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Leicester 1-0 Man United - February 07, 1981 / Division 1 1980/1981

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Division 1 1980/1981 - Round 29

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

February 07, 1981

1 - 0

Man United

James Melrose

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0' - Goal James Melrose0

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46' - Substitution Kevin MacDonaldis substituted by Mark Goodwin46

46' - Substitution Nikola Jovanovicis substituted by Ray Wilkins

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

1 - 0

Man United

Leicester Man United

Team line-ups

Leicester

Wallington

Mark Wallington

England

B.date17/09/1952

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Williams

Thomas Williams

England

B.date18/12/1957

Age23 years

positionDefender

O'Neill

John O'Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date11/03/1958

Age22 years

H1m82

positionDefender

May

Larry May

England

B.date26/12/1958

Age22 years

positionDefender

Friar

Paul Friar

Scotland

B.date06/06/1963

Age17 years

positionDefender

MacDonald46

Kevin MacDonald

Scotland

B.date22/11/1960

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Wilson

Ian Wilson

Scotland

B.date27/03/1958

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Peake

Andy Peake

England

B.date01/11/1961

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Byrne

Pat Byrne

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/05/1956

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Young

Alan Young

Scotland

B.date26/10/1955

Age25 years

positionForward

Melrose0

James Melrose

Scotland

B.date07/10/1958

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Wallington		28	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Williams		23	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John O'Neill		22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry May		22	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Friar		17	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin MacDonald	46	20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Wilson		22	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Peake		19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Byrne		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Young		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James Melrose		22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Jovanovic46

Nikola Jovanovic

Serbia

B.date18/09/1952

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Duxbury

Mike Duxbury

England

B.date01/09/1959

Age21 years

positionRight full-back

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age23 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age31 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Thomas

Mickey Thomas

Wales

B.date07/07/1954

Age26 years

H1m68

positionLeft Midfielder

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age25 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Birtles

Garry Birtles

England

B.date27/07/1956

Age24 years

H1m83

positionForward

Jordan

Joe Jordan

Scotland

B.date15/12/1951

Age29 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey		22	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nikola Jovanovic	46	28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		31	356	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Duxbury		21	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl		24	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston		23	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari		31	306	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mickey Thomas		26	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell		25	292	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Birtles		24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Jordan		29	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

161

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Mark Goodwin	46	20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ray Wilkins	46	24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nikola Jovanovic

Gordon McQueen

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jock Wallace

125

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Wallace vs Man United

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 07, 1981

Wallace vs Sexton

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 07, 1981

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

188

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Sexton vs Leicester

12 victories

5 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 07, 1981

Sexton vs Wallace

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 07, 1981

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Comments

Key figures

Dave Sexton has registered 50 sharing points in Premier League since the 14/07/1977 as the manager of Manchester United next after this match..

Leicester keeps its 13 consecutive matches without a draw in Premier League running (since 12/11/1980). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 25/03/1978-04/10/1980 time period (18 matches).

It's the first time James Melrose scores 1 goal vs Manchester United in his professional career

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLeicester 1-0 Middlesbrough13/12/1980

LLeicester 0-1 Brighton & Hove26/12/1980

VLeicester 3-0 Cardiff City03/01/1981

LLeicester 0-2 West Bromwich Albion10/01/1981

LLeicester 0-1 Leeds United17/01/1981

DLeicester 1-1 Exeter City24/01/1981

Overall

VLeicester 3-0 Cardiff City03/01/1981

LLeicester 0-2 West Bromwich Albion10/01/1981

LLeicester 0-1 Leeds United17/01/1981

DLeicester 1-1 Exeter City24/01/1981

LExeter City 3-1 Leicester28/01/1981

VLiverpool 1-2 Leicester31/01/1981

Current form

Away

DNorwich City 2-2 Manchester United06/12/1980

LArsenal 2-1 Manchester United20/12/1980

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Manchester United27/12/1980

VBrighton & Hove 0-2 Manchester United07/01/1981

LNottingham Forest 1-0 Manchester United24/01/1981

LSunderland 2-0 Manchester United28/01/1981

Overall

DManchester United 2-2 Brighton & Hove03/01/1981

VBrighton & Hove 0-2 Manchester United07/01/1981

VManchester United 2-1 Brighton & Hove10/01/1981

LNottingham Forest 1-0 Manchester United24/01/1981

LSunderland 2-0 Manchester United28/01/1981

VManchester United 2-0 Birmingham City31/01/1981

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	3	5

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	28
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
7	Victories (Competition total)	8
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	15
2	Draws (Home / Away)	6
19	Losses (Competition total)	5
8	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

20	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
46	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
0.71	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.32
0.79	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.64	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.93
1.07	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.14

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
14	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-1 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Alan Young	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Joe Jordan
Alan Young	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Joe Jordan
Kevin MacDonald	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Sammy McIlroy
Kevin MacDonald	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Sammy McIlroy
James Melrose	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 7 matches	Lou Macari

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

23 v

9 d

12 l

83 gf

69 ga

Away

44 matches

5 v

11 d

28 l

50 gf

105 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

89 matches

28 v

20 d

41 l

134 gf

177 ga

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

28 v

11 d

5 l

105 gf

50 ga

Away

44 matches

12 v

9 d

23 l

69 gf

83 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

89 matches

41 v

20 d

28 l

177 gf

134 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	January 21, 1961
Home	6 - 0	January 21, 1961

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 13, 1980
Away	5 - 0	November 13, 1965

Latest head to head

September 13, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Man United

5 - 0

Leicester

March 25, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Leicester

2 - 3

Man United

December 27, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Man United

3 - 1

Leicester

April 16, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Man United

1 - 1

Leicester

November 20, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Leicester

1 - 1

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ken Keyworth	9 goals	1961 - 1964
Mike Stringfellow	5 goals	1964 - 1973
Jimmy Walsh	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Jackie Sinclair	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Colin Appleton	2 goals	1961 - 1964
Alan Birchenall	2 goals	1971 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Denis Law	13 goals	1963 - 1971
David Herd	10 goals	1963 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	7 goals	1957 - 1967
Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1957 - 1961
George Best	5 goals	1965 - 1972
Jimmy Greenhoff	3 goals	1977 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Graham Cross	19 matches	1963 - 1973
Gordon Banks	15 matches	1960 - 1967
Richie Norman	15 matches	1960 - 1967
Mike Stringfellow	15 matches	1962 - 1973
Dave Gibson	14 matches	1963 - 1969
John Sjoberg	13 matches	1963 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Bobby Charlton	26 matches	1957 - 1972
Bill Foulkes	22 matches	1957 - 1969
Tony Dunne	17 matches	1962 - 1972
Alex Stepney	16 matches	1966 - 1978
George Best	15 matches	1964 - 1972
Pat Crerand	14 matches	1963 - 1969