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Leicester 1-1 S Wednesday - December 28, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 21

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

December 28, 1997

20 800

Leicester

1 - 1

S Wednesday

Steve Guppy

28'

85'

Andy Booth

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28' - Goal Steve Guppy28

43' - Red card Dejan Stefanovic

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50' - Substitution Mark Pembridgeis substituted by Wayne Collins

57' - Substitution Steve Walshis substituted by Spencer Prior57

70' - Substitution Ian Marshallis substituted by Steve Claridge70

70' - Substitution Petter Rudiis substituted by Graham Hyde

84' - Substitution Wayne Collinsis substituted by Ritchie Humphreys

85' - Goal Andy Booth

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

1 - 1

S Wednesday

Leicester S Wednesday

Team line-ups

Leicester

13 Keller

Kasey Keller

United States

B.date29/11/1969

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

5 Walsh57

Steve Walsh

England

B.date03/11/1964

Age33 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

18 Elliott

Matt Elliott

Scotland

B.date01/11/1968

Age29 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

15 Kaamark

Pontus Kaamark

Sweden

B.date05/04/1969

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

24 Guppy28

Steve Guppy

England

B.date29/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

14 Savage

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

7 Lennon

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

6 Izzet

Muzzy Izzet

Turkey

B.date31/10/1974

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Parker

Garry Parker

England

B.date07/09/1965

Age32 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

20 Marshall70

Ian Marshall

England

B.date20/03/1966

Age31 years

H1m86

positionForward

11 Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age19 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Kasey Keller		28	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Steve Walsh	57	33	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Matt Elliott		29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Pontus Kaamark		28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Steve Guppy	28	28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Robbie Savage		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Neil Lennon		26	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Muzzy Izzet		23	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Garry Parker		32	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Ian Marshall	70	31	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Emile Heskey		19	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

S Wednesday

Pressman

Kevin Pressman

England

B.date06/11/1967

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Walker

Des Walker

England

B.date26/11/1965

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Stefanovic43

Dejan Stefanovic

Serbia

B.date28/10/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Nolan

Ian Nolan

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1970

Age27 years

positionDefender

Newsome

Jon Newsome

England

B.date06/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Atherton

Peter Atherton

England

B.date06/04/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Rudi70

Petter Rudi

Norway

B.date17/09/1973

Age24 years

H1m90

positionCentre Midfield

Alexandersson

Niclas Alexandersson

Sweden

B.date29/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

Pembridge50

Mark Pembridge

Wales

B.date29/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Carbone

Benito Carbone

Italy

B.date14/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Booth85

Andy Booth

England

B.date06/12/1973

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Pressman		30	231	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Walker		32	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dejan Stefanovic	43	23	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Nolan		27	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jon Newsome		27	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Atherton		27	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Petter Rudi	70	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Niclas Alexandersson		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Pembridge	50	27	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Benito Carbone		26	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Booth	85	24	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Spencer Prior	57	26	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Steve Claridge	70	31	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Graham Hyde	70	27	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ritchie Humphreys	84	20	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wayne Collins	5084	28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Garry Parker

Stuart Campbell

OUT

Ian Marshall

Steve Claridge

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

104

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

O'Neill vs S Wednesday

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 1997

O'Neill vs Atkinson

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

128

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Atkinson vs Leicester

11 victories

6 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 1997

Atkinson vs O'Neill

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1997

Referee

Graham Poll

7 victories	5 draws	10 losses	Leicester22 matches	General total	S Wednesday13 matches	1 victory	5 draws	7 losses
1 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Leicester3 matches	Season total	S Wednesday2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 08, 2004					Latest figure on January 07, 2007

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Key figures

Leicester keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 06/12/1997).

S Wednesday keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win running (since 13/12/1997).

End of streak for Leicester after 3 consecutive matches without a draw (since 13/12/1997).

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LLeicester 1-2 Derby County06/10/1997

VLeicester 2-1 West Ham27/10/1997

LLeicester 0-1 Wimbledon FC10/11/1997

DLeicester 0-0 Bolton Wanderers22/11/1997

DLeicester 1-1 Crystal Palace06/12/1997

LLeicester 0-1 Everton20/12/1997

Overall

DLeicester 0-0 Bolton Wanderers22/11/1997

VCoventry 0-2 Leicester29/11/1997

DLeicester 1-1 Crystal Palace06/12/1997

LSouthampton 2-1 Leicester13/12/1997

LLeicester 0-1 Everton20/12/1997

LArsenal 2-1 Leicester26/12/1997

Current form

Away

LGrimsby Town 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday17/09/1997

DAston Villa 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday27/09/1997

LTottenham 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday19/10/1997

LManchester United 6-1 Sheffield Wednesday01/11/1997

VSouthampton 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday29/11/1997

LWest Ham 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday13/12/1997

Overall

VSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Arsenal22/11/1997

VSouthampton 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday29/11/1997

VSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Barnsley08/12/1997

LWest Ham 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday13/12/1997

LSheffield Wednesday 1-4 Chelsea20/12/1997

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Blackburn26/12/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	4	4
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	4	0
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	14	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	20
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
7	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
5	Draws (Home / Away)	2
7	Losses (Competition total)	10
3	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	43
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	26
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.55
1.09	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.44
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.15
0.91	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.89

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

26	Yellow cards (Competition total)	31
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Matt Elliott	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Paolo Di Canio
Emile Heskey	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Wayne Collins
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Benito Carbone
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Benito Carbone
Neil Lennon	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 13 matches	Paolo Di Canio

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

22 v

12 d

10 l

90 gf

62 ga

Away

45 matches

10 v

13 d

22 l

50 gf

76 ga

Total

89 matches

32 v

25 d

32 l

140 gf

138 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

22 v

13 d

10 l

76 gf

50 ga

Away

44 matches

10 v

12 d

22 l

62 gf

90 ga

Total

89 matches

32 v

25 d

32 l

138 gf

140 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	January 03, 1987
Home	6 - 1	January 03, 1987

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 27, 1992
Away	5 - 2	November 22, 1930

Latest head to head

August 30, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

S Wednesday

1 - 0

Leicester

May 07, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Leicester

1 - 0

S Wednesday

September 02, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

S Wednesday

2 - 1

Leicester

April 08, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

S Wednesday

1 - 0

Leicester

December 31, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Leicester

0 - 1

S Wednesday

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Mike Stringfellow	9 goals	1962 - 1967
Jimmy Walsh	5 goals	1960 - 1962
Alan Smith	5 goals	1983 - 1987
Steve Moran	4 goals	1986 - 1987
Andy Lochhead	2 goals	1969 - 1969
John Sjoberg	2 goals	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

John Fantham	4 goals	1961 - 1968
Imre Varadi	4 goals	1984 - 1985
Lee Chapman	3 goals	1985 - 1986
John Ritchie	3 goals	1967 - 1967
Billy Griffin	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Colin Dobson	2 goals	1962 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Richie Norman	17 matches	1960 - 1967
Gordon Banks	16 matches	1959 - 1967
Dave Gibson	15 matches	1962 - 1969
Mike Stringfellow	14 matches	1962 - 1968
Graham Cross	14 matches	1961 - 1969
Colin Appleton	11 matches	1959 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Don Megson	17 matches	1960 - 1968
John Fantham	16 matches	1959 - 1968
Ron Springett	14 matches	1959 - 1967
Alan Finney	11 matches	1959 - 1964
Peter Swan	10 matches	1959 - 1963
Colin Dobson	9 matches	1961 - 1966