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Leicester 2-1 Sunderland - October 27, 1979 / Division 2 1979/1980

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Division 2 1979/1980 - Round 13

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

October 27, 1979

Leicester

2 - 1

Sunderland

Gary Lineker

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

2 - 1

Sunderland

Leicester Sunderland

Team line-ups

Leicester

Wallington

Mark Wallington

England

B.date17/09/1952

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Williams

Thomas Williams

England

B.date18/12/1957

Age21 years

positionDefender

Rofe

Dennis Rofe

England

B.date01/06/1950

Age29 years

positionDefender

May

Larry May

England

B.date26/12/1958

Age20 years

positionDefender

Welsh

Peter Welsh

England

B.date19/07/1959

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Peake

Andy Peake

England

B.date01/11/1961

Age17 years

positionMidfield

Kelly

Eddie Kelly

Scotland

B.date07/02/1951

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Smith

Bobby Smith

Scotland

B.date21/12/1953

Age25 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Lineker00

Gary Lineker

England

B.date30/11/1960

Age18 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Young

Alan Young

Scotland

B.date26/10/1955

Age24 years

positionForward

Henderson

Martin Henderson

Scotland

B.date03/05/1956

Age23 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Wallington	27	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Williams	21	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Rofe	29	272	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry May	20	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Welsh	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Peake	17	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Kelly	28	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Smith	25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Lineker	18	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Young	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Henderson	23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Team line-up not yet available

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eddie Kelly

Ian Wilson

OUT

Gary Lineker

Pat Byrne

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Jock Wallace

Success rate in this team:

28 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Wallace vs Sunderland

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 27, 1979

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Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLeicester 2-0 Watford18/08/1979

LLeicester 1-3 Luton Town01/09/1979

VLeicester 1-0 Notts County08/09/1979

DLeicester 3-3 Fulham22/09/1979

VLeicester 2-1 Cambridge United10/10/1979

LLeicester 1-2 West Ham13/10/1979

Overall

DLeicester 3-3 Fulham22/09/1979

VSwansea 0-2 Leicester29/09/1979

DShrewsbury Town 2-2 Leicester06/10/1979

VLeicester 2-1 Cambridge United10/10/1979

LLeicester 1-2 West Ham13/10/1979

DOldham Athletic 1-1 Leicester20/10/1979

Current form

Away

DNewcastle United 2-2 Sunderland05/09/1979

LWest Ham 2-0 Sunderland15/09/1979

DBurnley 1-1 Sunderland22/09/1979

DManchester City 1-1 Sunderland26/09/1979

LBirmingham City 1-0 Sunderland09/10/1979

LLuton Town 2-0 Sunderland13/10/1979

Overall

DSunderland 1-1 Preston North End29/09/1979

VSunderland 1-0 Manchester City02/10/1979

VSunderland 4-0 Charlton06/10/1979

LBirmingham City 1-0 Sunderland09/10/1979

LLuton Town 2-0 Sunderland13/10/1979

VSunderland 3-0 Queens Park Rangers20/10/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	7	12
Conceding streak	3	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	8	0
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	7	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

12	Number of games (Competition total)	12
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
5	Victories (Competition total)	5
3	Victories (Home / Away)	0
4	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	4
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
17	Goals conceded (Competition total)	11
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.25
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.17
1.42	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.92
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

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Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

13 v

4 d

7 l

46 gf

28 ga

Away

23 matches

5 v

6 d

12 l

29 gf

41 ga

Total

47 matches

18 v

10 d

19 l

75 gf

69 ga

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

12 v

6 d

5 l

41 gf

29 ga

Away

24 matches

7 v

4 d

13 l

28 gf

46 ga

Total

47 matches

19 v

10 d

18 l

69 gf

75 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 21, 1931
Home	5 - 0	November 21, 1931

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	April 02, 1932
Away	2 - 0	September 02, 1967

Latest head to head

April 14, 1979 - Division 2 1978/1979

Leicester

1 - 2

Sunderland logo Sunderland

December 26, 1978 - Division 2 1978/1979

Sunderland

1 - 1

Leicester

January 15, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Leicester

2 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

August 24, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Sunderland

0 - 0

Leicester

April 17, 1971 - Division 2 1970/1971

Sunderland

0 - 0

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Jackie Sinclair	4 goals	1965 - 1967
Derek Dougan	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Ally Brown	2 goals	1969 - 1969
Frank Large	2 goals	1968 - 1968
Bobby Roberts	2 goals	1966 - 1970
Mike Stringfellow	2 goals	1964 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/08/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

George Mulhall	4 goals	1964 - 1968
John O'Hare	3 goals	1965 - 1967
Nick Sharkey	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Bobby Kerr	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Ralph Brand	1 goal	1967 - 1967
George Herd	1 goal	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/08/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Graham Cross	10 matches	1964 - 1970
Mike Stringfellow	10 matches	1964 - 1970
Bobby Roberts	9 matches	1964 - 1970
Dave Gibson	8 matches	1964 - 1969
Peter Rodrigues	7 matches	1966 - 1970
John Sjoberg	7 matches	1964 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/08/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

George Mulhall	9 matches	1964 - 1968
George Herd	8 matches	1964 - 1968
Jimmy Montgomery	8 matches	1964 - 1976
Len Ashurst	8 matches	1964 - 1969
Cecil Irwin	7 matches	1964 - 1969
Martin Harvey	7 matches	1964 - 1968