston Vernon	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Frederick Pickering	2 goals	1962 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Ken Keyworth	3 goals	1961 - 1963
Albert Cheesebrough	3 goals	1959 - 1962
Dave Gibson	3 goals	1963 - 1965
Emile Heskey	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Muzzy Izzet	2 goals	1997 - 1998
Gordon Wills	2 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Ronnie Clayton	16 matches	1958 - 1966
Bryan Douglas	15 matches	1958 - 1966
Michael McGrath	12 matches	1958 - 1965
Matt Woods	10 matches	1958 - 1963
Fred Else	9 matches	1961 - 1966
Andrew McEvoy	9 matches	1959 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Colin Appleton	13 matches	1959 - 1966
Gordon Banks	12 matches	1960 - 1966
Richie Norman	12 matches	1960 - 1966
Ken Keyworth	11 matches	1958 - 1964
Frank McLintock	10 matches	1959 - 1964
Ian King	9 matches	1958 - 1964