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Crystal Palace 0-3 Leicester - April 11, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 33

Selhurst Park - London - England

April 11, 1998

18 771

Crystal Palace

0 - 3

Leicester

45'

Emile Heskey

60'

Emile Heskey

74'

Matt Elliott

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45' - Goal Emile Heskey

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55' - Substitution Patrizio Billiois substituted by Bruce Dyer photo Sasa Curcic

55' - Substitution Michele Padovanois substituted by Sasa Curcic55

60' - Goal Emile Heskey

72' - Substitution Theodoros Zagorakisis substituted by Garry Parker

74' - Goal Matt Elliott

75' - Substitution Paul Warhurstis substituted by Marcus Bent75

81' - Substitution Robbie Savageis substituted by Stuart Wilson photo Ian Marshall

81' - Substitution Graham Fentonis substituted by Ian Marshall

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crystal Palace

0 - 3

Leicester

Crystal Palace Leicester

Team line-ups

Crystal Palace

Miller

Kevin Miller

England

B.date15/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Warhurst75

Paul Warhurst

England

B.date26/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Gordon

Dean Gordon

England

B.date10/02/1973

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Ismaël

Valérien Ismaël

France

B.date28/09/1975

Age22 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Smith

Jamie Smith

England

B.date17/09/1974

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Edworthy

Marc Edworthy

England

B.date24/12/1972

Age25 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Billio55

Patrizio Billio

Italy

B.date19/04/1974

Age23 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Lombardo

Attilio Lombardo

Italy

B.date06/01/1966

Age32 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Rodger

Simon Rodger

England

B.date03/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Fullarton

Jamie Fullarton

Scotland

B.date20/07/1974

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Padovano55

Michele Padovano

Italy

B.date28/08/1966

Age31 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Miller		29	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Warhurst	75	28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dean Gordon		25	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Valérien Ismaël		22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Smith		23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marc Edworthy		25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrizio Billio	55	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Attilio Lombardo		32	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Rodger		26	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Fullarton		23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michele Padovano	55	31	8	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

13 Keller

Kasey Keller

United States

B.date29/11/1969

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Prior

Spencer Prior

England

B.date22/04/1971

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

18 Elliott74

Matt Elliott

Scotland

B.date01/11/1968

Age29 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

15 Kaamark

Pontus Kaamark

Sweden

B.date05/04/1969

Age29 years

positionRight full-back

24 Guppy

Steve Guppy

England

B.date29/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

14 Savage81

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Zagorakis72

Theodoros Zagorakis

Greece

B.date27/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m78

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

21 Fenton81

Graham Fenton

England

B.date22/05/1974

Age23 years

positionForward

11 Heskey4560

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age20 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Kasey Keller		28	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Spencer Prior		26	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Matt Elliott	74	29	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Pontus Kaamark		29	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Steve Guppy		29	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Robbie Savage	81	23	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Theodoros Zagorakis	72	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Neil Lennon		26	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Muzzy Izzet		23	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Graham Fenton	81	23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Emile Heskey	4560	20	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Sasa Curcic	55	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Bent	75	19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bruce Dyer	55	22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
	M	Garry Parker	72	32	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Stuart Wilson	81	20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Ian Marshall	81	32	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Warhurst

Matt Jansen

OUT

Patrizio Billio

Tomas Brolin

OUT

Jamie Fullarton

Sasa Curcic

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Graham Fenton

Tony Cottee

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Attilio Lombardo

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

25 %

Lombardo vs Leicester

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 11, 1998

Lombardo vs O'Neill

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 11, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

117

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

O'Neill vs Crystal Palace

4 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 11, 1998

O'Neill vs Lombardo

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 11, 1998

Referee

Alan Wilkie

2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Crystal Palace4 matches	General total	Leicester10 matches	5 victories	3 draws	2 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Crystal Palace1 match	Season total	Leicester1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 11, 1998					Latest figure on February 27, 2000

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Key figures

Crystal Palace keeps its 3 matches with at least 3 goals conceded at home running (since 28/02/1998). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 07/02/1993 (2 matches)

End of streak for Crystal Palace after 5 consecutive matches without a loss vs Leicester in Premier League (since 18/10/1980). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Leicester after 4 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home (since 14/02/1998).

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCrystal Palace 3-0 Leicester24/01/1998

LCrystal Palace 0-2 Leeds United31/01/1998

LCrystal Palace 0-3 Wimbledon FC09/02/1998

LCrystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal25/02/1998

LCrystal Palace 0-3 Coventry28/02/1998

LCrystal Palace 1-3 Tottenham28/03/1998

Overall

LCrystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal25/02/1998

LCrystal Palace 0-3 Coventry28/02/1998

LChelsea 6-2 Crystal Palace11/03/1998

LAston Villa 3-1 Crystal Palace14/03/1998

VNewcastle United 1-2 Crystal Palace18/03/1998

LCrystal Palace 1-3 Tottenham28/03/1998

Current form

Away

LCrystal Palace 3-0 Leicester24/01/1998

VManchester United 0-1 Leicester31/01/1998

DTottenham 1-1 Leicester14/02/1998

LBlackburn 5-3 Leicester28/02/1998

LWimbledon FC 2-1 Leicester14/03/1998

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Leicester28/03/1998

Overall

DTottenham 1-1 Leicester14/02/1998

VLeicester 2-0 Chelsea21/02/1998

LBlackburn 5-3 Leicester28/02/1998

LWimbledon FC 2-1 Leicester14/03/1998

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Leicester28/03/1998

DLeicester 1-1 Coventry04/04/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	5	1
Winless streak	5	1
Drawless streak	8	7
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	5	7

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

31	Number of games (Competition total)	31
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
6	Victories (Competition total)	10
0	Victories (Home / Away)	5
8	Draws (Competition total)	11
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
17	Losses (Competition total)	10
10	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
54	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
29	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
0.87	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.16
0.57	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.27
1.74	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.06
2.07	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.4

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
7	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-3 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (3 times)

Bookings

60	Yellow cards (Competition total)	40
25	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Neil Shipperley	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Matt Elliott
Neil Shipperley	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Matt Elliott
Bruce Dyer	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Garry Parker
Bruce Dyer	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Neil Shipperley	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Stuart Wilson

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

11 v

1 d

7 l

28 gf

21 ga

Away

19 matches

4 v

9 d

6 l

21 gf

27 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

39 matches

15 v

10 d

14 l

50 gf

50 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

6 v

9 d

4 l

27 gf

21 ga

Away

19 matches

7 v

1 d

11 l

21 gf

28 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

39 matches

14 v

10 d

15 l

50 gf

50 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 24, 1998
Home	3 - 0	January 24, 1998

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 30, 1922
Away	2 - 0	March 23, 1982

Latest head to head

January 24, 1998 - FA Cup 1997/1998

Crystal Palace

3 - 0

Leicester

December 06, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Leicester

1 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

May 27, 1996 - Barrages Premier League 1996

Leicester

2 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

April 06, 1996 - First Division 1995/1996

Crystal Palace

0 - 1

Leicester

October 28, 1995 - First Division 1995/1996

Leicester

2 - 3

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Bruce Dyer	3 goals	1998 - 1998
Andy Preece	1 goal	1994 - 1994
Andy Roberts	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Ricky Newman	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Clive Allen	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Don Rogers	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/04/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Gary Lineker	2 goals	1981 - 1982
Steve Claridge	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Bobby Smith	1 goal	1979 - 1979
John O'Neill	1 goal	1981 - 1981
Alan Birchenall	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Garry Parker	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/04/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

John Craven	4 matches	1971 - 1973
John Jackson	4 matches	1971 - 1973
Anthony Taylor	4 matches	1971 - 1973
Nigel Martyn	4 matches	1992 - 1996
Dean Gordon	4 matches	1994 - 1998
Mel Blyth	4 matches	1971 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Mark Wallington	8 matches	1972 - 1984
Larry May	7 matches	1979 - 1983
Ian Wilson	7 matches	1980 - 1984
Stephen Lynex	6 matches	1981 - 1984
Thomas Williams	6 matches	1979 - 1983
Kevin MacDonald	6 matches	1981 - 1984